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Events on Saturday 13 October 1781 1
1781Patent of Toleration issued in the Habsburg landsJoseph II grants limited religious freedomEmperor Joseph II of Austria issued the Patent of Toleration, allowing Lutherans, Calvinists, and Orthodox Christians to worship privately and hold public office across Habsburg territories. The edict marked a major step in the Enlightenment-era reform of Catholic Europe.