{"slug": "joseph-ii-holy-roman-emperor", "label": "Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_II%2C_Holy_Roman_Emperor", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q76555", "qid": "Q76555", "description": "Holy Roman Emperor from 1765 to 1790, (1741-1790).", "entries": 18, "years": 14, "span": [1741, 1790], "span_label": ["1741 CE", "1790 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 6}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 4}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 3}, {"title": "Births", "count": 2}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": [], "related": [{"slug": "holy-roman-empire", "label": "Holy Roman Empire", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "vienna", "label": "Vienna", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "holy-roman-emperor", "label": "Holy Roman Emperor", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "king-of-the-romans", "label": "King of the Romans", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "electorate-of-hanover", "label": "Electorate of Hanover", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "prague", "label": "Prague", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "budapest", "label": "Budapest", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "freemasonry", "label": "Freemasonry", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "july", "label": "July", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "pope-pius-vi", "label": "Pope Pius VI", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "house-of-habsburg", "label": "House of Habsburg", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "maria-theresa", "label": "Maria Theresa", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1741, "year_label": "1741 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "March 13", "text": "March 13 – Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1790)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360183595#Births", "title": "1741", "revid": 1360183595, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1741, "year_label": "1741 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "March 13", "text": "13 March - Emperor Joseph II of the Holy Roman Empire", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363862771#Births", "title": "1741 in Austria", "revid": 1363862771, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1760, "year_label": "1760 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "September 5", "text": "September 5 - The Marriage of Josef II and Isabella of Parma", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1344944079#Events", "title": "1760 in Austria", "revid": 1344944079, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1760, "year_label": "1760 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "October 5", "text": "October 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.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358844484#October–December", "title": "1760", "revid": 1358844484, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1764, "year_label": "1764 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "March 27", "text": "March 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.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363539304#January–June", "title": "1764", "revid": 1363539304, "section": "Events › January–June"}}, {"year": 1765, "year_label": "1765 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "January 23", "text": "January 23 – Prince Joseph of Austria marries Princess Maria Josepha of Bavaria in Vienna.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373039097#January–March", "title": "1765", "revid": 1373039097, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1765, "year_label": "1765 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "August 18", "text": "August 18 – Joseph II becomes Holy Roman Emperor.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373039097#July–December", "title": "1765", "revid": 1373039097, "section": "Events › July–December"}}, {"year": 1769, "year_label": "1769 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "In August 1769, a meeting was held between Joseph II and Frederick the Great at Neisse.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1348296321#Events", "title": "1769 in Austria", "revid": 1348296321, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1773, "year_label": "1773 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "July 21", "text": "July 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.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365114710#July–September", "title": "1773", "revid": 1365114710, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1778, "year_label": "1778 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "May 12", "text": "May 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.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371073991#April–June", "title": "1778", "revid": 1371073991, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1780, "year_label": "1780 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "November 29", "text": "November 29 – Maria Theresa of Austria dies in Vienna after 40 years of rule, and her Habsburg dominions pass to her ambitious son, Joseph II, who has already been Holy Roman Emperor since 1765.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370564554#October–December", "title": "1780", "revid": 1370564554, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1781, "year_label": "1781 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor abolishes serfdom.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370562964#Date_unknown", "title": "1781", "revid": 1370562964, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1782, "year_label": "1782 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "July", "text": "July – Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor, receives a visit from Pope Pius VI.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370562345#July–September", "title": "1782", "revid": 1370562345, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1784, "year_label": "1784 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October 31", "text": "October 31–December 14 – The Revolt of Horea, Cloșca and Crișan in Transylvania causes Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor to suspend the Hungarian Constitution.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370567291#October–December", "title": "1784", "revid": 1370567291, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1785, "year_label": "1785 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Joseph II extends serfdom reforms to Hungary, granting peasants greater personal freedoms.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1357609492#Events", "title": "1785 in Austria", "revid": 1357609492, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1785, "year_label": "1785 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "December 11", "text": "December 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.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370566385#October–December", "title": "1785", "revid": 1370566385, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1789, "year_label": "1789 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor, decrees that all peasant labor obligations be converted into cash payments.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368818853#Date_unknown", "title": "1789", "revid": 1368818853, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1790, "year_label": "1790 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "February 20", "text": "February 20 – Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1741)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361336081#Deaths", "title": "1790", "revid": 1361336081, "section": "Deaths"}}]}