Frederick the Great and the Seven Years' War
By: by F.W. Longman
Series: Epochs of modern history
Publisher: Scribner's
Published: 1883
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 264
Subjects: Seven Years' War, 1756-1763
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Table of contents: title: Why the Seven Years' War is an epoch in history; title: Brandenburg and Prussia. Foundation of the Margraviate, 928-1440 ; The Hohenzollerns in the 16th and 17th centuries, 1440-1640 ; The Great Elector, 1640-88; title: The reign of Frederick William, 1713-40. Frederick William and the army ; Frederick William and the balance of power ; Father and son ; The Polish Election War and the close of Frederick William's reign; title: Frederick the Great and the First Silesian War. Accession and character of Frederick, 1740 ; State of Europe at Frederick's accession ; The Emperor's death and its results ; The conquest of Silesia, 1840-2; title: The Second Silesian War, 1744-5, and the Peace of Aix-La-Chapelle, 1748; title: England and France. The North American colonies ; Newcastle and Pitt ; Breaking out of the Naval War, 1756; title: Policy of Austria during the peace. Kaunitz ; Negotiations with France, 1755-56 ; Austria and Russia; title: Commencement of the Seven Years' War. Frederick's reasons for war ; The invasion of Saxony, 1756 ; The war becomes general ; English affairs during the winter, 1756-7; title: 1757. The invasion of Bohemia ; The French in North Germany ; Rossbach, November 5 ; Silesia regained ; Pitt and the war; title: Frederick reduced to extremities. The last year of offensive warfare, 1758 ; Kunersdorf and Maxen, 1759; title: The war in Western Germany. Battle of Minden, August 1, 1759; title: The conquest of Canada and the destruction of the French fleets. Preliminary operations, 1758 ; Quebec, September 13, 1759 ; Quibéron, November 20, 1759 ; The capitulation of Montreal, 1760; title: India. Dupleix ; Clive ; Clive in Bengal, 1756-60 ; Lally, 1756-62; title: The fall of Pitt, 1761; title: End of the war. Prussia, 1760-2 ; England, France, and Spain, 1762 ; The peace and its results, 1763; title: Close of Frederick's reign. The partition of Poland, 1772 ; The Bavarian Succession War, 1778 ; The League of Princes, 1785 ; Death of Frederick, 1786.