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Vindobona / Vienna · 1740 CE to 1740 CE
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Central and Eastern Europe
20 October 1740 · Vindobona / Vienna
Vienna becomes the place where a disputed female succession forces the Habsburg monarchy to defend its right to survive.
Maria Theresa keeps the event human because imperial continuity is forced here through one young ruler who has to convert inheritance into authority almost overnight.
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