The French are expelled Bohemia.
1743. Second Bourbon Family Compact between the kings of France and Spain.
Great Britain supports the cause of Maria Theresa. Battle of Dettingen; victory of the English and Hanoverian army.
1744. War renewed with Austria by Frederick the Great; he invades Bohemia, captures Prague, but is forced to retreat.
Beginning of King George's War in America.
1745. Last Jacobite rebellion in Britain; Scotland rises for the Young Pretender, Charles Edward; Battle of Prestonpans; he is victorious and advances into England, but is compelled to retreat.
Capture of Louisburg by British-American colonists.
Death of Emperor Charles VII; Maximilian Joseph, his successor in Bavaria, makes peace with Maria Theresa. Battle of Fontenoy; victory of the French, under Marshal Saxe, over the allies under the Duke of Cumberland. Victories of the Prussians at Hohenfriedberg, Sohr, Hennersdorf, and Kesseldorf. Francis I, husband of Maria Theresa, elected to the imperial throne. Peace between Austria and Prussia.
Invention of the Leyden jar, named from the city where first used.
1746. Battle of Falkirk; victory of the Young Pretender; he is overthrown at the Battle of Culloden. See "Defeat of the Young Pretender at Culloden," [xiii], [117].