ID: 901000188 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000188	Record Type: Event/Narrative

	Seven Years' War (European history, 1756-1763)

Note: Major conflict involving France, Austria, Saxony, Sweden, and Russia aligned against Prussia, Hanover, and Great Britain. The war arose out of the attempt of the Austrian Habsburgs to win back the rich province of Silesia, which had been wrested from them by Frederick II (the Great) of Prussia during the War of the Austrian Succession (1740-1748); also involved colonial holdings.

Display Date: 1756-1763

Names:

	Seven Years' War (European history, 1756-1763) (preferred,English-P,D,P)
	Guerre de Sept Ans (European history, 1756-1763) (French-P,D,P)
	Siebenjähriger Krieg (European history, 1756-1763) (German-P,D,P)

Hierarchical Position:

		Named Events (P)
		....<European history> (P)
		........Seven Years' War (European history, 1756-1763) (P)

Related Iconography:

	associated with .... Treaty of Paris
	..........(Literature and Performing Arts, Named written and performed works, Literary works: Legal, Political, Governmental documents, Treaty of Paris (treaty, Franco-British, 1763)) [901000190]

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... war
	.....(armed conflicts, events (activities), Events (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Seven Years' War (European history, 1756-1763)
	................Spielvogel, Western Civilization: A Brief History (2010)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	................Getty Research Institute Special Collections Finding Aids (2005-)
	Guerre de Sept Ans (European history, 1756-1763)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	Siebenjähriger Krieg (European history, 1756-1763)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)