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The following events happened in the '''1890s'''.
 
The following events happened in the '''1890s'''.
   
 
==Events==
 
==Events==
 
*[[Wikipedia:1892|1892]]: [[Albus Dumbledore]] starts his first year of [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Hogwarts]] and is sorted into [[Gryffindor]].<ref name="dumbledore">Dumbledore [http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/en/wotm.cfm was born in 1881]. On chapter 18 of ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]'' (''The Life and Lies of Albus Dumbledore''), Rita Skeeter states that Dumbledore was "nearing" his eighteenth birthday when he left Hogwarts in June, but was still 17 when he met Grindelwald, making his month of birth either July or August. This makes his eleventh birthday fall during the summer of 1892, and his start at Hogwarts on the first of September of that year.</ref>
 
*[[Wikipedia:1892|1892]]: [[Albus Dumbledore]] starts his first year of [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Hogwarts]] and is sorted into [[Gryffindor]].<ref name="dumbledore">Dumbledore [http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/en/wotm.cfm was born in 1881]. On chapter 18 of ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]'' (''The Life and Lies of Albus Dumbledore''), Rita Skeeter states that Dumbledore was "nearing" his eighteenth birthday when he left Hogwarts in June, but was still 17 when he met Grindelwald, making his month of birth either July or August. This makes his eleventh birthday fall during the summer of 1892, and his start at Hogwarts on the first of September of that year.</ref>
*[[Wikipedia:1892|1892]]: The [[Chudley Cannons]] win the Cup in the British and Irish League, the last cup they have ever won.<ref name="QA7">''[[Quidditch Through the Ages (real)|Quidditch Through the Ages]]'' - Chapter 7 (''Quidditch Teams of Britain and Ireland'')</ref>
 
*[[Wikipedia:1894|1894]]: The [[Department of Magical Games and Sports]] bans the tradition of shooting arrows into the air to celebrate an [[Appleby Arrows]] goal after referee [[Nugent Potts]] is pierced through the nose by one arrow.<ref name="QA7"/>
 
 
*[[Wikipedia:1895|1895]]: [[Aberforth Dumbledore]] begins his first year of [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Hogwarts]].<ref name="DH2">''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]'' - Chapter 2 (''In Memoriam'')</ref>
 
*[[Wikipedia:1895|1895]]: [[Aberforth Dumbledore]] begins his first year of [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Hogwarts]].<ref name="DH2">''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]'' - Chapter 2 (''In Memoriam'')</ref>
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*[[Wikipedia:1896|1896]]: A student successfully cheats on their [[Ordinary Wizarding Level]]s. This would be the last successful instance of this for at least the next century.<ref>[http://atrossbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Harry-Potter-and-the-Order-of-the-Phoenix-2nd-draft.pdf HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX - 2nd Draft]</ref>
*[[Wikipedia:1899|1899]]: [[Albus Dumbledore]] sits his [[Nastily Exhausting Wizarding Test|N.E.W.T.s]]<ref name="dumbledorenewt">The date of Dumbledore's N.E.W.T.s and final year can be inferred from the year he started at Hogwarts.</ref> and [[Graduation ceremony|graduates]] from Hogwarts in a blaze of glory: [[Head Boy]], Winner of the [[Barnabus Finkley Prize for Exceptional Spell-Casting]], [[British Youth Representative to the Wizengamot|British Youth Representative]] to the [[Wizengamot]], [[Gold Medal for Ground-Breaking Contribution|Gold Medal-Winner for Ground-Breaking Contribution]] to the [[International Alchemical Conference]] in [[Cairo]]. Later in the summer, Dumbledore befriends [[Gellert Grindelwald]] during the latter's stay in [[Godric's Hollow]],<ref name="DH18">''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]'' - Chapter 18 (''The Life and Lies of Albus Dumbledore'')</ref> but their friendship is short-lived; during a row, a three-way duel broke out between Albus, Grindelwald and [[Aberforth Dumbledore|Aberforth]] which ended in the accidental death of [[Ariana Dumbledore]].<ref name="DH28">''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]'' - Chapter 28 (''The Missing Mirror'')</ref>
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*[[Wikipedia:1899|1899]]: [[Albus Dumbledore]] sits his [[Nastily Exhausting Wizarding Test|N.E.W.T.s]]<ref name="dumbledorenewt">The date of Dumbledore's N.E.W.T.s and final year can be inferred from the year he started at Hogwarts.</ref> and [[Graduation ceremony|graduates]] from Hogwarts in a blaze of glory: [[Head Boy]], Winner of the [[Barnabus Finkley Prize for Exceptional Spell-Casting]], [[British Youth Representative to the Wizengamot|British Youth Representative]] to the [[Wizengamot]], [[Gold Medal for Ground-Breaking Contribution to the International Alchemical Conference|Gold Medal-Winner for Ground-Breaking Contribution]] to the [[International Alchemical Conference]] in [[Cairo]]. Later in the summer, Dumbledore befriends [[Gellert Grindelwald]] during the latter's stay in [[Godric's Hollow]],<ref name="DH18">''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]'' - Chapter 18 (''The Life and Lies of Albus Dumbledore'')</ref> but their friendship is short-lived; during a row, a three-way duel broke out between Albus, Grindelwald and [[Aberforth Dumbledore|Aberforth]] which ended in the accidental death of [[Ariana Dumbledore]].<ref name="DH28">''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]'' - Chapter 28 (''The Missing Mirror'')</ref>
 
