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The following events occurred in the '''16th century''': |
The following events occurred in the '''16th century''': |
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*[[Quidditch]] [[Beater]]s experiment with [[iron]] versus [[lead]] [[Bludger]]s.<ref name="QA6">''[[Quidditch Through the Ages (real)|Quidditch Through the Ages]]'' - Chapter 6 (''Changes in Quidditch Since the Fourteenth Century'')</ref> |
*[[Quidditch]] [[Beater]]s experiment with [[iron]] versus [[lead]] [[Bludger]]s.<ref name="QA6">''[[Quidditch Through the Ages (real)|Quidditch Through the Ages]]'' - Chapter 6 (''Changes in Quidditch Since the Fourteenth Century'')</ref> |
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+ | *[[Edessa Sakndenberg]] was Headmistress of [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]] in the early sixteenth century.<ref>''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film)]]'' DVD (Disc 2 - ''The Quest of Sir Cadogan'')</ref> |
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+ | *A different version of ''[[The Wizard and the Hopping Pot]]'' emerges among wizarding families. In the revised story, the [[The Hopping Pot|Hopping Pot]] protects an innocent wizard from his torch-bearing, pitchfork-toting neighbours by chasing them away from the wizard's cottage, catching them and swallowing them whole. At the end of the story, by which time the Pot has consumed most of his neighbours, the wizard extracts a promise from the few remaining villagers that he will be left in peace to practise magic. In return, he instructs the Pot to render up its victims, who are duly burped out of its depths, slightly mangled. This happened because of the persecution of witches and wizards all over [[Europe]] in the early [[15th century|fifteenth century]].<ref name="BBdumbledorehoppingpot">''[[The Tales of Beedle the Bard (real)|The Tales of Beedle the Bard]]'' - ''Albus Dumbledore on "''The Wizard and the Hopping Pot''"''</ref> |
| + | *[[Zygmunt Budge]], living alone on the island of [[Hermetray]] after leaving [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]] at the age of fourteen, writes ''[[Book of Potions]]''.<ref name=PSBLOG>[http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2013/10/31/wonderbook-book-of-potions-arrives-on-ps3-next-month/ Wonderbook: Book of Potions arrives on PS3 next month - PlayStation.Blog]</ref> |
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==Decades== |
==Decades== |
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Revision as of 20:58, 8 April 2014
The following events occurred in the 16th century:
- Quidditch Beaters experiment with iron versus lead Bludgers.[1]
- Edessa Sakndenberg was Headmistress of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in the early sixteenth century.[2]
- A different version of The Wizard and the Hopping Pot emerges among wizarding families. In the revised story, the Hopping Pot protects an innocent wizard from his torch-bearing, pitchfork-toting neighbours by chasing them away from the wizard's cottage, catching them and swallowing them whole. At the end of the story, by which time the Pot has consumed most of his neighbours, the wizard extracts a promise from the few remaining villagers that he will be left in peace to practise magic. In return, he instructs the Pot to render up its victims, who are duly burped out of its depths, slightly mangled. This happened because of the persecution of witches and wizards all over Europe in the early fifteenth century.[3]
- Zygmunt Budge, living alone on the island of Hermetray after leaving Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry at the age of fourteen, writes Book of Potions.[4]
Decades
Notes and references
- ↑ Quidditch Through the Ages - Chapter 6 (Changes in Quidditch Since the Fourteenth Century)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film) DVD (Disc 2 - The Quest of Sir Cadogan)
- ↑ The Tales of Beedle the Bard - Albus Dumbledore on "The Wizard and the Hopping Pot"
- ↑ Wonderbook: Book of Potions arrives on PS3 next month - PlayStation.Blog
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