Diplomatic Revolution of 1756

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alliance realignment diplomatic event historical event

The Diplomatic Revolution of 1756 was a major realignment of European alliances, most notably the shift of Austria from Britain to France and of Prussia to Britain, which reshaped the balance of power on the eve of the Seven Years' War.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Diplomatic Revolution	7
Diplomatic Revolution of 1756 canonical	7
Outcome of the War of the Austrian Succession	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	alliance realignment ⓘ diplomatic event ⓘ historical event ⓘ
changesAllianceOf	Austria ⓘ France ⓘ Great Britain ⓘ Prussia ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Renversement des alliances ⓘ Renversement des alliances ⓘ surface form: Reversal of Alliances
hasCause	Austrian desire to recover Silesia from Prussia ⓘ British concern over French colonial expansion ⓘ breakdown of traditional Habsburg–Bourbon rivalry pattern ⓘ
hasLongTermEffect	foundation for coalition structures in Seven Years' War ⓘ increased global dimension of European conflicts ⓘ rise of Prussia as a great power ⓘ weakening of traditional Habsburg dominance in Germany ⓘ
hasMainRegion	Europe ⓘ
involvesCountry	Austria ⓘ France ⓘ Great Britain ⓘ Prussia ⓘ Russia ⓘ Saxony ⓘ Spain ⓘ
involvesDiplomat	Cardinal de Bernis ⓘ Duke of Newcastle ⓘ Wenzel Anton von Kaunitz ⓘ
involvesRuler	Frederick II of Prussia ⓘ George II of Great Britain ⓘ Louis XV of France ⓘ Empress Maria Theresa (as Austrian ruler) ⓘ surface form: Maria Theresa of Austria
isFormalizedBy	First Treaty of Versailles (1756) ⓘ First Treaty of Versailles (1756) ⓘ surface form: Second Treaty of Versailles (1757) Westminster Convention (1756) ⓘ
isOnEveOf	Seven Years' War ⓘ
isRelatedToConflict	War of the Austrian Succession ⓘ surface form: Austrian Succession, War of the Seven Years' War ⓘ Third Silesian War ⓘ surface form: Silesian Wars
newAlliancePattern	Austro-French alignment against Prussia and Britain ⓘ
occursInCentury	18th century ⓘ
occursInYear	1756 ⓘ
precedes	Seven Years' War ⓘ
previousAlliancePattern	Anglo-Austrian alignment against France ⓘ
resultsIn	Anglo-Prussian alliance ⓘ Austro-French alliance ⓘ end of long-standing Anglo-Austrian alliance ⓘ isolation of Prussia from former allies ⓘ realignment of European balance of power ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

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Seven Years' War → relatedEvent → Diplomatic Revolution of 1756 ⓘ

Renversement des alliances → hasCause → Diplomatic Revolution of 1756 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Outcome of the War of the Austrian Succession

Renversement des alliances → alsoKnownAs → Diplomatic Revolution of 1756 ⓘ