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The following events happened in the '''1870s''':
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==Events==
 
==Events==
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*[[1871]]: The first-ever international rugby match takes place in [[Edinburgh]], between Scotland and England. [[Squib]] [[Angus Buchanan]] plays for Scotland. He scores the first try, and Scotland wins the match.<ref name="Pottermore">{{WW|scottish-rugby}}</ref>
*[[Wikipedia:1874|1874]]: [[Dragon Barrel Brandy]] is first distilled.<ref name="HPLE">''[[Harry Potter Limited Edition]]'' - ''A Guide to the Graphic Arts Department: Posters, Prints, and Publications from the Harry Potter Films'' (see [[:File:DailyProphet1994Page.png|this image]])</ref>
 
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*[[1872]]: [[Bolandi]], the manufacturers of [[Bolandi's Exquisite Crystallized Pineapple]], is established.<ref name="HPLE">{{HPLE|G}} (see [[:File:Bolandi's Exquisite Crystallized Pineapple.png|this image]])</ref>
*[[Wikipedia:1875|1875]]: [[Gripping Charm]]s are discovered, revolutionising the design of the [[Quaffle]].<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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*[[1874]]: [[Elm Distilleries]] starts producing [[Dragon Barrel Brandy]],<ref name="HPLE2">{{HPLE|G}} (see [[:File:DragonBarrelBrandy.png|this image]])</ref> and [[Swotts & Swotts Scotch Distilleries]] starts producing [[Swott Malt Whisky]].<ref name="HPLE3">{{HPLE|G}} {{see image|File:Swott Malt Whisky.png}}</ref>
*[[Wikipedia:1875|1875]]: The [[British Ministry of Magic|Ministry of Magic]] passes the [[Decree for the Reasonable Restriction of Underage Sorcery]].<ref name="OP8">''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]'' - Chapter 8 (''The Hearing'')</ref>
 
 
*[[Wikipedia:1875|1875]]: [[Gripping Charm]]s are discovered, revolutionising the design of the [[Quaffle]].<ref name="QA6">{{QTA|R|6}}</ref>
*[[Wikipedia:1876|1876]]: [[Peachtree Fizzing Tea]] brand established.<ref>[[Harry Potter Wizard's Collection]] — ''Label Collection'' book {{see image|File:PeachtreeFizzingTeaLabel.jpg}}</ref>
 
 
*[[1875]]: The [[British Ministry of Magic|Ministry of Magic]] passes the [[Decree for the Reasonable Restriction of Underage Sorcery]].<ref name="OP8">{{OOTP|B|8}}</ref>
*[[Wikipedia:1876|1876]]: [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Hogwarts]] [[caretaker]] [[Rancorous Carpe]] devises [[Rancorous Carpe's trap|an elaborate trap]] to capture and contain [[Peeves]], the resident poltergeist. The trap fails and causes Peeves to come into possession of several dangerous weapons, which leads to an evacuation of the school. After three days, an agreement between Peeves and [[Headmaster|Headmistress]] [[Eupraxia Mole]] is reached, resulting in Peeves gaining new privileges.<ref name=pottermore>[http://www.pottermore.com/en/book2/chapter8/moment1/peeves ''Pottermore'' - Book 2, Chapter 8, Moment 1 - New from J.K. Rowling - Peeves]</ref>
 
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*[[1875]]: [[Albert Tillyman]] dies. His wife [[Violet Tillyman|Violet]], presumed missing for the past twenty years, comes out of hiding, revealing that she's been living with [[Myron Otherhaus]], having ended up at his home due to a [[Floo Network|Floo]] mishap.<ref name="tillyman">{{WW|the-floo-network}}</ref>
*[[Wikipedia:1879|1879]]: [[Elias Grimstone]] creates the [[Oakshaft 79]] [[broomstick]].<ref name="QA9">''[[Quidditch Through the Ages (real)|Quidditch Through the Ages]]'' - Chapter 9 (''The Development of the Racing Broom'')</ref>
 
 
*[[1876]]: [[Peachtree Fizzing Tea]] brand established.<ref>{{HPWC}} — ''Label Collection'' book {{see image|File:PeachtreeFizzingTeaLabel.jpg}}</ref>
 
