The beginnings of the Concert of Europe, known as the Congress System or the Vienna System after the Congress of Vienna (1814–1815), was dominated by the five great powers of Europe: Austria, France, Prussia, Russia, and the United Kingdom.

This article gives a detailed listing of all the countries, including puppet states, that have existed in Europe since the Congress of Vienna in 1815 to the present day.

Congress of Vienna, assembly in 1814–15 that reorganized Europe after the Napoleonic Wars. It began in September 1814, five months after Napoleon I ’s first abdication and completed its “Final Act” in June 1815, shortly before the Waterloo campaign and the final defeat of Napoleon.

Feb 27, 2025 · The French Empire had annexed extensive territories and established client kingdoms, creating an unprecedented concentration of power in Europe. By 1815, this had been entirely undone: Napoleon’s empire was dismantled, and the map was redivided among the victorious Allies.

Congress of Vienna, assembly in 1814–15 that reorganized Europe after the Napoleonic Wars. It began in September 1814, five months after Napoleon I ’s first abdication and completed its “Final Act” in June 1815, shortly before the Waterloo campaign and the final defeat of Napoleon.

May 1, 2023 · The Concert of Europe, also known as the Congress System, was established after the Congress of Vienna in 1815. It describes the peaceful functioning of an international system based on the balance of power that existed in Europe from the end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815 to the outbreak of World War I in 1914.

The idea of a Concert of Europe was suggested by the Austrian Chancellor, Kaunitz, in 1971 and it found expression in the Treaty of Chaumont which was made in March 1814, by Great Britain, Russia, Prussia and Austria.

The Concert of Europe was the political framework that grew out of the Quadruple Alliance in November 1815. The goal of the conservatives at the Congress, led by Prince Klemens von Metternich of Austria, was to reestablish peace and stability in Europe.

Sep 1, 2022 · This map shows Europe after the Congress of Vienna, where major European powers, except France, designed the new World order after the fall of the French Empire. France was reduced to its pre-revolutionary borders, and states like Piedmont-Sardinia, the Papal States and the smaller Italian principalities were recreated.

Nov 24, 2023 · The Concert of Europe was the international system that emerged in Europe after 1815, when the Napoleonic Era ended. It began at the Congress of Vienna (1814-1815), which restored absolutist monarchies all over the continent and reinforced the role of Austria, Prussia, Russia, the United Kingdom and France.