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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Congress of Vienna

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

At a series of meetings known as the Congress of Vienna, Britain, Russia, Prussia, and Austria gathered together in the Austrian capital of Vienna to try to rebuild the European order.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020

The Congress of Vienna, held afterwards in the same year, at which there were present, besides the various monarchs, such men as Wellington, Talleyrand, and Metternich, solemnly and finally reiterated that declaration.

From The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912 by Blount, James H.