Joseph II

The Parlement of Paris, a court rather than a legislature, ruled against the Society in a bankruptcy case in 1762, influenced by secular notables.

Catherine the Great forbade the publication of the papal brief, allowing Jesuits to survive in her territories.

Pope Clement XIV suppressed the Society as a fait accompli via the brief Dominus ac Redemptor on 21 July 1773 in Rome.

Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor, expelled the Jesuits from his territories; the supplied evidence gives no year for this action.

Joseph II began serving as co-regent with his mother Maria Theresa in 1765, focusing on financial administration and budget reform.

Russian and French mediators negotiated an end to the War of the Bavarian Succession, producing the Treaty of Teschen signed on 13 May 1779.

The accord granted the Habsburg Archduchy of Austria the Bavarian lands east of the Inn river, the Innviertel, as compensation.

Maria Theresa died on 29 November 1780, ending her forty-year rule over the Habsburg monarchy and its many crowns.

Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor since 1765, became sole ruler of the Habsburg monarchy upon his mother's death on 29 November 1780.

After arriving in Vienna in 1781, Mozart lobbied Stephanie for a commission and received the libretto on 29 July 1781.

Die Entführung aus dem Serail premiered on 16 July 1782 at the Vienna Burgtheater, with Mozart himself conducting the performance.

Francis was sent to Vienna in 1784 to prepare for his future role as Emperor.

Leopold II died on 1 March 1792, leading to Francis II's accession as Holy Roman Emperor.

A Jacobin conspiracy was discovered in 1794, leading to executions and imprisonments.

Between autumn 1784 and winter up to 1785, civilian casualties numbered about 4,000 people from 133 settlements, mostly Hungarians.

On 31 January 1784, Emperor Joseph II issued an order to increase the number of Transylvania's border guards, triggering the events leading to revolt.

The Romanian-led revolt began in the Metaliferi Mountains on 31 October 1784 and rapidly spread across Transylvania and the Apuseni Mountains.

After Joseph II ordered the army to intervene, Horea ended the uprising on 14 December 1784 at Câmpeni.

The leaders were captured in January 1785 on treason charges; Horea and Cloșca were executed by breaking on the wheel on 28 February 1785 at Dealul Furcilor, Alba Iulia.

On 2 August 1785, Joseph II abolished the serfs' attachment to the soil, reaffirming the provisions of his decree of 16 July 1783.

During the 1788 campaign in Moldavia, the Russian Army besieged and captured Iași during the Russo-Turkish War.

Leopold II succeeded Joseph II as Holy Roman Emperor in 1790, moving from Florence to Vienna.

Leopold II reversed Joseph II's reforms, forcing Bohemian serfs back into servitude in May 1790.

Leopold II was crowned King of Hungary in November 1790 after settling with the Diet.

Leopold II was crowned King of Bohemia in Prague in September 1791, accompanied by Mozart's opera.