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Born
Frederick the Great was Born on January 24, 1712. His father was Frederick William I and his mother was Princess Sophia-Dorothea. -
Started Reign
Frederick the Great started Reign on May 31, 1740 because of the death of his Father, Frederick William I. He sought to embody teh Platonic ideal of the Philisophical-King -
Control of Selesia
Frederick the Great took over Selesia -
Frederick almost commited suicide
In 1760, Austro-Russian forces occupied Berlin, and Frederick, reduced to despair, considered suicide -
Frederick Started the Seven Year War
The first, in Europe, was the hostility between Prussia and Austria. Frederick, who had used the years of peace to build and train an army of 154,000, launched a preemptive attack on Austria’s ally Saxony in 1756. -
Treaty of St. Petersberg
Peace was made by the treaty of St. Petersburg (5 May 1762). Frederick was now free to concentrate on Austria, winning victories at Burkersdorf (21 July 1762) and Reichenback (16 August 1762), after which he was able to regain all of his lost territory. Peace was finally made by the Treaty of Hubertusberg (15 February 1763), which confirmed Prussia's control of Silesia and left Prussia dominant in Germany -
End of Seven Years War
The Seven Years’ War came to a formal end in 1763 and Frederick resumed his domestic programs, reorganizing the Prussian government into separate ministries to allow rational division of tasks and easy executive control. -
Resumed Domestic Programs
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Died
As Frederick aged his Enlightenment values increasingly mixed with cynicism and suspicion, then died on August 17, 1786.
