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1787 Code of Criminal Law did away with capital punishment, replacing it with life imprisonment at hard labor. 1 1791 Hungary a separate country subject to the same succession as other Habsburg lands. 2 1794 Jacobins discovered in Austria-Hungary. Many arrested, imprisoned, and executed. 3 1795 Government began to curtail service exemptions in the military . 4 1797, Oct. 17 Peace of Campo Formio ended conflict between Austria and France (See Oct. 17 ). Despite its inability to maintain hostilities, Austria continued to oppose France. 5 1801 Government centralization began with the creation of a Conference Ministry. 6 1804 abdicated (Aug. 6, 1806) as Holy Roman Emperor and thus ended the Holy Roman Empire. 7 1808–9 Austria created a national militia . 8 1811 The codification of law begun under Joseph II promulgated. 9 1813 Separate Ministry of Finance appointed . (See The Habsburg Monarchy ) 10
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