Congress of Vienna Opens
September 1, 1814
Metternich, Talleyrand, Castlereagh and a tsar sat down in Vienna to re-draw a continent around the principles of legitimacy and balance. They danced more than they negotiated - "Le congres danse, mais il ne marche pas" - but the settlement they produced kept Europe out of general war for nearly forty years.
In context
Also in 1814 (4 other events on record)
- Allies Enter Paris · Europe · War
- British Burn Washington · North America · War
- Treaty of Ghent · North America · Politics
- Treaty of Kiel · Europe · Politics
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Era
Industrial Age (1801–1900), one of 513 events from that era on Saeculum.