1853

The following events occurred in **1853:**

## Events

* The **Second** **Dragon Pox Epidemic** begins after a new wave of dragon pox arrives, killing many witches and wizards across Wizarding Britain and Ireland.

## Hogwarts

### Individuals Sorted at Hogwarts:

The following individuals began their education at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry on 1 September, 1853.

* Bevedere Cuffe (Slytherin)
* Serafina Wolpert (Gryffindor)

## Births

* **19 January:** Octavius Rosier is born into the House of Rosier.
* **14 April:** Adalbert Sprout II, first child of Adalbert Sprout and Louisa May Sprout (née Walkin), is born in Tinworth, Cornwall, England.
* **2 June:** William Walkin, second child of Curtus Walkin II and Mary Walkin (née Tempest), is born in Tinworth, Cornwall, England.
* **17 June:** Basil Warrington is born in Bletchley, Buckinghamshire, England into the Warrington family.
* **13 July:** Iola Black, fourth child of Cygnus Black II and Elladora Black (née Maxime), is born in Islington, London, Middlesex, England.

## Deaths

* **11 February:** Melantha Selwyn (née Bulstrode), wife of Leopold Selwyn, dies aged 53 in Crouch Hill, Dorset, England.
* **7 April:** Ludmila Bagman (née Cuffe), wife of Gilbert Bagman, dies aged 53 in Chudley, Devon, England.
* **10 June:** Little Adalbert Sprout II, infant child of Adalbert Sprout and Louisa May Sprout (née Walkin), dies in Tinworth, Cornwall, England.
* **27 June:** Charlotte Battin, aged 47, dies in Tinworth, Cornwall, England, of dragon pox.
* **9 August:** Dominic Goyle, aged 44, dies in Bletchley, Buckinghamshire, England.
* **28 October:** Charlus Pickering, resident of Tinworth, Cornwall, dies aged 40 of dragon pox.
* **31 October:** Nigel Cuffe, respected resident of Chudley, Devon, dies of dragon pox aged 58. He is survived by his nine children and several of his grandchildren.
* **4 November:** Sara Cuffe (née Pickering), daughter-in-law of Nigel Cuffe, dies of dragon pox aged 33. She is survived by her husband, Phoebus, and her six children.
* **15 November:** Druella Wolpert, aged 31, dies of dragon pox in Tinworth, Cornwall, England.
* **17 November:** Corine Walkin (née Harper), the widowed wife of Crispin Walkin, dies aged 55 in Tinworth, Cornwall, England, also of dragon pox. She is survived by three children and six grandchildren.
* **2 December:** Gideon Wolpert Sr., husband of Beatrix Wolpert (née Pickering), dies of dragon pox in Tinworth, Cornwall, England, aged 37. He leaves behind his wife and nine children, including James Wolpert II, Harriet Wolpert, Louisa Wolpert, Gideon Wolpert Jr., Victor Wolpert II, Serafina Wolpert, Amelia Wolpert, Susanna Wolpert II, and Charlus Wolpert.
* **5 December:** Susanna Wolpert I (née Lockhart) dies only three days after her son, Gideon Wolpert Sr., of dragon pox in Tinworth, Cornwall. On the same day, Malvina Cuffe dies aged 31 in Chudley, Devon.
* **10 December:** James Wolpert I, aged 61, dies days after his wife, Susanna, and son, Gideon Wolpert Sr., of dragon pox in Tinworth.
* **11 December:** Susanna Wolpert II, aged 9, succumbs to dragon pox a day after her grandfather, James Wolpert I. The Wolpert family in Tinworth have lost both grandparents, their son, and a grandchild to the disease.
* **18 December:** Gideon Wolpert Jr. dies of dragon pox aged 13 in Tinworth after returning from Hogwarts. The Wolpert family in Tinworth have now lost both grandparents, their son, and two grandchildren to the disease. Members of the Wolpert family are not encouraged to return to the school after the Christmas holidays end.
* **24 December:** Cygnus Black I, aged 83, dies at Black Manor in Tisbury, Wiltshire, England, of dragon pox.
* **27 December:** Mirabelle Black, daughter of Cetus Black IV, dies at Black Manor, also of dragon pox, aged 19.
* **30 December:** Sirius Black I, son of Cygnus Black II, dies aged 8 of dragon pox, also at Black Manor.