Timeline Sunday 20 October 1822

Events on Sunday 20 October 1822 1

• 1822 Congress of Verona convenes European powers debate intervention in Spain and the Greek revolt Representatives of Austria, Russia, Prussia, France, and Britain met in Verona as part of the Concert of Europe to address revolutionary unrest in Spain and the ongoing Greek War of Independence. The congress authorized French intervention to restore Ferdinand VII's absolute rule in Spain. Britain, represented by the Duke of Wellington, dissented from the interventionist consensus.