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First Silesian War

part of the War of the Austrian Succession
Event War Q559181
First Silesian War
August Heinrich Ferdinand Tegetmeyer · Public Domain · Wikimedia

Facts

8 properties
Instance of
war
Followed by
Second Silesian War[1]
Location
Silesia[2]
Part of
War of the Austrian Succession[3]
End time
June 11, 1742[5]
Name in native language
Erster Schlesischer Krieg[8]
Participant
Kingdom of Prussia, Habsburg monarchy[6][7]
Start time
December 16, 1740[4]
🏷️ Also known as
en First Silesian War ar الحرب السيليزية الأولى cs první slezská válka da Første Schlesiske Krig de 1. Schlesischer Krieg de Erster Schlesischer Krieg el Πρώτος Σιλεσικός Πόλεμος es Primera Guerra de Silesia fa نخستین جنگ سیلزی fr première guerre de Silésie he מלחמת שלזיה הראשונה hu első sziléziai háború hu 1. sziléziai háború hu I. sziléziai háború id Perang Silesia Pertama it prima guerra di Slesia ja 第一次シュレージエン戦争 ko 제1차 실레시아 전쟁 nl Eerste Silezische Oorlog ro Primul război al Sileziei
🔖 Identifiers · 8
Library of Congress Authorities ID
sh85122485
GND ID
4077114-3
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/121v7mhn
Harper's tag
silesian-war-1st-1740-1742
J9U entity ID
987007543756805171
Museum-digital tag ID
48413
Topic's main category
Category:First Silesian War
Yale LUX ID
concept/dfcc7810-501c-4bec-9337-0cca5fb1f9eb

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🔗 Connections
← Participated in conflict 10
Frederick II of Prussia, Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz, Prussian Army, Prince Heinrich of Prussia, Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Hans Joachim von Zieten, Johann Peter Süssmilch, Carl Heinrich von Wedel +2 more
Participant 2
Kingdom of Prussia, Habsburg monarchy
Belongs to 1
Silesian Wars
Followed by 1
Second Silesian War
Followed by (predecessor) 1
Second Silesian War
Instance of 1
war
Location 1
Silesia
Part of 1
War of the Austrian Succession
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Related Entities

Frederick II of Prussia Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz Kingdom of Prussia

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  1. 23h ago · Dev Jadiya · 2026-11-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Changed [hi] labels, descriptions or aliases: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #67776"
  2. 11w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-08-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → silesian-war-1st-1740-1742
    "Created claim: Harper's tag: silesian-war-1st-1740-1742, Matched to silesian war 1st 1740 1742 (#289959572) in…"
  3. 24w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Start time → December 16, 1740
    Part of → War of the Austrian Succession
    Instance of → war
    End time → June 11, 1742
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed claim qualifiers: J9U entity ID: 987007543756805171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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