Timeline Sunday 18 August 1765

Events on Sunday 18 August 1765 2

• 1708 – 1765 Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor (1708-1765) Died 18 August 1765, aged 56 Francis I was Holy Roman Emperor and Grand Duke of Tuscany, and the husband of Maria Theresa of Austria. Though his wife held the dominant political role in the Habsburg monarchy, he was the father of sixteen children, including Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II and Queen Marie Antoinette of France. He died suddenly in Innsbruck in 1765.
• 1765 Joseph II becomes Holy Roman Emperor Succeeds his father Francis I as co-ruler with Maria Theresa Following the death of his father Francis I on 18 August 1765, Joseph II was crowned Holy Roman Emperor and became co-regent of the Habsburg lands alongside his mother, Maria Theresa. He would go on to pursue sweeping enlightened-absolutist reforms over the following decades. His accession began a period of shared and often contentious rule with his mother.