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*[[Wikipedia:1943|1943]]: [[Tom Riddle]] opens the [[Chamber of Secrets]]. Several students get injured, [[Myrtle|Moaning Myrtle]] gets killed by the Basilisk. Hagrid is framed for the attacks by Riddle and is expelled.<ref>[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]</ref>
 
*[[Wikipedia:1943|1943]]: [[Tom Riddle]] opens the [[Chamber of Secrets]]. Several students get injured, [[Myrtle|Moaning Myrtle]] gets killed by the Basilisk. Hagrid is framed for the attacks by Riddle and is expelled.<ref>[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]</ref>
 
*Summer, [[Wikipedia:1943|1943]]: Tom Riddle [[Murder of the Riddle family|murders]] his father, [[Tom Riddle Sr.]], and his grandparents, [[Thomas Riddle|Thomas]] and [[Mary Riddle]], for the abandoning of his late mother, [[Merope Gaunt]]. His uncle, [[Morfin Gaunt]] is framed for the attacks by Riddle and is sent to [[Azkaban]]. {{Fact}}
 
*Summer, [[Wikipedia:1943|1943]]: Tom Riddle [[Murder of the Riddle family|murders]] his father, [[Tom Riddle Sr.]], and his grandparents, [[Thomas Riddle|Thomas]] and [[Mary Riddle]], for the abandoning of his late mother, [[Merope Gaunt]]. His uncle, [[Morfin Gaunt]] is framed for the attacks by Riddle and is sent to [[Azkaban]]. {{Fact}}
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1944 1944]: [[Margot Droope]] receives an award for unkown reasons.
 
*[[Wikipedia:1945|1945]]: Tom Riddle graduates from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.{{Fact}}
 
*[[Wikipedia:1945|1945]]: Tom Riddle graduates from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.{{Fact}}
 
*[[Wikipedia:1945|1945]]: [[Albus Dumbledore]] defeats [[Gellert Grindelwald]], who is sentenced to life in [[Nurmengard]].{{Fact}}
 
*[[Wikipedia:1945|1945]]: [[Albus Dumbledore]] defeats [[Gellert Grindelwald]], who is sentenced to life in [[Nurmengard]].{{Fact}}
*[[1 September]], [[Wikipedia:1946|1946]]: [[Minerva McGonagall]] starts attending [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]], and proves to be a [[Hatstall]] during her [[Sorting ceremony|Sorting]].
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*[[1 September]], [[Wikipedia:1946|1946]]: [[Minerva McGonagall]] starts attending [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]], and proves to be a [[Hatstall]] during her [[Sorting ceremony|Sorting]].[[File:1943RiddleHouseCalendar.png|thumb|right|200px|A calendar for August of 1943, in the abandoned [[Riddle House]] in the [[1990s]].]]
 
*[[Wikipedia:1946|1946]]: Tom Riddle murders [[Hepzibah Smith]], stealing artefacts of [[Helga Hufflepuff]] and [[Salazar Slytherin]] {{Fact}}
 
*[[Wikipedia:1946|1946]]: Tom Riddle murders [[Hepzibah Smith]], stealing artefacts of [[Helga Hufflepuff]] and [[Salazar Slytherin]] {{Fact}}
*[[Wikipedia:1947|1947]]: The [[Werewolf Register]] is introduced.{{Fact}}
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*[[Wikipedia:1947|1947]]: The [[Werewolf Register]] is introduced.<ref>''[[Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (real)]]'' - Chapter 1 (''About the Author'')</ref>
*[[Wikipedia:1947|1947]]: ''[[A History of Magic]]'' by [[Bathilda Bagshot]] is first published.{{Fact}}
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*[[Wikipedia:1947|1947]]: ''[[A History of Magic]]'' by [[Bathilda Bagshot]] is first published.<ref>''[[Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (real)]]'' - Chapter 3 (''A Brief History of Muggle Awareness of Fantastic Beasts'')</ref>
 
*<span style="line-height:21px;">A [[fanged gerbil]] was found to have been put into </span>[[Augusta_Longbottom|Augusta Longbottom]]<span style="line-height:21px;">'s handbag as a joke by </span>[[Neville Longbottom's grandfather|her husband]]<span style="line-height:21px;">.</span>
 
*<span style="line-height:21px;">A [[fanged gerbil]] was found to have been put into </span>[[Augusta_Longbottom|Augusta Longbottom]]<span style="line-height:21px;">'s handbag as a joke by </span>[[Neville Longbottom's grandfather|her husband]]<span style="line-height:21px;">.</span>
 
