Congress of Vienna

American  

noun

1. an international conference (1814–15) held at Vienna after Napoleon's banishment to Elba, with Metternich as the dominant figure, aimed at territorial resettlement and restoration to power of the crowned heads of Europe.

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Congress of Vienna British  

noun

1. the European conference held at Vienna from 1814–15 to settle the territorial problems left by the Napoleonic Wars

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This 1819 image by French artist Jean-Baptiste Isabey shows the delegates at the Congress of Vienna, held five years before.

From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022

Switzerland nation has not fought in an international war since 1815, when it adopted neutrality at the Congress of Vienna which ended the French Revolutionary Wars.

From Reuters ● May 15, 2022

Switzerland was granted "eternal neutrality" at the Congress of Vienna in 1815.

From BBC ● May 6, 2022

The conference, known later as the Congress of Vienna, was then re- convened, finally concluding in 1815.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020

The union of the Dutch and Belgian provinces, like so many of the territorial arrangements of the Congress of Vienna, was an attempt to create a strong state out of diverse and jarring elements.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" by Various