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Events relating to austria
The division by Charles V of his territories means that there are now two Habsburg empires, Austrian and Spanish
Bohemian nobles throw the Habsburg regents out of a window in the castle in Prague, thus triggering the Thirty Years' War
The Protestant Frederick V (elector palatine of the Rhine) is elected king by the rebellious Bohemian nobles
The battle of the White Mountain, to the west of Prague, ends the brief reign of Frederick V in Bohemia
Feudal labour laws demanding corvée (compulsory unpaid labour) are imposed by the Habsburgs on the Czech peasants of Bohemia
The emperor, Leopold I, and his court abandon Vienna on the approach of a Turkish army
The Turks are driven from the walls of Vienna by the Polish king John Sobieski, in what proves a historic turning point
The Hungarian diet grants the Habsburg dynasty in Austria a hereditary right to the crown of St Stephen
The War of the Spanish Succession breaks out between French and Austrian claimants to the Spanish throne
The treaties signed in Utrecht bring to an end the War of the Spanish Succession
In the aftermath of the War of the Spanish Succession, the Spanish Netherlands are transferred to Austria
The Habsburg emperor Charles VI has a son, but the child dies within the year
The Austrian emperor, Charles VI, agrees that Hungary shall be ruled as a separate kingdom within his empire
The Italian poet Metastasio produces, in Vienna, opera libretti which are used by almost every composer of the day
In the Treaty of Vienna, France accepts the Pragmatic Sanction of Charles VI – the last of the European powers to do so
The Habsburg emperor Charles VI dies and is succeeded by his elder daughter, the 23-year-old Maria Theresa
Frederick II, the king of Prussia, invades the neighbouring Habsburg province of Silesia, launching the War of the Austrian Succession
Frederick's Prussian army defeats the Austrians at Mollwitz, securing his hold on most of Silesia
French and Bavarian armies join the war against Austria, marching through upper Austria into Bohemia
Spain, now an ally of France, joins in the war against Austria
Britain, already fighting Spain (in the War of Jenkin's Ear), is drawn into the wider conflict as an ally of Austria
French and Bavarian forces enter Prague, one of the most important cities in the Austrian empire
An Austrian army captures the Bavarian capital city, Munich
France formally declares war on Britain half way through the War of the Austrian Succession
Bad weather causes the French to abandon a plan to invade Britain with the Scottish pretender Charles Edward Stuart
