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[[File:1940s staff.png|thumb|right|250px|The Hogwarts staff of the 1940s.]] |
[[File:1940s staff.png|thumb|right|250px|The Hogwarts staff of the 1940s.]] |
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The following events occurred in the '''1940s''': |
The following events occurred in the '''1940s''': |
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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]].]] |
*[[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]].]] |
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*[[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}} |
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| + | *[[Wikipedia:1946|1946]]: The seventy-eighth [[Wizarding Schools Potions Championship]] is held.<ref name="BoP">''[[Wonderbook: Book of Potions]]''</ref> |
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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]]: The [[Werewolf Register]] is introduced.<ref>''[[Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (real)]]'' - Chapter 1 (''About the Author'')</ref> |
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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> |
*[[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> |
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*<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> |
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| + | *[[Wikipedia:1948|1948]]: [[Wilhelmina Tuft]] becomes [[Minister for Magic]].<ref name="PMministers">''[[Pottermore]]'' - [http://www.pottermore.com/en/book5/chapter7/moment1/ministers-for-magic New from J.K. Rowling: "Ministers for Magic"]</ref> |
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*[[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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*Summer, [[Wikipedia:1943|1943]]: [[Thomas Riddle]]{{Fact}} |
*Summer, [[Wikipedia:1943|1943]]: [[Thomas Riddle]]{{Fact}} |
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*Summer, [[Wikipedia:1943|1943]]: [[Mary Riddle]]{{Fact}} |
*Summer, [[Wikipedia:1943|1943]]: [[Mary Riddle]]{{Fact}} |
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| − | *[[Wikipedia:1946|1946]]: [[Hepzibah Smith]]{{Fact}} |
+ | *c. [[Wikipedia:1946|1946]]: [[Hepzibah Smith]]{{Fact}} |
==Behind the scenes== |
==Behind the scenes== |
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+ | *[[1940]] [[Michael Gambon]] who plays Professor [[Albus Dumbledore]] was born on 19 October |
| + | *[[1940]] [[John Hurt|John Hurt]] who plays [[Mr. Ollivander]] was born on 22 January |
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*[[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}} |
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*[[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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*[[Wikipedia:1946|1946]]: [[Alan Rickman]], the actor who portrays [[Severus Snape]], was born on [[21 February]].{{Fact}} |
*[[Wikipedia:1946|1946]]: [[Alan Rickman]], the actor who portrays [[Severus Snape]], was born on [[21 February]].{{Fact}} |
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*According to the mini-adventure ''[[The Queen's Handbag]]'', [[Augusta Longbottom]], grandmother of [[Neville Longbottom]], was the victim of a prank by her husband involving her handbag and a fanged gerbil in 1947, leading her to booby-trap her handbags from then on (leading to some pain for [[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]]). ''The Queen's Handbag'' breaks from canon in several places (not least of which by being set in 2006), so therefore whether anything included in the adventure actually counts as continuity is a matter of debate. This piece of information regarding Longbottom is listed here, however, as the only piece of new Potter Universe backstory offered in the mini-adventure. |
*According to the mini-adventure ''[[The Queen's Handbag]]'', [[Augusta Longbottom]], grandmother of [[Neville Longbottom]], was the victim of a prank by her husband involving her handbag and a fanged gerbil in 1947, leading her to booby-trap her handbags from then on (leading to some pain for [[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]]). ''The Queen's Handbag'' breaks from canon in several places (not least of which by being set in 2006), so therefore whether anything included in the adventure actually counts as continuity is a matter of debate. This piece of information regarding Longbottom is listed here, however, as the only piece of new Potter Universe backstory offered in the mini-adventure. |
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| + | *[[1949]] [[Bill Nighy]] who plays who plays [[Rufus Scrimgeour]] is on the 19 Decemcber |
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| + | *[[1949]] [[George Harris]] who plays [[Kingsley Shacklebolt]] is born on the 20 October |
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| + | *[[1949]] [[Jim Broadbent]] who plays [[Horace Slughorn]] is born on the 24 May |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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Revision as of 01:39, 26 February 2015
The Hogwarts staff of the 1940s.
The following events occurred in the 1940s:
Events
1943: Tom Riddle frames Rubeus Hagrid.
- 1940: Rubeus Hagrid starts at Hogwarts.[citation needed]
- 1940 to 1945: Grindelwald's Revolution.[citation needed]
- 1943: Tom Riddle opens the Chamber of Secrets. Several students get injured, Moaning Myrtle gets killed by the Basilisk. Hagrid is framed for the attacks by Riddle and is expelled.[1]
- Summer, 1943: Tom Riddle murders his father, Tom Riddle Sr., and his grandparents, 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. [citation needed]
- 1944: Margot Droope receives an award for unkown reasons.
