Congress of Aix-la-Chapelle
A congress assembles at the Free Imperial City of Aachen, called Aix-la-Chapelle, in the west of the Holy Roman Empire
Role range: 1740-1748 – 1740-1780
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Maria Theresa Biography and Timeline — Page 2
Follow Maria Theresa through 66 dated historical records for Austria.
Maria Theresa, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
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1748–1780Years on this page
1748
Pragmatic Sanction, The
Under the terms of the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle The Pragmatic Sanction of 1713 is upheld
Role range: 1740-1748 – 1740-1780
Rule of Genoa
Under the terms of the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle Maria Theresa returns to conquered Duchy of Modena and the Republic of Genoa
Role range: 1740-1748 – 1740-1780
Rule of Guastalla
Under the terms of the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle Maria Theresa cedes the Duchy of Parma, Piacenza and Guastalla in present-day Italy to Philip of Bourbon
Role range: 1740-1748 – 1740-1780
Rule of Modena
Under the terms of the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle Maria Theresa returns to conquered Duchy of Modena and the Republic of Genoa
Role range: 1740-1748 – 1740-1780
Rule of Parma
Under the terms of the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle Maria Theresa cedes the Duchy of Parma, Piacenza and Guastalla in present-day Italy to Philip of Bourbon
Role range: 1740-1748 – 1740-1780
Rule of Piacenza
Under the terms of the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle Maria Theresa cedes the Duchy of Parma, Piacenza and Guastalla in present-day Italy to Philip of Bourbon
Role range: 1740-1748 – 1740-1780
Rule of Silesia
Under the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle Silesia is ceded to Frederick II the Great
Role range: 1740-1742 – 1740-1780
Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle
The Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle ends the Austrian War of Succession
Role range: 1740-1748 – 1740-1780
Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle
The Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle is signed by Great Britain, France, and the Dutch Republic
Role range: 1740-1748 – 1740-1780
Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle
The monarchy, led by Maria Theresa's foreign affairs Chancellor Wenzel Anton, Prince of Kaunitz-Rietberg, survives a disastrous crisis that could have brought its destruction and Habsburg pre-eminence is confirmed in Germany
Role range: 1740-1748 – 1740-1780
Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle
Under the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle Maria Theresa's succession to the Habsburg lands is confirmed
Role range: 1740-1748 – 1740-1780
Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle
Under the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle Silesia is ceded to Frederick II the Great
Role range: 1740-1748 – 1740-1780
Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle
Under the terms of the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle Maria Theresa cedes the Duchy of Parma, Piacenza and Guastalla in present-day Italy to Philip of Bourbon
Role range: 1740-1748 – 1740-1780
Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle
Under the terms of the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle Maria Theresa returns to conquered Duchy of Modena and the Republic of Genoa
Role range: 1740-1748 – 1740-1780
Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle
Under the terms of the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle The Pragmatic Sanction of 1713 is upheld
Role range: 1740-1748 – 1740-1780
Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle
Two implementation treaties are signed at Nice on 4 December 1748 and 21 January 1749 by Austria, Spain, Sardinia, Modena, and Genoa
Role range: 1740-1748 – 1740-1780
Aix La Chapelle Treaty Confirms Succession
The peace ending the War of the Austrian Succession recognised Maria Theresa's Habsburg inheritance while Austria lost Silesia.
1772
Capture of Vienna
Maria Theresa seizes Galicia
Role range: 1772-1772 – 1740-1780
Partition
Joins Russia & Prussia in partitioning Poland
Role range: 1772-1772 – 1740-1780
1779
Rule of Ansbach
Under the Treaty of Teschen Austria recognizes the Prussian claims to the Franconian margraviates of Ansbach and Bayreuth, ruled Margrave Christian Alexander from the House of Hohenzollern
Role range: 1778-1779 – 1740-1780
Rule of Bavaria
Under the Treaty of Teschen Maria Theresa returns Lower Bavaria to Charles Theodore but keeps the so-called Innviertel, a 2,200-square-kilometer strip of land in the basin of the Inn River
Role range: 1778-1779 – 1740-1780
Rule of Bayreuth
Under the Treaty of Teschen Austria recognizes the Prussian claims to the Franconian margraviates of Ansbach and Bayreuth, ruled Margrave Christian Alexander from the House of Hohenzollern
Role range: 1778-1779 – 1740-1780
Treaty of Teschen
Under the Treaty of Teschen Austria recognizes the Prussian claims to the Franconian margraviates of Ansbach and Bayreuth, ruled Margrave Christian Alexander from the House of Hohenzollern
Role range: 1778-1779 – 1740-1780
Treaty of Teschen
Under the Treaty of Teschen Maria Theresa returns Lower Bavaria to Charles Theodore but keeps the so-called Innviertel, a 2,200-square-kilometer strip of land in the basin of the Inn River
Role range: 1778-1779 – 1740-1780
1780
Death of Maria Theresa
Death of Maria Theresa
Role range: 1740-1780
Records, sources and methodology
These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.