Congress of Vienna
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The Congress of Vienna 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 downf
Frontispiece of the Acts of the Congress of Vienna
Architect of the Congress System, Prince von Metternich, chancellor of the Austrian Empire from 1821 until the Revolution in 1848. Painting by Lawrence (1815)
Negotiations at the Congress of Vienna
Talleyrand proved an able negotiator for the defeated French.
Concert of Europe
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The Concert of Europe was a general agreement between the great powers of 19th-century Europe to maintain the European balance of power, political boundaries, and spheres of influence. Never a perfect
Congress of Vienna
…the 1856 peace conference brokered by France (the Congress of Paris) that settled the Crimean War. The Congress of Vienna settlement gave birth to the Concert of Europe, an international political doctrine that emphasized the maintaining of political boundaries, the balance of powers, and respecting spheres of influence…
The Declaration of Victory After the Battle of Leipzig by Johann Peter Krafft, 1839. Alexander I of Russia, Francis I of Austria and Frederick William III of Prussia after the Battle of Leipzig, 1813
The Entry of Emperor Francis I into Vienna After the Peace of Paris by Johann Peter Krafft.