1920s
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The following events occured in the 1920s:
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[edit] Events
- 1921 - Roderick Plumpton makes the fastest ever capture of the Golden Snitch — three and a half seconds
- 1925 - Armando Dippet is declared Headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
- 1926 - The Cleansweep Broom Company is founded.
- 1926 - Tom Riddle Sr. abandons his pregnant wife Merope Gaunt, who dies in childbirth at the end of the year.
- 1927 - Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is first published.
- 1929 - The Comet Broom Company is created by Randolph Keitch and Basil Horton. They release the Comet 140 as their first product.
[edit] Births
- 1920 - Dorea Black to Cygnus Black II and Violetta Bulstrode
- 1921 - Miranda Goshawk
- 1922 - Carlotta Pinkstone
- 1923 - Blodwyn Bludd
- 1925 - Walburga Black to Pollux Black and Irma Crabbe
- October 4, 1925 - Minerva McGonagall
- 1925 - Lucretia Black
- December 31, 1926 - Tom Marvolo Riddle to Tom Riddle Sr. and Merope Gaunt
- 1926 - [[Lestrange Sr.]]
- 1926 - [[Avery Sr.]]
- 1926 - [[Rosier Sr.]]
- December 6, 1928 - Rubeus Hagrid to a Giantess mother, Fridwulfa, and a wizard father
- 1929 - Orion Black to Arcturus Black III and Melania Macmillan
- 1929 - Cygnus Black III to Pollux Black and Irma Crabbe
[edit] Deaths
- December 31, 1926 - Merope Gaunt
[edit] Muggle Events
- 1921 - England and Ireland adopt the Anglo-Irish Treaty; England grants the Irish Free State their independence.
- 1922 - Irish patriot Michael Collins is assassinated during the Irish Civil War.
- October 29, 1929 - A stock market crash starts the Great Depression.
[edit] See also
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