"The Congress of Vienna met."

 The Congress of Vienna was a conference of ambassadors of European states chaired by Austrian statesman Klemens von Metternich, and held in Vienna from November 1814 to June 1815, though the delegates had arrived and were already negotiating by late September 1814. The Congress was convened to provide a long-term peace plan for Europe by settling critical issues arising from the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. The goal was not only to restore old boundaries but to resize the main powers so they could balance each other and remain at peace.

The main objectives were the restoration of the territorial configuration that had existed before the French Revolution and the establishment of a balance of power that would prevent imperialism within Europe, such as the Napoleonic Empire, and maintain the peace between the great powers. The results of the Congress included the establishment of a system of international diplomacy that would become the framework for European international politics until World War I.