Events from the year 1815 in Germany.

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  • 3 January – Austria, Britain, and Bourbon-restored France form a secret defensive alliance treaty against Prussia and Russia.
 
9 June: The Final Act of the Congress of Vienna is signed.
  • 9 June – The Final Act of the Congress of Vienna is signed: A new European political situation is set. The German Confederation and Congress Poland are created, and the neutrality of Switzerland is guaranteed. Also, Luxembourg declares independence from the French Empire.
  • 16 June-Napoleonic WarsBattle of Ligny: Napoleon defeats a Prussian army under Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher.
  • 2 August – Napoleonic Wars: Representatives of the United Kingdom, Austria, Russia and Prussia sign a convention at Paris, declaring that Napoleon Bonaparte is "their prisoner" and that "His safekeeping is entrusted to the British Government."[13]
  • 26 September – Austria, Prussia and Russia sign a Holy Alliance, to uphold the European status quo.[14]
  • 20 November – The Napoleonic Wars come to an end after 12 years, with the British government restoring the status quo of France, prior to when the French Revolution began in 1789.

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