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Jan 1, 600
Maya people bring cacoa beans to Mexico
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Period: Jan 1, 600 to
History Of Chocolate
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Jan 1, 1200
The Aztec people gain access to the cacoa bean
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Jan 1, 1502
Christopher Columbus brings the cacoa bean to Europe
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Jan 1, 1528
Hernán Cortéz establilshes a cacoa plantation in the name of Spain
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First solid chocolate is sold in London
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J. S. Fry and Sons makes the first solid chocolate bar
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Daniel Peter creates milk chocolate
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Milton Hershey creates his first chocolate factory
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Nestlé becomes the world's largest chocolate manufacturer