Events from the year 1744 in Austria Monarch – Maria Theresa August 12 – Battle of Velletri in the Kingdom of Naples: Spanish-Neapolitan forces defeat...
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surrender of Freiburg and French advances in the Southern Netherlands, Austria seemed well-positioned at the end of 1744. Frederick's retreat damaged his reputation...
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Josepha of Austria (18 September 1718 – 16 December 1744) was a member of the House of Habsburg who governed the Austrian Netherlands in the name of...
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1744 (MDCCXLIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1744th year...
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The siege of Ypres took place between 15 and 24 June 1744 during the War of the Austrian Succession. A French army under the nominal command of King Louis...
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between 28 May and 4 June 1744 during the War of the Austrian Succession, and was the first battle fought in the Austrian Netherlands. A French army...
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Battle of Velletri (redirect from Battle of Velletri (1744))
Battle of Velletri were two battles between Austria and the Kingdom of Naples in 1744 during the War of the Austrian Succession around the city of Velletri...
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Britain was planned by France in 1744 shortly after the declaration of war between them as part of the War of the Austrian Succession. A large invasion...
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Second Silesian War (redirect from Second Silesian War (1744–45))
war between Prussia and Austria that lasted from 1744 to 1745 and confirmed Prussia's control of the region of Silesia (now in south-western Poland). The...
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Marianna Martines (category 1744 births)
von Martinez (4 May 1744 – 13 December 1812), was a composer, pianist, and singer of the classical period, based in Vienna, Austria. Marianna Martines's...
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Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor (redirect from Children of Holy Roman Emperor Francis I and Maria Theresa of Austria)
20 January 1739. In 1744 Francis' brother Charles married a younger sister of Maria Theresa, Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria. In 1744 Charles became governor...
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Greek swimmer Marianna Malińska, Polish ballerina Marianna Martines (1744–1812), Austrian composer, pianist and singer Marianna Spring, British journalist...
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also known as the Battle of Cape Sicié, took place on 21 and 22 February 1744 NS near the French Mediterranean port of Toulon. Although France was not...
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Louis XV (category Deaths from smallpox in France)
at the Battle of Dettingen, and in September French forces were compelled to abandon Germany. In 1744, the Austrian Netherlands became the primary battlefield...
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Maria Theresa (redirect from Maria-Theresa of Austria)
Prague in August 1744. The French plans fell apart when Charles VII died in January 1745. The French overran the Austrian Netherlands in May. Francis Stephen...
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Elisabeth of Austria, Governor (1725–1741) Friedrich August von Harrach-Rohrau, Governor (1741–1744) Maria Anna of Austria, Governor (1744) Charles Alexander...
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pianist, Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, First Class, in 2006 Gustav Mahler (1860–1911), composer Marianne von Martinez (1744–1812), composer...
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List of governors of the Habsburg Netherlands (redirect from Governor-General of the Austrian Netherlands)
1621-1706), and the archduke of Austria (1716-1794), to administer the Burgundian inheritance of the House of Habsburg in the Low Countries when the monarch...
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Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (redirect from Charles VI of Austria)
They demanded significant terms, among which were that Austria close the Ostend Company. In total, Great Britain, France, Saxony-Poland, the Dutch Republic...
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Austro-Prussian rivalry (redirect from Austria-Prussia rivalry)
Austria and Prussia were the most powerful German states in the Holy Roman Empire by the 18th and 19th centuries and had engaged in a struggle for supremacy...
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Ludwig Andreas von Khevenhüller (category 1744 deaths)
Count of Aichelberg-Frankenburg) (30 November 1683 – 26 January 1744) was a prominent Austrian Field marshal. Andreas was born into an ancient House of Khevenhüller...
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1744. The Austrian Netherlands were under French occupation in 1792-93. Janssens 2006, p. 247. Janssens, P. (2006) [1999]. "The Spanish and Austrian Netherlands...
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Thérèse of France (redirect from Princess Thérèse of France (1736 – 1744))
Thérèse de France (Marie Thérèse Félicité; 16 May 1736 – 28 September 1744) was a French princess, a fille de France, as the daughter of King Louis XV...
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Windisch-Graetz (category Austrian noble families)
removed of Archduchess Sophie Franziska of Austria, Princess of Windisch-Graetz. Joseph Nicholas of Windischgrätz (1744–1802) was the father of both of the men...
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The history of Austria covers the history of Austria and its predecessor states. In the late Iron Age Austria was occupied by people of the Hallstatt Celtic...
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Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor (category German military personnel of the War of the Austrian Succession)
fought Austria in a series of battles in 1743 and 1744. In 1743, his troops and their allies took Bavaria, and Charles was able to return to Munich in April...
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Raid on Canso (redirect from Raid on Canso (1744))
received word of France's declaration of war on Great Britain on May 3, 1744. The colony had been facing dwindling provisions, a situation which was aggravated...
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Eisenstadt (redirect from Eisenstadt, Austria)
the Austrian state of Burgenland. With a population of 15,074 (as of 2023), it is the smallest state capital and the 38th-largest city in Austria overall...
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Leipzig. Castrato Giovanni Carestini goes to work for Maria Theresa of Austria. Nicola Porpora Laetatus sum (Psalm 121) De profundis (Psalm 129) Placida...
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siege of Villafranca took place between 14 and 27 April 1744, during the War of the Austrian Succession. The armies of Spain and France advancing towards...
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