*[[Wikipedia:1949|1949]]: A [[hippocampus]] is caught by [[Merpeople]] off the coast of Scotland.{{Fact}}
 
*[[Wikipedia:1949|1949]]: A [[hippocampus]] is caught by [[Merpeople]] off the coast of Scotland.{{Fact}}
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===Quidditch===
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*[[Wikipedia:1940|1940]] to [[Wikipedia:1944|1944]]: [[Winky Crockett]] captained the [[Slytherin Quidditch team]].<ref name="HPtE">''[[Harry Potter: The Exhibition]]'', {{see image|File:SlytherinHouseCaptainsPlaque.jpg}}</ref>
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*[[Wikipedia:1944|1944]] to [[Wikipedia:1948|1948]]: [[Neil Lament]] captained the Slytherin Quidditch team.<ref name="HPtE">''[[Harry Potter: The Exhibition]]'', {{see image|File:SlytherinHouseCaptainsPlaque.jpg}}</ref>
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*[[Wikipedia:1948|1948]]: [[Andrew Snowyowl]] captained the Slytherin Quidditch team from 1948 until the end of the decade.<ref name="HPtE">''[[Harry Potter: The Exhibition]]'', {{see image|File:SlytherinHouseCaptainsPlaque.jpg}}</ref>
   
 
==Births==
 
==Births==
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*[[Wikipedia:1946|1946]]: [[Broderick Bode]]{{Fact}}
 
*[[Wikipedia:1946|1946]]: [[Broderick Bode]]{{Fact}}
 
*[[Wikipedia:1947|1947]]: [[Laurentia Fletwock]]{{Fact}}
 
*[[Wikipedia:1947|1947]]: [[Laurentia Fletwock]]{{Fact}}
*[[Wikipedia:1949|1949]]: [[Molly Weasley|Molly Weasley (née Prewett)]]{{Fact}}
 
 
*[[Wikipedia:1942|1942]]: [[Stephen Hawking]]{{Fact}}
 
*[[Wikipedia:1942|1942]]: [[Stephen Hawking]]{{Fact}}
 
*[[Wikipedia:1941|1941]]: [[Karl Broadmoor]]{{Fact}}
 
*[[Wikipedia:1941|1941]]: [[Karl Broadmoor]]{{Fact}}
 
*[[Wikipedia:1949|1949]]: [[Unidentified Minister of Magical Transportation]]
 
*[[Wikipedia:1949|1949]]: [[Unidentified Minister of Magical Transportation]]
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*[[30 October]] 1949: [[Molly Prewett]]   
   
 
==Deaths==
 
==Deaths==
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==Behind the scenes==
 
==Behind the scenes==
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*1940 [[Michael Gambon]] who plays Professor [[Albus Dumbledore]] was born on 19 October 
 
*[[Wikipedia:1942|1942]]: [[Mike Newell]], director of the [[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)|film adaptation]] of ''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]'', was born on [[28 March]].{{Fact}}
 
*[[Wikipedia:1942|1942]]: [[Mike Newell]], director of the [[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)|film adaptation]] of ''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]'', was born on [[28 March]].{{Fact}}
 
*[[Wikipedia:1942|1942]]: [[Gemma Jones]], who plays [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Hogwarts]]' Nurse [[Poppy Pomfrey]], was born on [[4 December]].{{Fact}}
 
*[[Wikipedia:1942|1942]]: [[Gemma Jones]], who plays [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Hogwarts]]' Nurse [[Poppy Pomfrey]], was born on [[4 December]].{{Fact}}
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[[fr:Années 1940]]
 
[[fr:Années 1940]]
 
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[[Category:Decades|40s]]</noinclude>
 
[[Category:Decades|40s]]</noinclude>

Revision as of 13:14, 12 September 2014

1940s staff

The Hogwarts staff of the 1940s.

The following events occurred in the 1940s:

Events

Tom Riddle accused Rubeus Hagrid (Concept Artwork for HP2 movie 01)

1943: Tom Riddle frames Rubeus Hagrid.

Quidditch

Births

Deaths

Tom Riddle Sr

The grave of Tom Riddle Sr.

Behind the scenes

See also

External links

Notes and references

  1. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
  2. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (real) - Chapter 1 (About the Author)
  3. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (real) - Chapter 3 (A Brief History of Muggle Awareness of Fantastic Beasts)
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Harry Potter: The Exhibition, (see this image)
  5. MugglenetBirthday archive: Pomona Sprout (information retrieved from J.K. Rowling's Official Site)
  6. Pottermore biography of Minerva McGonagall (transcription available here)
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