Vienna, Congress of
- an international conference held 1814-15 to agree the settlement of Europe after the Napoleonic Wars. The guiding principle of the settlement was the restoration and strengthening of hereditary and sometimes despotic rulers; the result was a political stability that lasted for three or four decades.维也纳会议（1814-1815年举行的国际会议, 就拿破仑战争之后欧洲的改组达成了协议, 其指导原则是恢复并加强世袭且有时是专制的统治者权利, 结果使政局保持了三四十年的稳定）。