- 1945: Tom Riddle graduates from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.[citation needed]
- 1945: Albus Dumbledore defeats Gellert Grindelwald, who is sentenced to life in Nurmengard.[citation needed]
- 1 September, 1946: Minerva McGonagall starts attending Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and proves to be a Hatstall during her Sorting.
A calendar for August of 1943, in the abandoned Riddle House in the 1990s.
- 1946: Tom Riddle murders Hepzibah Smith, stealing artefacts of Helga Hufflepuff and Salazar Slytherin [citation needed]
- 1946: The seventy-eighth Wizarding Schools Potions Championship is held.[2]
- 1947: The Werewolf Register is introduced.[3]
- 1947: A History of Magic by Bathilda Bagshot is first published.[4]
- A fanged gerbil was found to have been put into Augusta Longbottom's handbag as a joke by her husband.
- 1948: Wilhelmina Tuft becomes Minister for Magic.[5]
- 1949: A hippocampus is caught by Merpeople off the coast of Scotland.[citation needed]
Quidditch
- 1940 to 1944: Winky Crockett captained the Slytherin Quidditch team.[6]
- 1944 to 1948: Neil Lament captained the Slytherin Quidditch team.[6]
- 1948: Andrew Snowyowl captained the Slytherin Quidditch team from 1948 until the end of the decade.[6]
Births
- 1940: Fabius Watkins[citation needed]
- 15 May, 1941 or 1931: Pomona Sprout[7][8]
- 1945: Devlin Whitehorn[citation needed]
- 1946: Broderick Bode[citation needed]
- 1947: Laurentia Fletwock[citation needed]
- 1942: Stephen Hawking[citation needed]
- 1941: Karl Broadmoor[citation needed]
- 1949: Unidentified Minister of Magical Transportation
- 30 October 1949: Molly Prewett
Deaths
The grave of Tom Riddle Sr.
- 1940: Mr. Hagrid[citation needed]
- 1942: Eunice Murray[citation needed]
- 1943: Cygnus Black II[citation needed]
- 13 June, 1943: Moaning Myrtle[citation needed]
- Summer, 1943: Tom Riddle Sr.[citation needed]
- Summer, 1943: Thomas Riddle[citation needed]
- Summer, 1943: Mary Riddle[citation needed]
- c. 1946: Hepzibah Smith[citation needed]
Behind the scenes
- 1940 Michael Gambon who plays Professor Albus Dumbledore was born on 19 October
- 1940 John Hurt who plays Mr. Ollivander was born on 22 January
- 1942: Mike Newell, director of the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, was born on 28 March.[citation needed]
- 1942: Gemma Jones, who plays Hogwarts' Nurse Poppy Pomfrey, was born on 4 December.[citation needed]
- 1945: Andrew Burt, a British actor who provided voices in the video game adaptation of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, was born on 23 May.[citation needed]
- 1946: Alan Rickman, the actor who portrays Severus Snape, was born on 21 February.[citation needed]
- According to the mini-adventure The Queen's Handbag, Augusta Longbottom, grandmother of Neville Longbottom, was the victim of a prank by her husband involving her handbag and a fanged gerbil in 1947, leading her to booby-trap her handbags from then on (leading to some pain for Ron Weasley). The Queen's Handbag breaks from canon in several places (not least of which by being set in 2006), so therefore whether anything included in the adventure actually counts as continuity is a matter of debate. This piece of information regarding Longbottom is listed here, however, as the only piece of new Potter Universe backstory offered in the mini-adventure.
- 1949 Bill Nighy who plays who plays Rufus Scrimgeour is on the 19 Decemcber
- 1949 George Harris who plays Kingsley Shacklebolt is born on the 20 October
- 1949 Jim Broadbent who plays Horace Slughorn is born on the 24 May
See also
External links
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Notes and references
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
- ↑ Wonderbook: Book of Potions
- ↑ Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (real) - Chapter 1 (About the Author)
- ↑ Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (real) - Chapter 3 (A Brief History of Muggle Awareness of Fantastic Beasts)
- ↑ Pottermore - New from J.K. Rowling: "Ministers for Magic"
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Harry Potter: The Exhibition, (see this image)
- ↑ Mugglenet — Birthday archive: Pomona Sprout (information retrieved from J.K. Rowling's Official Site)
- ↑ Pottermore biography of Minerva McGonagall (transcription available here)
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