The War of the Austrian Succession (1740-1748) was a major conflict fought between the great powers of Europe, sparked by a dispute over the right of a woman – Maria Theresa – to succeed to the Austrian throne. #History #BattleOfFontenoy #FrederickTheGreat #HabsburgEmpire #MariaTheresa #MauriceDeSaxe #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/1-25515-en/
How a Dispute Over One Queen's Throne Ignited a Global War

The War of the Austrian Succession (1740-1748) was a major conflict fought between the great powers of Europe, sparked by a dispute over the right of a woman – Maria Theresa – to succeed to the Austrian...

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Maria Theresa Monument, Vienna, Austro-Hungary between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900. Views of the Austro-Hungarian Empire

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Vác,1960. Hungary's only triumphal arch, built in 1764 in honour of the visit by the Habsburg Maria Theresa who was at that time was the queen of Hungary. The story goes that the arch was so newly built when she arrived that, fearing it might collapse, she refused to ride through it.

The car in the photo is an East German AWZ P70 "Zwickau".

Source: Foretpan [178231] / Bojár Sándor

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