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The following events occurred in the '''1920s''': |
The following events occurred in the '''1920s''': |
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==Events== |
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− | [[File:Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Published by Newt Scamander in 1927.]] |
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− | *[[Wikipedia:1921|1921]]: [[Roderick Plumpton]] makes the fastest ever capture of the [[Golden Snitch]] — three and a half seconds<ref name="QA7">''[[Quidditch Through the Ages (real)|Quidditch Through the Ages]]'' - Chapter 7 (''Quidditch Teams of Britain and Ireland'')</ref> |
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− | *[[Wikipedia:1922|1922]]: [[TongueBurners Ltd]] is established.<ref name="hpwc">[[Harry Potter Wizard's Collection]] — ''Label Collection'' book {{see image|File:ToothSplinteringStrongMints.jpg}}</ref> |
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− | *[[Wikipedia:1924|1924]]: The [[British Ministry of Magic]] passes [[Decree Number 157 of 1924]], which established the [[Educational Decree]]s.<ref>''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)]]'' - See [[:File:Proclamation -30 Poster.JPG|this image]]</ref> |
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− | *[[Wikipedia:1925|1925]]: [[Armando Dippet]] is declared [[Headmaster]] of [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]].{{Fact}} |
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− | *[[Wikipedia:1925|Circa 1925]]: [[Bob Ogden]] arrests [[Marvolo Gaunt]] and his son [[Morfin Gaunt|Morfin]] for the latter's hexing of [[Tom Riddle, Sr.]]. Marvolo is given a six month sentence in [[Azkaban]] for assaulting several Ministry employees, while Morfin is given three years for the aforementioned hexing of Riddle.<ref>[[Tom Riddle|Lord Voldemort]], the son of [[Merope Gaunt]] and [[Tom Riddle, Sr.]] was born on [[December 31]], 1926. Albus Dumbledore stated that Merope and the elder Riddle were married a year before his birth. It is likely that the Gaunt men's arrest took place months before the marriage.</ref> |
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− | *[[Wikipedia:1925|Circa December 1925]]: [[Merope Gaunt]] and [[Tom Riddle, Sr.]] are [[Wedding of Tom Riddle Sr. and Merope Gaunt|married]]. |
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− | *[[Wikipedia:1926|1926]]: Brothers [[Bob Ollerton|Bob]], [[Bill Ollerton|Bill]], and [[Barnaby Ollerton]] start the [[Cleansweep Broom Company]]. They release the [[Cleansweep One]] as their first product.<ref name="QA9">''[[Quidditch Through the Ages (real)|Quidditch Through the Ages]]'' - Chapter 9 (''The Development of the Racing Broom'')</ref> |
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− | *[[March]] [[Wikipedia:1926|1926]]: [[Merope Gaunt]] becomes pregnant with her and [[Tom Riddle Sr.]]'s [[Tom Riddle|son]]. |
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− | *[[Wikipedia:1926|1926]]: [[Tom Riddle Sr.]] abandons his pregnant wife [[Merope Gaunt]], who dies in childbirth at the end of the year.<ref name="HBP10">''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]'' - Chapter 10 (''The House of Gaunt'')</ref> |
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− | *[[December]], [[Wikipedia:1926|1926]]: Just before Christmas, [[Merope Gaunt]], days away of having her baby and severely destitute, sells [[Caractacus Burke]] the priceless [[Salazar Slytherin's Locket]], an old family heirloom. Burke gives her ten [[Galleons]], which Merope happily takes. |
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− | *[[31 December]], [[Wikipedia:1926|1926]]: [[Merope Gaunt]] comes staggering up the front steps of [[Wool's Orphanage]], in [[London]]. The matron, [[Cole|Mrs Cole]], takes her in, and she has [[Tom Riddle|her baby]] in the hour. Merope gives instructions for her son to be named Tom Marvolo Riddle (in honour of [[Tom Riddle, Sr.|his father]] and [[Marvolo Gaunt|his maternal grandfather]]) and dies. |
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− | *[[Wikipedia:1927|1927]]: ''[[Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them]]'', written by [[Newton Scamander|Newt Scamander]], is first published.<ref name="FBintro">''[[Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (real)|Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them]]'' - Introduction (''About This Book'')</ref> |
