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3 ημέρες πριν · Congress of Vienna, assembly in 1814–15 that reorganized Europe after the Napoleonic Wars. It began in September 1814, five months after Napoleon I ’s first abdication and completed its “Final Act” in June 1815, shortly before the Waterloo campaign and the final defeat of Napoleon.
The Congress of Vienna [a] of 1814–1815 was a series of international diplomatic meetings to discuss and agree upon a possible new layout of the European political and constitutional order after the downfall of the French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. [1]
21 Νοε 2023 · The 3 main goals of the Congress of Vienna were to balance the powers of Europe to coexist peacefully, enclose France's borders, and restore conservative order. What did the Congress...
The Congress reduced France to its 1789 borders. A new kingdom of Poland, under Russian sovereignty, was established. To check possible future aggression by France, its neighbours were strengthened: the Kingdom of the Netherlands acquired Belgium, Prussia gained territory along the Rhine River, and the Italian kingdom acquired Genoa.
20 Οκτ 2024 · The work continued through the Hundred Days, and the Final Act of the Congress of Vienna was signed less than two weeks before Napoleon’s final defeat at Waterloo. The Congress reduced France to its 1789 borders and a new kingdom of Poland was established under Russian sovereignty.
The Congress of Vienna achieved a remarkable stabilization of Europe, and was successful in preventing major conflicts for nearly a century until the outbreak of World War I. After decades of continuous warfare brought about by the Napoleonic Wars and the French Revolution, the European powers maintain relative peace on the continent.
Under the Concert of Europe, the major European powers—Britain, Russia, Prussia, Austria, and (after 1818) France—pledged to meet regularly to resolve differences. The goal was not simply to restore old boundaries but to resize the main powers so they could balance each other and remain at peace.
