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Tag: Habsburg

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30th November 1786: Tuscany becomes the first modern state to abolish the death penalty

30th November 2019
Tagged as: Capital Punishment, Death, Execution, Habsburg, Holy Roman Empire, Italy, Law, Tuscany

On 30 November 1786 Leopold formally abolished the death sentence as well as banning the use of torture.

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20th October 1740: Maria Theresa inherits the Austrian throne

20th October 2018
Tagged as: Austria, Habsburg, Holy Roman Empire, Maria Theresa, Seven Years' War, War of the Austrian Succession

Maria Theresa inherited the Austrian throne, prompting the War of the Austrian Succession.

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