Battles & Campaigns · 1763
Treaty of Hubertusburg
Hubertusburg Palace, Wermsdorf, Saxony, Germany
What happened
Prussia, Austria and Saxony. The treaty was signed on 15 February 1763 at Hubertusburg, a royal hunting lodge in Saxony. It put borders back as they had been before the war. Austria and Saxony gave up their claims to Silesia, which Prussia kept.
Why it matters
Why it matters: It ended the Seven Years' War in central Europe. Prussia came out of the war as one of Europe's great powers.
What came next
The rivalry between Prussia and Austria grew stronger in the years that followed.
Did you know?
Prussia had been saved earlier when Russia's new ruler, Peter III, an admirer of Frederick II of Prussia, made peace in 1762, an escape known as the 'Miracle of the House of Brandenburg'.
Timeline
- 1721Building of Hubertusburg hunting lodge begins.
- 1756The Seven Years' War breaks out.
- 1762Russia makes peace with Prussia.
- 15 February 1763The Treaty of Hubertusburg is signed.