The battle of Liegnitz in 1760 was a lucky escape for Frederick the Great. The Austrians had the Prussians hemmed in between two armies under Loudoun and Daun. the plan was to march through the night and attack simultaneously from two sides. In the event Loudoun's part came off too quickly and Daun was too slow, leaving each to face Frederick by himself. Frederick was able to fight off Loudoun after a tough battle. Daun when he finally turned up then didn't press things.
It had been the best opportunity for the Austrians to decide the 7yrw to their advantage.
So (POD) suppose Loudoun had lost his way on his night-march and found himself at daybreak way off from where he'd wanted to be. So he only finds the Prussian positions by the sound of battle between the Prussians and Daun. Fully engaged with Daun's forces the Prussians have no answer to Loudoun's attack in their rear and are crushed. Frederick leads a last desperate charge and falls mortally wounded. The Prussians army is practically destroyed with 9000 dead and 18000 prisoners.
Thereafter Loudoun marches to join the Russians who were facing off with a second Prussian army under Prince Henri. Together they maul badly this army. By the end of the year the Prussians have been cleared out of Silesia.
1761: The Russians take Kolberg. The Swedes take Stettin. The Prussians are evicted from Saxony. An Austrian-Russian army takes Frankfurt-on-the-Oder and Berlin. An Austrian-Saxon army drives up the Elbe. Together they drive the Prusians back to the Elbe.
1762: (March) Capitulation of Mmagdeburg. Austria gets Silesia, Russia EastPrussia (which is exchanged for Kurland), Sweden gets western Pomerania (Vorpommern), Saxony gets Magdeburg, France Prussia's western territory's.
Ferdinand of Brunswick is forced back by the joint efforts of French and Austrian-Saxon troops.
Tsarina Elizabeth dies (May). Her succesor is soon replaced with Catherine.
Britain's remaining German allies make their peace.
(Oktober): Hanover capitulates. Remaining British troops hold out in Bremen until evacuated.
Convention of Kassel. France gets the Southern Netherlands. Austria gets Hanover and Prussia's western territory's.
1763 Peace of Paris. To keep the Southern Netherlands out of French hands (an axiom of British foreign policy) Britain disgorges all its overseas conquests barring Pittsburgh (too many
colonists) in exchange for the undoing of the convention of Kassel - all these lands going back to their original owner. Dominica and StVincent (having been declared no-man's land after the previous war) and Bengal remain British.
1768 Louis XV considers but rejects the notion of buying Corsica from Genoa. The rebellion continues.
[1772: There is no First Polish partition]
1775 Dunmore's War. The battle of Point Pleasant is a sound British defeat thanks to the presence of French regulars [In OTL the British force had a hard time holding off the Indians alone]
When news of the fighting on the American frontier reaches Europe war is declared.
1776 Battle of [Ouessant?]. British admiral is court-martialled for transgression of the rigid British naval code. The more competent British admirals remain ashore at protest against the proceedings.
Southern colonial miltias savage the Cherokee. Only Chickamauga remain fighting.
Massachusets rebellion detours troops earmarked for assault on Louisbourg. Boston holds out to April next year.
French take Dominica, St-Vincent and Minorca. Latter is given to Spain for Spanish participation.
First settlers in Kentucky.
1777-1778 French have the better of fighting in Caribbean, Indian Ocean and Mediterranean. Siege of Gibralter ultimately futile. They assist the Marathas in their war against the British of Bombay.
The British Madsas government provokes war with Hyder Ali of Mysore.
Massachusetts remains under military occupation. Sam Adams et al. executed for High Treason.
Montserrat and British posts on Sumatra captured. Spanish clear British settlements on Miskito coast and Honduras and capture Bahamas.
1779 Austria annexes Bavaria [In OTL Prussia stopped this].
Virginian column under George Washington captures St-Louis.
Attack on St-Augustine is botched through lack of cooperation between militia and regulars and especially poor naval performance. French capture Jersey and St-Kitts and Nevis.
British capture Louisbourg.
Major British defeat at the hands of the Marathas at Talegon. Treaty of Wadgaon restricts British to Bombay.
Hyder Ali inflicts another major defeat on the British.
1780-1781 Rodney, the one capble British admiral in this war, drives the French out of the Leewards. Canada is conquered.
The Creeks are driven west of the Chattahouchee. Nashville settlements founded.
A joint operation by Hyder Ali and French forces takes Madras and drives the Nawab of the Carnatic out of his dominions which are divided between the French and Mysore, the latter getting the northern and bigger part. Attempts to stave off this disaster keep Warren Hastings from reopening the Maratha war.
1782 Peace of Versailles. The French keep Dominica and St-Vincent. Spain keeps Minorca, Miskito coast and British Honduras. The British frontier in North America advances west to the Tennessee and Ohio rivers. Everything else is restored.
French broker Maratha-Mysore alliane.
1782-1784 Renewed Anglo-Maratha War is basically a draw.
1784 British incite Nizam of Hyderabad to attack Tipu Sultan, Hyder Ali's successor. The Nizam's
still-feudal army is soundly thrashed.
