1978

The following events occurred in **1978**:

## Events

### Individuals who Graduated from Hogwarts:

The following individuals graduated from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry on 20 June, 1978.

* James Potter, Head Boy
* Lily Evans, Head Girl
* Sirius Black
* Severus Snape
* Remus Lupin
* Marlene McKinnon
* Wulfric Mulciber
* Stefan Wilkes
* Alice Fortescue
* Alecto Carrow
* Adrien Abbott
* Dorcas Meadowes
* Cadmus Bones
* Mary Macdonald
* Peter Pettigrew
* Victoria Chamberlain
* Elizabeth Edgecombe
* Jonathan Stebbins

### Individuals who Started at Hogwarts:

The following individuals began their education at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry on 1 September, 1978.

* Hestia Jones (Gryffindor)
* Tabitha Nettle (Ravenclaw)

### Other:

* **10 January**: Universal Brooms Ltd goes out of business in January 1978.
* James Potter, Lily Evans, Remus Lupin, Peter Pettigrew, Sirius Black, Dorcas Meadowes, Cadmus Bones, Alice Fortescue, and Marlene McKinnon join the Order of the Phoenix, an organisation created to fight Voldemort, on individual and undetermined dates.

## Births

* **16 January**: Adrian Pucey to Mr. and Mrs. Pucey in Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England.
* **22 February**: Michael McManus to Mr. and Mrs. McManus in Castlematrix, Limerick, Ireland.
* **19 March**: Roger Davies to Gordon Davies and Isobel Campbell, a Quidditch player, famous for her position as Chaser for Pride of Portree, in Inveraray, Argyll, Scotland.
* **21 March**: Terence Higgs to Mr. and Mrs. Higgs in Coleshill, Warwickshire, England.
* **1 April**: Fred and George Weasley to Arthur and Molly Weasley (née Prewett) in Ottery St Catchpole, Devon, England.
* **27 April**: Alicia Spinnet to Mr. and Mrs. Spinnet in Crewe, Cheshire, England.
* **19 May**: Graham Montague to Mr. and Mrs. Montague in Meltham, West Yorkshire, England.
* **3 July**: Julius Malfoy is stillborn to Lucius Malfoy and Narcissa Malfoy (née Black) in Malfoy Manor, Marlborough, Wiltshire, England.
* **15 July**: Lee Jordan to Mr. and Mrs. Jordan in Lewisham, London, Middlesex, England.
* **13 September**: Katie Bell to Charlie Bell and Mrs. Bell in Chelmsford, Essex, England.
* **7 October**: Robert Chambers to Mr. and Mrs. Chambers in Penrith, Cumbria, England.
* **20 October**: Arthur Hargrave to Cornelius Hargrave and Floriane Hargrave (née Aubrey) in Truro, Cornwall, England.
* **11 November**: Peter Phillips to Mr. and Mrs. Phillips in Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire, England.
* **26 November**: Cormac McLaggen to Thracius McLaggen and Mrs. McLaggen in Spennymoor, Durham, England.
* **14 December**: Melinda Bobbin to Mr. and Mrs. Bobbin in Maidstone, Kent, England.

## Deaths

* **19 February**: Marius Walkin dies aged 76 in Bristol, near Gloucestershire, England.
* **17 June**: Oswald Fudge passes away aged 77 in Derby, Derbyshire, England.
* **3 July**: Julius Malfoy is stillborn to Lucius Malfoy and Narcissa Malfoy (née Black) in Malfoy Manor, Marlborough, Wiltshire, England.
* **4 July**: Alector Carrow dies aged 97 in Southampton, Hampshire, England.
* **13 July**: Elsie Rutter (née Seymour) passes away aged 75 in Kensington, London, England.
* **15 July**: Bertram Abbott passes away aged 79 in Barnstaple, Devon, England.
* **19 August:** Maudlin Walkin (née Brown), has died aged 96. She is reunited with her late husband, Wilbur Walkin, in death. She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Gareth Lupin of Gravesend, as well as a grandson, Mr. Lyall Lupin of Abergavenny, and a great-grandson, Remus.
* **25 November**: Keziah Pettigrew (née Goshawk), widow of the late Wilfrid Pettigrew, died on this day aged 69 years.