*[[Wikipedia:1899|1899]]: The [[Witches' League]] is founded.<ref name="CSf">''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)]]'' DVD (Disc 2 - Lockhart's Office)</ref>
 
*[[Wikipedia:1899|1899]]: The [[Witches' League]] is founded.<ref name="CSf">''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)]]'' DVD (Disc 2 - Lockhart's Office)</ref>
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*[[Wikipedia:1899|1899]]: [[Eloise Mintumble]] became trapped for five days in the year [[1400s|1402]], messing up time so severely that it was Tuesday for two and a half days and Thursday disappeared in four hours. When she got back to the present, her body had aged five centuries, and she died in hospital.<ref name="PM">''[[Pottermore]]'' - [http://www.pottermore.com/en/book3/chapter21/moment1/time-turner New From J. K. Rowling - Time-Turner]</ref>
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===Quidditch===
 
*[[Wikipedia:1892|1892]]: The [[Chudley Cannons]] win the [[League Cup]] of the [[British and Irish Quidditch League]], the last cup they have ever won.<ref name="QA7">''[[Quidditch Through the Ages (real)|Quidditch Through the Ages]]'' - Chapter 7 (''Quidditch Teams of Britain and Ireland'')</ref>
 
*[[Wikipedia:1894|1894]]: The [[Department of Magical Games and Sports]] bans the tradition of shooting arrows into the air to celebrate an [[Appleby Arrows]] goal after referee [[Nugent Potts]] is pierced through the nose by one arrow.<ref name="QA7"/>
   
 
==Births==
 
==Births==
*[[Wikipedia:1894|1894]]: [[Cassandra Vablatsky]]<ref name="PSfwc">''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game)]]'' {{FWC mention}}</ref>
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*[[Wikipedia:1894|1894]]: [[Cassandra Vablatsky]]<ref name="PSfwc">''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game)]]'' {{FWC mention}}</ref>
*[[Wikipedia:1895|1895]]: [[Magenta Comstock]]<ref name="WOTM">''[[Wizard of the Month]]''</ref>
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*[[Wikipedia:1895|1895]]: [[Magenta Comstock]]<ref name="WOTM">''[[Wizard of the Month]]''</ref>
 
*[[Wikipedia:1897|1897]]: [[Newton Scamander]]<ref name="FBauthor">''[[Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (real)|Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them]]'' - ''About the Author''</ref>
 
*[[Wikipedia:1897|1897]]: [[Newton Scamander]]<ref name="FBauthor">''[[Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (real)|Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them]]'' - ''About the Author''</ref>
   
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*[[Wikipedia:1899|1899]]: [[Kendra Dumbledore]]<ref name="DH18"/>
 
*[[Wikipedia:1899|1899]]: [[Kendra Dumbledore]]<ref name="DH18"/>
 
*[[Wikipedia:1899|1899]]: [[Ariana Dumbledore]]<ref name="DH18"/>
 
*[[Wikipedia:1899|1899]]: [[Ariana Dumbledore]]<ref name="DH18"/>
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*[[Wikipedia:1899|1899]]: [[Eloise Mintumble]]<ref name="PM"/>
   
 
==Notes and references==
 
==Notes and references==
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[[es:Años 1890]]
 
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Revision as of 08:38, 2 September 2014

The following events happened in the 1890s.

Events

Quidditch

Births

Deaths

Notes and references

  1. Dumbledore was born in 1881. On chapter 18 of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (The Life and Lies of Albus Dumbledore), Rita Skeeter states that Dumbledore was "nearing" his eighteenth birthday when he left Hogwarts in June, but was still 17 when he met Grindelwald, making his month of birth either July or August. This makes his eleventh birthday fall during the summer of 1892, and his start at Hogwarts on the first of September of that year.
  2. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Chapter 2 (In Memoriam)
  3. HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX - 2nd Draft
  4. The date of Dumbledore's N.E.W.T.s and final year can be inferred from the year he started at Hogwarts.
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Chapter 18 (The Life and Lies of Albus Dumbledore)
  6. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Chapter 28 (The Missing Mirror)
  7. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film) DVD (Disc 2 - Lockhart's Office)
  8. 8.0 8.1 Pottermore - New From J. K. Rowling - Time-Turner
  9. 9.0 9.1 Quidditch Through the Ages - Chapter 7 (Quidditch Teams of Britain and Ireland)
  10. 10.0 10.1 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game) (Mentioned on a Famous Wizard Card)
  11. Wizard of the Month
  12. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them - About the Author
  13. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)
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