1785 Tipu Sultan advances on Hyderabad. British intervention is necessary to save the Nizam.
1788 Due to the financial problems exacerbated by the last war Louis XVI calls the States General.
It had been the best opportunity for the Austrians to decide the 7yrw to their advantage.
So (POD) suppose Loudoun had lost his way on his night-march and found himself at daybreak way off from where he'd wanted to be. So he only finds the Prussian positions by the sound of battle between the Prussians and Daun. Fully engaged with Daun's forces the Prussians have no answer to Loudoun's attack in their rear and are crushed. Frederick leads a last desperate charge and falls mortally wounded. The Prussians army is practically destroyed with 9000 dead and 18000 prisoners.
Thereafter Loudoun marches to join the Russians who were facing off with a second Prussian army under Prince Henri. Together they maul badly this army. By the end of the year the Prussians have been cleared out of Silesia.
1761: The Russians take Kolberg. The Swedes take Stettin. The Prussians are evicted from Saxony. An Austrian-Russian army takes Frankfurt-on-the-Oder and Berlin. An Austrian-Saxon army drives up the Elbe. Together they drive the Prusians back to the Elbe.
1762: (March) Capitulation of Mmagdeburg. Austria gets Silesia, Russia EastPrussia (which is exchanged for Kurland), Sweden gets western Pomerania (Vorpommern), Saxony gets Magdeburg, France Prussia's western territory's.
Ferdinand of Brunswick is forced back by the joint efforts of French and Austrian-Saxon troops.
Tsarina Elizabeth dies (May). Her succesor is soon replaced with Catherine.
Britain's remaining German allies make their peace.
(Oktober): Hanover capitulates. Remaining British troops hold out in Bremen until evacuated.
Convention of Kassel. France gets the Southern Netherlands. Austria gets Hanover and Prussia's western territory's.
1763 Peace of Paris. To keep the Southern Netherlands out of French hands (an axiom of British foreign policy) Britain disgorges all its overseas conquests barring Pittsburgh (too many
colonists) in exchange for the undoing of the convention of Kassel - all these lands going back to their original owner. Dominica and StVincent (having been declared no-man's land after the previous war) and Bengal remain British.
1768 Louis XV considers but rejects the notion of buying Corsica from Genoa. The rebellion continues.
[1772: There is no First Polish partition]
1775 Dunmore's War. The battle of Point Pleasant is a sound British defeat thanks to the presence of French regulars [In OTL the British force had a hard time holding off the Indians alone]
When news of the fighting on the American frontier reaches Europe war is declared.
1776 Battle of [Ouessant?]. British admiral is court-martialled for transgression of the rigid British naval code. The more competent British admirals remain ashore at protest against the proceedings.
Southern colonial miltias savage the Cherokee. Only Chickamauga remain fighting.
Massachusets rebellion detours troops earmarked for assault on Louisbourg. Boston holds out to April next year.
French take Dominica, St-Vincent and Minorca. Latter is given to Spain for Spanish participation.
First settlers in Kentucky.
1777-1778 French have the better of fighting in Caribbean, Indian Ocean and Mediterranean. Siege of Gibralter ultimately futile. They assist the Marathas in their war against the British of Bombay.
The British Madsas government provokes war with Hyder Ali of Mysore.
Massachusetts remains under military occupation. Sam Adams et al. executed for High Treason.
Montserrat and British posts on Sumatra captured. Spanish clear British settlements on Miskito coast and Honduras and capture Bahamas.
1779 Austria annexes Bavaria [In OTL Prussia stopped this].
Virginian column under George Washington captures St-Louis.
Attack on St-Augustine is botched through lack of cooperation between militia and regulars and especially poor naval performance. French capture Jersey and St-Kitts and Nevis.
British capture Louisbourg.
Major British defeat at the hands of the Marathas at Talegon. Treaty of Wadgaon restricts British to Bombay.
Hyder Ali inflicts another major defeat on the British.
1780-1781 Rodney, the one capble British admiral in this war, drives the French out of the Leewards. Canada is conquered.
The Creeks are driven west of the Chattahouchee. Nashville settlements founded.
A joint operation by Hyder Ali and French forces takes Madras and drives the Nawab of the Carnatic out of his dominions which are divided between the French and Mysore, the latter getting the northern and bigger part. Attempts to stave off this disaster keep Warren Hastings from reopening the Maratha war.
1782 Peace of Versailles. The French keep Dominica and St-Vincent. Spain keeps Minorca, Miskito coast and British Honduras. The British frontier in North America advances west to the Tennessee and Ohio rivers. Everything else is restored.
French broker Maratha-Mysore alliane.
1782-1784 Renewed Anglo-Maratha War is basically a draw.
1784 British incite Nizam of Hyderabad to attack Tipu Sultan, Hyder Ali's successor. The Nizam's
still-feudal army is soundly thrashed.
1785 Tipu Sultan advances on Hyderabad. British intervention is necessary to save the Nizam.
1788 Due to the financial problems exacerbated by the last war Louis XVI calls the States General.
I missed that.