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− | *[[Wikipedia:1928|Circa 1928]]: Morfin Gaunt returns to the [[Gaunt shack]] from at least his first imprisonment, only to find his [[Marvolo Gaunt|father]] dead and [[Merope Gaunt|sister]] abandoned. |
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− | *[[Wikipedia:1929|1929]]: The [[Comet Trading Company]] is created by [[Randolph Keitch]] and [[Basil Horton]]. They release the [[Comet 140]] as their first product.<ref name="QA9"/> |
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==Births== |
==Births== |
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− | *[[Wikipedia:1920|1920]]: [[Dorea Black]] to [[Cygnus Black II]] and [[Violetta Bulstrode]]<ref name="BFT">[[House of Black#Family Tree|Black family tree]]</ref> |
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− | *[[Wikipedia:1921|1921]]: [[Miranda Goshawk]]<ref name="PSfwc">''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game)]]'' {{FWC}}</ref> |
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− | *[[Wikipedia:1922|1922]]: [[Carlotta Pinkstone]]<ref name="PSfwc"/> |
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− | *[[Wikipedia:1923|1923]]: [[Blodwyn Bludd]]<ref name="PAfwc">''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game)]]'' {{FWC}}</ref> |
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− | *[[Wikipedia:1925|1925]]: [[Walburga Black]] to [[Pollux Black]] and [[Irma Crabbe]]<ref name="BFT"/> |
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− | *[[Wikipedia:1925|1925]]: [[Lucretia Black]] to [[Arcturus Black III]] and [[Melania Macmillan]]<ref name="BFT"/> |
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− | *[[Wikipedia:1926|1926]]: [[Lestrange|Lestrange Sr.]]<ref name="HBP17">''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]'' - Chapter 17 (''A Sluggish Memory'')</ref> |
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− | *[[Wikipedia:1926|1926]]: [[Rosier|Rosier Sr.]]{{Fact}} |
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− | *[[31 December]], [[Wikipedia:1926|1926]]: [[Tom Riddle|Tom Marvolo Riddle]] to [[Tom Riddle Sr.]] and [[Merope Gaunt]]<ref>We know that Chamber of Secrets takes place in 1992. Fifty years earlier was 1942. In this year, Hagrid was a third year, and Riddle was two above him, meaning he was a fifth year. 15 years before 1942 was 1927. However, Riddle was born on New Year's Eve, making it 1926.</ref> |
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− | *[[6 December]], [[Wikipedia:1928|1928]]: [[Rubeus Hagrid]] to a [[Giant]]ess mother, [[Fridwulfa]], and a [[Rubeus Hagrid's father|wizard father]]<ref name="Hagrid">In ''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]'' - Chapter 4 (''The Keeper of the Keys''), Hagrid says he was expelled in his third year, which we learn in ''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]'', was in 1942.</ref> |
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− | *[[Wikipedia:1929|1929]]: [[Orion Black]] to [[Arcturus Black III]] and [[Melania Macmillan]]<ref name="BFT"/> |
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− | *[[9 January]], [[Wikipedia:1923|1923]]: [[Katherine Mansfield]] |
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− | *[[Wikipedia:1926|1926]]: [[Misapinoa Black|Misapinoa Blishwick née Black]]<ref name="BFT"/> |
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− | *[[29 October]] [[Wikipedia:1925|1925]] - [[Robert Hardy]], who plays [[Cornelius Fudge]] in the [[Harry Potter films|movies]], is born.{{Fact}} |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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==Notes and references== |
==Notes and references== |
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{{Reflist}} |
{{Reflist}} |
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{{20th Century}} |
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Latest revision as of 08:49, 22 May 2021
The following events occurred in the 1920s:
Events
- c. 1925 or 1926: Marvolo Gaunt returns to the Gaunt shack, only to discover that his daughter had eloped with the Muggle man. Marvolo later dies of shock and/or hunger.
Births
- Mid-to-late 1920s: Lestrange Snr, Avery Snr[1]
- 1928 or 1929: Myrtle Warren[2]
See also
External links
Notes and references
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 17 (A Sluggish Memory)
- ↑ "Shirley Henderson Coming Back for GoF" from The Leaky Cauldron
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