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 succeeds Harold Minchum becoming Minister for Magic until her retirement in 1990.
*Peter Pettigrew begins passing information to Lord Voldemort. - "DON'T LIE!" bellowed Black. "YOU'D BEEN PASSING INFORMATION TO [Lord Voldemort] FOR A YEAR BEFORE LILY AND JAMES DIED! YOU WERE HIS SPY!"
==Births==
*1 March: Ronald Weasley
*5 June: Draco Malfoy
*23 June: Dudley DursleyHarry Potter Lexicon Timeline - Dudley Dursley
*30 July: Neville Longbottom
*31 July: Harry Potter
*Ernie Macmillan showed Ernie attending Potions on 21 April, 1996 with Harry Potter, Draco Malfoy, and all other students who were not old enough to take their Apparition tests. Thus, he must have been born in 1980.
*Terry Boot (presumed)Presumption is based on these students beginning at Hogwarts in 1991, meaning they were born between 1 September 1979 and 31 August 1980.
*Hannah Abbott (presumed)
*Susan Bones (presumed)
*Mandy Brocklehurst (presumed)
*Lavender Brown (presumed)
*Millicent Bulstrode (presumed)
*Michael Corner (presumed)
*Vincent Crabbe (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)
==See also==
*Dating conventions
==Muggle events==
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==Notes and references==
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