The
Bourbon Restoration was the period of French history following the fall of
Napoleon in 1814 until the
July Revolution of 1830. The brothers of executed King Louis XVI reigned in highly conservative fashion, and the exiles returned. They were nonetheless unable to reverse most of the changes made by the
French Revolution and Napoleon. At the
Congress of Vienna they were treated respectfully, but had to give up all the territorial gains made since 1789.