The Congress of Vienna, Royal
Collection Trust, 1819.
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The Congress of Vienna was a peace summit in 1814-1815 that reorganized national boundaries in Europe in the aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars. The four main powers involved in the summit were Austria, Russia, Prussia, and Great Britain. The summit was hosted by the famous Austrian diplomat Metternich, with the goal of establishing a balance of power in Europe. The Final Act of The Congress of Vienna was signed on June 9, 1815, outlining a constitution for the future Germany and resolving land disputes in Poland, Italy, and the Papal States. The Congress ended in 1823, when the nations involved stopped their annual meetings.
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