Invasion of Upper Austria and Bohemia

Date: July 31, 1741 • Location: Okres Kolín, Czech Republic

This milestone marked the outbreak and beginning of this historic period, which spanned 1741–1742.

Charles Albert of Bavaria invades Upper Austria and Bohemia.

Charles VII was elector of Bavaria from 26 February 1726 and Holy Roman Emperor from 24 January 1742 to his death on 20 January 1745. He was also King of Bohemia from 1741 to 1743. Charles was a member of the House of Wittelsbach, and his reign as Holy Roman Emperor thus marked the end of three centuries of uninterrupted Habsburg imperial rule, although he was related to the Habsburgs by both blood and marriage.