1979
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The following events occurred in the year 1980
Events[edit | edit source]
- Professor Sybill Trelawney tells Albus Dumbledore the prophecy concerning Harry Potter and Tom Marvolo Riddle.
- Newt Scamander is awarded the Order of Merlin, Second Class.[1]
- 1 April: Caractacus Phelps exploded eight hundred Stink Pellets by dropping them en-masse from the roof of the Daily Prophet building in Diagon Alley. The resultant gas cloud caused untold discomfort throughout London and approximately five-hundred cases of 'Stinkitus' were reported. The non-magical authorities explained the stinking cloud away as an unpleasant emission from a nearby factory.
- 1 September: Gwenog Jones starts at Hogwarts and becomes a favourite of Horace Slughorn.
Individuals that started at Hogwarts[edit | edit source]
Births[edit | edit source]
- Katie Bell (presumed[2])
- Eddie Carmichael (presumed)
- Cho Chang (presumed)
- Cormac McLaggen (presumed)
- 19 September: Hermione Granger
Deaths[edit | edit source]
See also[edit | edit source]
Notes and references[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (real) - Chapter 1 (About the Author)
- ↑ Presumption is based on these students beginning at Hogwarts in 1990, meaning that they must have been born between 1 September, 1978 and 1 September 1979.