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Events on Thursday 1 March 1792 1
1747 – 1792Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (1747-1792)Died 1 March 1792, aged 44Leopold II was Holy Roman Emperor and Archduke of Austria, succeeding his brother Joseph II in 1790 and the brother of Queen Marie Antoinette of France. He pursued cautious reform at home while working to contain the revolutionary crisis in France. His sudden death in Vienna on 1 March 1792 brought his son Francis II to the throne shortly before war broke out with France.