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Seven Years' War: Frederick the Great suffers a rare defeat at the Battle of Hochkirch.
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Seven Years' War
Global war among European powers (1756–1763)
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Frederick the Great
King of Prussia from 1740 to 1786
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Battle of Hochkirch
1758 battle of the Third Silesian War
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