The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Aix-la-Chapelle, Congress of

AIX-LA-CHAPELLE, Congress of, an important congress held in October and November 1818. By this congress the army of the allies, consisting of 150,000 British, Russian, Austrian, Prussian, and other troops, had remained in France to watch over its tranquillity, was withdrawn after France had paid the contribution imposed at the peace of 1815. Thus the Congress of Aix-la-Chapelle resotred independence to France, and readmitted her as one of the Great Powers to the councils of Europe.