Elector Max Joseph of Bavaria

Events

1

Episodes

4

Years

1803

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Elector Max Joseph of Bavaria, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

1. Reichsdeputationshauptschluss redistributes territorial sovereignty in the Holy Roman Empire

   1803

   Role: Influential ruler who issued decrees dissolving monasteries and supported secularization policies.

   1. 1February 1803 · RegensburgSecularization Extension

      Article 35 authorized the secularization of all non-immediate religious houses throughout the empire.

   2. 2February 1803 · RegensburgMediatisation Impact

      The outcome confirmed the most extensive redistribution of property in German history before 1945.

   3. 325 February 1803 · RegensburgFinal Recess

      The Final Recess was issued at the 46th meeting of the Imperial Deputation on 25 February 1803.

   4. 424 March - 27 April 1803 · RegensburgRatification

      The Imperial Diet approved the Final Recess on 24 March 1803, and the Emperor ratified it on 27 April.

Sources

1. German mediatisation Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-06