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Hace 3 días · With Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (1634–1696) – his niece – married 1649: Margaret Theresa of Austria, Infanta of Spain (12 July 1651 – 12 March 1673), married Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor; Maria Ambrosia de la Concepción of Austria, Infanta of Spain (7 December 1655 – 21 December 1655)
Hace 1 día · Frederick himself proposed marrying Maria Theresa of Austria in return for renouncing the succession. Instead, Eugene persuaded Frederick William, through Seckendorff, that the crown prince should marry Elisabeth Christine, a Protestant relative of the Austrian Habsburgs.
Hace 1 día · From the accession of Maria Theresa to the Congress of Vienna. War of the Austrian Succession, 1740–48; First reforms, 1748–56; Seven Years’ War, 1756–63; Reforms, 1763–80; Foreign affairs, 1763–80; Early reign of Joseph II, 1780–85; Late reign of Joseph II, 1785–90; Conflicts with revolutionary France, 1790–1805 ...
Hace 2 días · Seven Years' War. The Seven Years' War (1756–1763) was a global conflict involving most of the European great powers, fought primarily in Europe and the Americas. One of the opposing alliances was led by Great Britain and Prussia. The other alliance was led by France, backed by Spain, Saxony, Sweden, and Russia.
Hace 2 días · Constructed and unveiled in 1770 by Wolfgang von Kempelen (1734–1804) to impress Empress Maria Theresa of Austria, the mechanism appeared to be able to play a strong game of chess against a human opponent, as well as perform the knight's tour, a puzzle that requires the player to move a knight to occupy every square of a chessboard exactly once.
Hace 1 día · The Turk, dressed in a turban and robes, was invented and constructed by the German, Wolfgang von Kempelen, for Maria Theresa of Austria’s court. The Turk’s stupendous chess playing was an illusion devised by a man sitting inside the interior of the contraption.
Hace 5 días · The theatre, better known as La Scala, was founded by Empress Maria Theresa of Austria. Its inauguration took place in 1778 with the staging of Antonio Salieri's opera L'Europa riconosciuta. The theatre takes its name from the church on whose foundations it was built, Santa Maria alla Scala.
