Banat of Temesvar, province of Habsburg Monarchy in 1739

Banat of Temesvar was an Austrian province located in Banat region. In 1716, Prince Eugene of Savoy conquered the last parts of Banat from the Ottomans. It received the title of the Banat of Temesvar after the Treaty of Passarowitz (1718), and remained a separate province of Habsburg Monarchy under military administration until 1751, when Maria Theresa introduced a civil administration. Capital of the province was Timisoara (Temesvar, Temišvar). Banat (Hungarian: Bánát or Bánság, German: Banat) is a region in Southeastern Europe divided among three countries: the eastern part belongs to Romania (the counties of Timiş and Caraş-Severin), the western part to Serbia-Montenegro (the Serbian Banat, mostly included in the Vojvodina, except for the small part of... Events Natchez, one of the oldest towns on the Mississippi, founded. ... Eugene of Savoy (part of a statue in front of the Hofburg in Vienna) François-Eugène, Prince of Savoy-Carignan, known as Prinz Eugen von Savoyen in German (October 16, 1663-April 24, 1736) was a noted general. ... The Treaty of Passarowitz is the peace treaty signed in Požarevac (German Passarowitz,Turkish Pasarofça,Hungarian Pozsarevác), Serbia on July 21, 1718 between the Ottoman Empire on one side and the Austria and Venice on the other. ... Events May 15 - James Puckle, a London lawyer, patents the worlds first machine gun. ... Events Adam Smith is appointed professor of logic at the University of Glasgow March 31 - The future King George III of the United Kingdom succeeds his father as Prince of Wales. ... This page is about Maria Theresa of Austria (often only known as Empress Maria Theresa), ruler of the Habsburg Empire from 1740-1780. ... Map of Romania showing Timisoara Timişoara  listen (Hungarian: Temesvár, German: Temeschwar or Temeschburg, Serbian: Temišvar, Turkish: Tamışvar) is a city in western Romania, in the Banat region, Timiş county, population 329,554 in 2000. ...

According to 1774 data, the population of the Banat of Temesvar was composed of: 1774 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...

• Romanians = 220,000
• Serbs and Greeks = 100,000
• Germans = 53,000
• Hungarians and Bulgarians = 2,400
• Jews = 340

The Banat of Temesvar was abolished in 1778, and in 1779 it was incorporated into Habsburg Hungary. The southern part of the Banat region, which was part of the Banat of Temesvar until 1751, remained part of the Military Frontier (Banat Krajina) until it was abolished in 1871. Serbs (in the Serbian language Срби, Srbi) are a south Slavic people living chiefly in Serbia and Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... 1778 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1779 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... The Kingdom of Hungary is the name of a multiethnic kingdom that existed in Central Europe from 1000 to 1918. ... Military Frontier (Military Border, Military Krajina, Vojna Krajina, Militärgrenze, Confiniaria militaria) was a borderland of Habsburg Austria which acted as the cordon sanitaire against the Turks from the Middle Ages (Croatian Krajina) or from the late 1600s (Slavonian and Banat Krajina) until the 19th century. ... The Banat Krajina was a section of the Austro-Hungarian Military Frontier (Krajina) located in the Banat (now split between Romania). ... 1871 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...

Governors of the Banat of Temesvar

• Claudius Mercy
• Franz Leopold Engelshofen

See also

• Banat
• Banat Krajina
• Elayet of Temesvar