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The Congress of Vienna (1814-15)
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Outcome of the Congress of Vienna |
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Austria |
Germanic confederation formed from 39 states which was placed under Austrian rule. Austria also gained territory it had lost. It gained territory in Germany and Italy (Lombardy, Parma, Modena, Tuscany and Venice), Polish province of Galacia, Tirol, Salzburg |
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Prussia |
Gained two fifths of Saxony, parts of Westphalia and the Rhine Province, Thorn, Pomerania, Polish province of Posen |
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Russia |
Gained Finland and most of Poland |
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Britain |
Gained Malta, Cape Colony, South Africa and other colonies. Gained control of the seas |
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France |
Lost all of the territory conquered by Napoleon |
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Netherlands |
House of Orange was given Austrian Netherlands and Dutch Republic to make the Netherlands |
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Sweden |
Gained Norway |
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Spain |
Gained Parma |
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The Papacy |
The papal states were restored |
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Hanover |
Was enlarged and became part of the German Confederation under Austria |
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Switzerland |
Guaranteed its neutrality for its independence |
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Kingdom of Sardinia |
Was restored and given Piedmont, Nice, Savoy and Genoa |
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Denmark |
Gained Lauenburg |
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N.B. This table does not give a complete picture of the changes made to Europe at the Congress of Vienna. There were many other minor changes made which have not been noted. |
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Shirley Burchill, Nigel Hughes, Richard Gale, Peter
Price and Keith Woodall 2007 |