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Congress of Vienna

The Congress of Vienna was a conference of ambassadors of European states chaired by Klemens Wenzel von Metternich, and held in Vienna from September, 1814 to June, 1815. The objective of the Congress was to settle the many issues arising from the French Revolutionary Wars, the Napoleonic Wars, and the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire...

Timeline of Events

1814

10.1.1814

Opening of the Congress of Vienna, intended to redraw Europe's political map after the defeat of Napoléon the previous spring.

11.1.1814

Congress of Vienna opens to re-draw the European political map after the defeat of France, in the Napoleonic Wars.

1815

6.9.1815

End of the Congress of Vienna: the new European political situation is set.