Austro-Prussian War

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The Austro-Prussian War was a short 1866 conflict between Prussia and Austria (and their respective German allies) that decisively shifted power within the German states and paved the way for German unification under Prussian leadership.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf 19th-century conflict
German unification war
war
alsoKnownAs German War
Seven Weeks' War
belligerent Austrian Empire
Baden
Bavaria
Electorate of Hesse NERFINISHED
Frankfurt
Grand Duchy of Hesse NERFINISHED
Kingdom of Hanover
Kingdom of Italy
Kingdom of Prussia
Kingdom of Saxony NERFINISHED
Nassau
Saxony-Altenburg
Saxony-Coburg and Gotha
Saxony-Meiningen
Württemberg
casualties tens of thousands killed and wounded
cause dispute over the administration of Schleswig and Holstein
rivalry between Austria and Prussia for leadership in Germany
commander Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria
Helmuth von Moltke the Elder
King Wilhelm I of Prussia
Otto von Bismarck
endDate 1866-08-23
followedBy Franco-Prussian War
location Bohemia
Central Europe
German Confederation
Italy
mainBattle Battle of Custoza (1866)
Battle of Königgrätz
Battle of Sadowa
Naval Battle of Lissa
partOf process of German unification
politicalConsequence annexation of Frankfurt by Prussia
annexation of Hanover by Prussia
annexation of Nassau by Prussia
annexation of Schleswig-Holstein by Prussia
end of Austrian influence in northern Germany
precededBy Second Schleswig War
result Austrian defeat
Prussian dominance among German states
Prussian victory
dissolution of the German Confederation
establishment of the North German Confederation
exclusion of Austria from German affairs
step toward German unification under Prussia
startDate 1866-06-14
treaty Peace of Prague
Treaty of Nikolsburg
Treaty of Vienna (1866)
year 1866


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