1744 in Austria
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Incumbents
- Monarch â Maria Theresa
Events
- August 12 â Battle of Velletri in the Kingdom of Naples: Spanish-Neapolitan forces defeat those of the Archduchy of Austria.
- September 16 - Prussian forces capture Prague: Prussia became anxious at Austrian advances on the Rhine frontier, and Frederick again invaded Bohemia, beginning a Second Silesian War
- December 18 - Maria Theresa, Queen of Austria, orders the expulsion of Jews from Bohemia.
Births
Deaths
- January 26 â Ludwig Andreas Graf Khevenhüller, Austrian field marshal (b. 1683)[1]
