KomÃ¡rno in Slovakia is an inland port on the Danube River which is an important international waterway. Several international treaties have established freedom of navigation on semi-enclosed seas. The Copenhagen Convention of 1857 opened access to the Baltic by abolishing the Sound Dues and making the Danish Straits an international waterway free to all commercial and military shipping.
The expansion of cocoa in Europe (17th - 19th centuries) During the 17th century, cocoa began arriving in other ports throughout Europe, effortlessly conquering every region's palate. Chocolate beverages were first embraced by the French court following the royal marriage of King Louis XIII to the Spanish Princess Anne of Austria in 1615.
It was Nichalos Sanders in 1727 who started to mix 'chocolate' with milk to make hot chocolate. According to 'The Chocolate Tree - A Natural History of Cacao' by Allen M. Young Jospeh Fry actually set up the first chocolate company in England in 1730. And then in 1779 the first chocolate factory was set up in America by Baker's Chocolate.