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The Congress of Vienna. The whole thing, since you didn't say it had to be a quick event...
The crafting of the US Constitution is a very close second.
Distant third would be the fall of Constantinople.
Distanter fourth, the look on Gutenberg's face after he printed his first page successfully. He couldn't have failed to realize what it meant...
I would like to witness the fall of Constantinople, but from a very far distance 😅