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Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor

Holy Roman Emperor from 1765 to 1790, (1741-1790).

11 dated entries naming Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor, drawn from 10 separate years between 1760 CE and 1789 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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18th century

  • 1760October 5 – The wedding of Princess Isabella of Parma and Prince Joseph of Austria takes place at Hofburg Palace's Redoute Hall (Redoutensaele), at the former imperial palace in Vienna.source
  • 1764March 27 – The prince-electors, a group of nine German princes who select the next leader of the Holy Roman Empire, vote for the last time as the health of the Emperor Francis I declines. The electors (including Britain's King George III, who also rules as Elector of Hanover) approve Francis's son, Prince Joseph of Austria as King of the Romans. Upon the death of Francis in 1765, Prince Joseph becomes the Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II.source
  • 1765August 18 – Joseph II becomes Holy Roman Emperor.source
  • 1765January 23 – Prince Joseph of Austria marries Princess Maria Josepha of Bavaria in Vienna.source
  • 1773July 21 – Under pressure from the Bourbon courts, Pope Clement XIV suppresses the Society of Jesus (brief Dominus ac Redemptor). Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor, expels the order from his territories.source
  • 1778May 12 – Heinrich XI, Prince Reuss of Greiz is elevated to Prince of the Principality of Reuss-Greiz by Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor. This year sees the first appearance of the modern-day national colors of Germany on a flag that closely resembles the modern flag of Germany, to occur anywhere within modern-day Germany.source
  • 1781Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor abolishes serfdom.source
  • 1782July – Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor, receives a visit from Pope Pius VI.source
  • 1784October 31–December 14 – The Revolt of Horea, Cloșca and Crișan in Transylvania causes Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor to suspend the Hungarian Constitution.source
  • 1785December 11 – An edict is issued limiting Masonic lodges throughout the Holy Roman Empire by Emperor Joseph II. With the exception of Vienna, Budapest and Prague, no Empire province may have more than one lodge.source
  • 1789Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor, decrees that all peasant labor obligations be converted into cash payments.source

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