Events from the year 1741 in Austria
Incumbents Monarch – Maria Theresa
Events
The Prussian Army took control of Breslau from the Austro-Hungarian Army in 2 January and a fortress in Ohlau on 9 January. Within the month, the entire Silesian area was captured.
The Battle of Mollwitz began on 10 April 1741, part of the larger War of the Austrian Succession.
Births 13 March - Emperor Joseph II of the Holy Roman Empire
Deaths 25 January - Archduchess Maria Carolina of Austria (b.1740). 13 February - Johann Joseph Fux, Austrian composer (b 1660). 5 May – Eleonore von Schwarzenberg, a princess of Schwarzenberg (b. 1682). 30 July - Count Wirich Philipp von Daun, Austrian Field Marshal (b. 1669). 26 August - Archduchess Maria Elisabeth of Austria (b. 1680).
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