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1671 Blissful Accident
	The duke of Plessis-Pralin - one of the ambassadors serving Louis XIII - was competing with the Bordelais, who undermined the King's authority. In one of his sly moods, he came upon the idea of inventing a candy that would distract the rebels of Bordelais. He proposed this idea to his chef Lassagne, who - by coincidence - had seen one of his sous-chefs enrobing an almond in some spoiled bits of sugar. The idea of the praline was born. It still would take ages though, before the real praline - covered with chocolate - was invented.

1674 Roll Call
	In 1674 chocolate was served in pastry in the first coffee houses in the UK. "At the Coffee Mill and Tobacco Roll" was the name of a famous London coffee-house where, as early as 1674, one could enjoy chocolate in cakes and rolls "in the Spanish style".

1677 A Royal Decree
	On the strength of a royal decree dated 1st November 1677, Brazil - later to achieve an important position in the world market - establishes in the State of Para' the first cocoa plantations.

1697 Premier in Zurich
	Heinrich Escher, the mayor of Zurich, visits Brussels where he drinks chocolate and returns to his home town with tidings of the new sweet drink.

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