Frederick the Great
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Frederick II was the monarch of Prussia from 1740 until his death in 1786. He was the last Hohenzollern monarch titled King in Prussia, declaring himself King of Prussia after annexing Royal Prussia f
Portrait of Frederick II of Prussia (1763)
Frederick as a child, attributed to Antoine Pesne, c. 1715–20
Portrait of 24-year-old Frederick as the crown prince of Prussia by Antoine Pesne (1736, Huis Doorn, Netherlands)
![Frederick's marriage to Elisabeth Christine at Schloss Salzdahlum by J. G. Schmidt [de] (1733)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Arolsen_Klebeband_15_259.jpg/500px-Arolsen_Klebeband_15_259.jpg)
Frederick's marriage to Elisabeth Christine at Schloss Salzdahlum by J. G. Schmidt [de] (1733)
Seven Years' War
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The Seven Years' War, 1756 to 1763, was a global war fought by numerous great powers, primarily in Europe, with significant subsidiary campaigns in North America and the Indian subcontinent. The prima
Frederick the Great
…coalition, on 29 August 1756, Frederick's well-prepared army preemptively invaded Saxony. His invasion triggered the Third Silesian War and the larger Seven Years' War, both of which lasted until 1763. He quickly captured Dresden, besieged the trapped Saxon army in Pirna, and continued marching the remainder of his…
Clockwise from top left: The Battle of Plassey (23 June 1757) The Battle of Carillon (6–8 July 1758) The Battle of Zorndorf (25 August 1758) The Battle of Kunersdorf (12 August 1759)
Prussian Leibgarde battalion at Kolín, 1757
British raid on French settlement of Miramichi (later called Burnt Church, New Brunswick), 1758
The Battle of Kolín in 1757 in Bohemia (the site is now in the Czech Republic)