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Chocolate Trivia – A Top Twenty Chocolate Events in History
History is often confusing enough and when something as esoteric as chocolate is discussedthe events leading up to today can become too entangled to unweave. For that reason wehave created a miniature timeline that clearly lists major events in chocolate’s distinguishedhistory.20. Sixth Century AD: The cacao seed is used by the Maya culture to make a drink fit for the gods.19. 1200: The Aztecs attributed the cacao plant to their god Quetzalcoatl. The drink wasconsidered to be a health elixir.18. 1492: Columbus returns from the Americas and presents to King Ferdinand and QueenIsabella a few dark brown beans that didn’t get much attention.17. 1502: Columbus landed in Nicaragua and found cacao seeds being used as currency.Columbus, however, was obsessed with finding a route to India and failed to see how hecould capitalize on the value of the cacao seeds.16. 1519: Hernan Cortes began a cacao plantation in the name of Spain. Although he didn’tlike the drink itself, he was intrigued by the seed’s value as currency.15. 1528: Cortes returns to Spain and presents King Charles V with cacao seeds and themethod of preparation. Cortes is known to have taught the king how to make chocolate.14. 1609: “Libro en el cual se trata del chocolate”, a book entirely devoted to chocolate is brought from Mexico.13. 1643: When Spanish Princess, Maria Theresa married Louis XIV of France, she gavehim a gift of chocolates. It was then that the French were introduced to chocolate.12. 1657: In London, the first chocolate house is opened by a Frenchman. This chocolatehouse becomes the meeting place for the elite of London society.11. 1711: Emperor Charles VI moves his court to Vienna from Madrid, and broughtchocolate with him.10. 1755: America discovers chocolate.9. 1765: The first
American Chocolate
Factory is opened in the USA in Dorchester, MA.8. 1780: In Barcelona the first machine-made chocolate is created.
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