Congress of Vienna
Europe's 1815 reorganization
The Congress of Vienna was the 1814–1815 assembly of European powers that redrew the continent's political map after Napoleon's defeat.
Representatives from Austria, Britain, Prussia, Russia, and France negotiated boundaries and restored monarchies, establishing a balance of power that shaped European diplomacy for decades.
The Congress of Vienna created the framework for nineteenth-century international relations.
- Concert of EuropePost-1815 great power diplomacy
- Bourbon RestorationMonarchs regaining French power
- PrussiaFormer German kingdom
- balance of powerEqual distribution of influence
- German ConfederationPost-Napoleonic European league
post-war settlement · Swiss neutrality · Hundred Days · diplomacy · Talleyrand · Holy Roman Empire · conservatism · secret treaties · France · nationalism · Poland · Austria · partition · Europe · Britain · monarchy · balance · borders
- European HistoryFrench Revolution, Roman Empire, Byzantine Empire, Holy Roman Empire, Industrial Revolution
- Napoleonic EraNapoleon, Napoleon Bonaparte, Bonaparte, Napoleonic Wars, Napoleonic Code
- 1800s GermanyBismarck, Prussia, German unification, German Confederation, Otto von Bismarck
- 1800s PoliticsBismarck, Disraeli, Gladstone, Lincoln, Queen Victoria
- 1810s-1820sNapoleonic Wars, Waterloo, Regency, Monroe Doctrine, War of 1812
- 19th Century Diplomacyambassador, ambassadors, envoy, envoys, Concert of Europe
Congress of ViennaFrench Revolution
Late-1700s republican upheaval
Napoleonic Wars · war of conquest · Treaty of Versailles · radical transformation · Battle of Waterloo
Congress of ViennaFrench Revolution
Late-1700s republican upheaval
popular uprising · barricades · guillotine · revolutionary tribunal · street fighting
Congress of Viennanationalist movements
Collective drives for self-determination
democratic revolution · self-determination · popular sovereignty · League of Nations · Treaty of Versailles