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Maurice de Saxe, with a French army including an Irish brigade, defeats British, Austrian and Dutch forces at Fontenoy
Frederick the Great's Prussian soldiers, advancing in shallow disciplined formation, outclass other armies of the time
Frederick II's three victories in 1745 cause him to be known by his contemporaries as Frederick the Great
The French commander Maurice de Saxe succeeds in occupying the entire Austrian Netherlands
The treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle ends the War of the Austrian Succession, but only postpones the continuation of hostilities (in the Seven Years' War)
The peace treaty returns all captured territories to their owners – with the exception of Silesia, which becomes part of Prussia
In what becomes known as the Diplomatic Revolution, two of Europe's long-standing rivals - France and Austria - sign a treaty of alliance
Frederick the Great suffers his first major defeat, by a Russian and Austrian army at Kunersdorf
Joseph Haydn enters the service of the Esterházy family, and stays with them for twenty-nine years
Austrian physician Joseph Leopold Auenbrugger describes his new diagnostic technique – percussion, or listening to a patient's chest and tapping
The intensely dramatic music of Gluck's Orfeo ed Eurydice introduces a much needed reform in the conventions of opera
6-year-old Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart plays for the Habsburg empress Maria Theresa
The Treaty of Hubertusburg, between Prussia and Austria, increases the power of Prussia among the many separate states of Germany
7-year-old Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart begins a three-year concert tour of Europe
Joseph Haydn's first published work is six string quartets, a form which he subsequently makes very much his own
Russia, Prussia and Austria agree a treaty enabling them to divide the spoils in the first partition of Poland
Haydn's Farewell Symphony gives a subtle hint to his employer at Esterházy that it is time for the musicians to return home
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, now 25, leaves Salzburg to settle in Vienna
Joseph II passes an Edict of Toleration, for the first time allowing Protestant worship in Habsburg territories
The reforming emperor Joseph II emancipates the serfs in the Habsburg territories
Mozart and his friends perform for Haydn the Mozart quartets inspired by Haydn's 'Russian' quartets (op.33), which on publication are dedicated to him
Mozart's Marriage of Figaro premieres in Vienna and then has a huge success in Prague
The emperor Joseph II is reported to have told Mozart that his opera The Marriage of Figaro has 'too many notes'
Mozart's opera Così fan Tutte has its premiere in Vienna, in the court theatre of Joseph II
Joseph Haydn sets off for England, where impresario Johann Peter Salomon presents his London symphonies
