1980

The following events occurred in the year 1980:

Events

 * Professor Sybill Trelawney tells Albus Dumbledore the prophecy concerning Harry Potter and Tom Marvolo Riddle.
 * Death Eater Igor Karkaroff is captured by Auror Alastor Moody and sent to Azkaban.
 * Millicent Bagnold becomes Minister for Magic until her retirement in 1990.

Births

 * 1 March: Ronald Weasley
 * 5 June: Draco Malfoy
 * 23 June: Dudley Dursley
 * 30 July: Neville Longbottom
 * 31 July: Harry Potter
 * Ernie Macmillan
 * Terry Boot (presumed )
 * Hannah Abbott (presumed)
 * Susan Bones (presumed)
 * Mandy Brocklehurst (presumed)
 * Lavender Brown (presumed)
 * Millicent Bulstrode (presumed)
 * Michael Corner (presumed)
 * Vincent Crabbe (presumed)
 * Justin Finch-Fletchley (presumed)
 * Seamus Finnigan (presumed)
 * Anthony Goldstein (presumed)
 * Gregory Goyle (presumed)
 * Daphne Greengrass (presumed)
 * Morag MacDougal (presumed)
 * Leanne (presumed)
 * Lily Moon (presumed)
 * Theodore Nott (presumed)
 * Pansy Parkinson (presumed)
 * Parvati Patil (presumed)
 * Sally-Anne Perks (presumed)
 * Dean Thomas (presumed)
 * Lisa Turpin (presumed)
 * Blaise Zabini (presumed)
 * Piers Polkiss (presumed)
 * Dennis (presumed)
 * Gordon (presumed)
 * Malcolm (presumed)

Deaths

 * Evan Rosier and Wilkes, both known Death Eaters, are killed by Aurors.
 * Dean Thomas's father