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Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin Biography and Timeline

Follow Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin through 8 dated historical records for Germany.

Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin, historical timeline

A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.

8Distinct records
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1684–1757Years on this page

1684

Birth of Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin

Count · Lowitz · Warfare / Military

Birth of Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin

1707

Lieutenant Colonel

Count · Lieutenant Colonel · Warfare / Military

Appointed Lieutenant Colonel in the army of the Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

1718

Major General

Count · Major General · Warfare / Military

Appointed Major General

1741

Command at Mollwitz

Count · Marshal · Mollwitz · Warfare / Silesian War, 1st

Schwerin retained control of the Prussian infantry and completed the victory after Frederick left the battlefield.

Role range: 1740-1742

Battle of Mollwitz

Count · Marshal · Mollwitz · Warfare / War of Austrian Succession

Marshal Neipperg is defeated by Marshal Schwerin after Frederick fled the field

Role range: 1740-1748

1744

Siege of Prague

Count · Marshal · Prague · Warfare / War of Austrian Succession

Marches from Glatz, meets the King's army under the walls of Prague, and in the siege and capture of that place he plays a distinguished part

Role range: 1740-1748

1757

Invasion of Bohemia

Count · Marshal · Bohemia · Warfare / Seven Years War

Leads the left group of Frederick the Greats invasion of Bohemia

Role range: 1756-1763

Death of Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin

Count · Warfare / Military

Death of Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin

Records, sources and methodology

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