*[[Wikipedia:1876|1876]]: [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Hogwarts]] [[Hogwarts Caretaker|caretaker]] [[Rancorous Carpe]] devises [[Rancorous Carpe's trap|an elaborate trap]] to capture and contain [[Peeves]], the resident poltergeist. The trap fails and causes Peeves to come into possession of several dangerous weapons, which leads to an evacuation of the school. After three days, an agreement between Peeves and [[Headmaster|Headmistress]] [[Eupraxia Mole]] is reached, resulting in Peeves gaining new privileges.<ref name=pottermore>{{WW|peeves}}</ref>
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*[[1876]]: The sixty-eighth [[Wizarding Schools Potions Championship]] is held.<ref name="BoP">{{WBP}}</ref>
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*[[1876]]: [[Globus Mundi Travel Agents]] is established.<ref>{{WWHP}} {{see image|File:New Globus Mundi sign.png}}</ref>
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*[[1877]]: In [[August]], the [[1877 Quidditch World Cup|393rd Quidditch World Cup]] takes place in the [[Ryn Desert]], [[Kazakhstan]]. This Cup would be known to history as "The Tournament that Nobody Remembers": for some unknown reason, no one in the wizarding world could remember a single match of the whole tournament after it had ended (theories for what had transpired range from mass [[Memory Charm]]s cast by the [[Goblin Liberation Front]], at that time very active and attracting [[Anarchism|anarchist]] wizards, to a massive breakout of [[Cerebrumous Spattergroit]], that causes memory loss and confusion). Whatever the reason, the tournament was [[1878 Quidditch World Cup|re-staged the following year]].<ref name="PM">[https://web.archive.org/web/20160307004515/https://www.pottermore.com/writing-by-jk-rowling/history-of-the-quidditch-world-cup History of the Quidditch World Cup] from {{PM}} (via The Internet Archive)</ref>
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*[[1878]]: The [[Great Poacher Raid of 1878]], where the largest [[Wizard poacher|poaching]] ring in eastern [[Wales]] is taken out by [[Dinah Hecat]].<ref name="HL">{{HL}}</ref>
 
*[[1879]]: [[Elias Grimstone]] creates the [[Oakshaft 79]] [[broomstick]].<ref name="QA9">{{QTA|R|9}}</ref>
   
 
==Births==
 
==Births==
*[[Wikipedia:1872|1872]]: [[Idris Oakby]]<ref name="WotM">[[Wizard of the Month]]</ref>
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*[[1872]]: [[Idris Oakby]].<ref name="WotM">[[Wizard of the Month]]</ref>
*[[Wikipedia:1874|1874]]: [[Sacharissa Tugwood]]<ref name="FWC">''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game)]]'' {{FWC mention}}</ref>
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*[[1874]]: [[Sacharissa Tugwood]].<ref name="FWC">{{PS|G}} {{FWC mention}}</ref>
*[[Wikipedia:1877|1877]]: [[Sirius Black II]] to [[Phineas Nigellus Black]] and [[Ursula Flint]]<ref name="BFT">[[Black family tree]]</ref>
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*[[1877]]: [[Sirius Black II]] to [[Phineas Nigellus Black]] and [[Ursula Flint]].<ref name="BFT">[[House of Black#Black family tree|Black family tree]]</ref>
   
 
==Deaths==
 
==Deaths==
*[[Wikipedia:1872|1872]]: [[Crispin Cronk]]<ref name="FWC"/>
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*[[Wikipedia:1872|1872]]: [[Crispin Cronk]].<ref name="FWC"/>
*[[Wikipedia:1872|1872]]: [[Licorus Black]]<ref name="BFT"/>
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*[[Wikipedia:1872|1872]]: [[Licorus Black]].<ref name="BFT"/>
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*[[Wikipedia:1875|1875]]: [[Albert Tillyman]].<ref name="tillyman"/>
   
 
==Notes and references==
 
==Notes and references==
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Latest revision as of 17:13, 7 February 2023

The following events happened in the 1870s:

Events

Births

Deaths

Notes and references

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