1900s

The following events occurred in the first decade of the 1900s:

Events

 * 1900: Angus Buchanan publishes My Life As A Squib, which instantly becomes a worldwide bestseller, bringing the plight of the Squibs to the wizarding world's attention.
 * 1901: The Moontrimmer broom is created by Gladys Boothby.
 * 1901: Queen Victoria dies. Minister for Magic Faris Spavin, aged 145, attends her funeral wearing an admiral's hat and spats. In response, the Wizengamot gently suggests he step down as Minister for Magic.
 * 1902: A performance of Musidora Barkwith's Wizarding Suite blows off the roof of Ackerley Town Hall. Roderick Plumpton leads the Tutshill Tornados to five British and Irish League wins.
 * 1903: Faris Spavin retires from the post of Minister for Magic, and is succeeded by Venusia Crickerly.
 * 1904: The seventy-second Wizarding Schools Potions Championship is held.
 * 1907: Tolipan Blemish Blitzer is first produced.
 * 1908 or 1909: Newton Scamander starts at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. He is Sorted into Hufflepuff.

Births

 * Between 1900 and 1907: Morfin Gaunt to Marvolo Gaunt and his wife
 * 1900: Perpetua Fancourt
 * 1901: Arcturus Black III to Sirius Black II and Hesper Gamp
 * 1903: Roland Kegg
 * 1903: Tilly Toke
 * 1904: Lycoris Black to Sirius Black II and Hesper Gamp
 * 1905: Tom Riddle Sr. to Thomas and Mary Riddle
 * 1906: Regulus Black I to Sirius Black II and Hesper Gamp
 * c. 1907: Merope Gaunt to Marvolo Gaunt and his wife
 * c. 1908: Mrs. Cole

Deaths

 * 1904: Dorcas Wellbeloved
 * 1906: Dinah Stevenson

Notes and references
Années 1900