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Events on Friday 17 April 1711 1
1711Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor (1678-1711)Died 17 April 1711, aged 32Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor and King of Hungary and Bohemia, died of smallpox in Vienna. His unexpected death left the Habsburg succession to his brother Charles, who had been fighting for the Spanish throne, and helped bring the War of the Spanish Succession toward a close.