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1970

The following events occurred in **1970**:

## Events

### Individuals who Graduated from Hogwarts:

The following individuals completed their education at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in June of 1970.

* Bellatrix Black
* Ignatius Greengrass
* Enoch Liddell
* Winnifred Marchbanks
* Patricia Potts
* Edward Tonks
* Odilia Wescott

### Individuals who Started at Hogwarts:

The following individuals began their education at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry on 1 September, 1970.

* Bertram Aubrey Sr. (Ravenclaw)
* Charlie Bell (Gryffindor)
* Edgar Bones (Hufflepuff)
* Nigel Brown (Gryffindor)
* Molly Cartwright (Ravenclaw)
* Euan Evermonde (Slytherin)
* Godiva Fowler (Slytherin)
* Dirk Gibbon (Slytherin)
* Fulvia Honeycutt (Hufflepuff)
* Frank Longbottom (Gryffindor)
* James MacLeod (Gryffindor)
* Dorothea O'Flaherty (Gryffindor)
* Patricia McKinnon (Gryffindor)
* Keith Rigby (Ravenclaw)
* Alban Seward (Slytherin)
* Lucinda Talkalot (Slytherin)
* Sybill Trelawney (Ravenclaw)
* Winston Wolpert (Gryffindor)

### Other:

* The First Wizarding War against Lord Voldemort officially begins.

## Births

* **19 March:** David Beasley was born to Alice Rutter, secretary of Domhail Beasley, an Unspeakable for the Department of Mysteries, at St. Mungo's Hospital, London.
* **22 March**: Serena Stanhope to Mr. and Mrs. Stanhope in Malmesbury, Wiltshire, England.
* **24 April**: Edwin Tofty to Elphias Tofty and Silvia Tofty (née Gershwin) in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England.
* **19 September**: Steven Kropp to James and Sharon Kropp in Manchester, Greater Manchester, England.
* **29 November**: William Weasley to Arthur and Molly Weasley (née Prewett) in Ottery St. Catchpole, Devon, England.

## Deaths

* **14 April:** Dorothea Goshawk dies aged 65 in Hadleigh Heath, Suffolk, England.
* **3 June:** Anselm Walkin dies aged 69 in Bristol, near Gloucestershire, England.
1924

The following events occurred in **1924**:

## Events

### Individuals who Graduated from Hogwarts:

The following individuals graduated from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry on 20 June, 1924.

* Bryony Macmillan
* Edmund Macmillan
* Marion Winthrop

### Individuals who Started at Hogwarts:

The following individuals began their education at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry on 1 September, 1924.

* Cassiopeia Black (Slytherin)
* Bartholomew Burke (Slytherin)
* Viola Carrow (Slytherin)
* Gertrude Goshawk (Slytherin)
* Mabel Moon (Slytherin)
* Euan Shepherd (Ravenclaw)

### Other:

* **7 March**: Ivor Greengrass II and Petronia Stebbins celebrate their marriage in Bath, Somerset, England.
* **2 July**: Maurice Abbott and Marion Winthrop celebrate their marriage in Barnstaple, Devon, England.

## Births

* **29 June**: Edalbert Crimble to Mr. and Mrs. Crimble in Halifax, Yorkshire, England.
* **28 November**: Gordon MacCallum to Mr. and Mrs. MacCallum in Kirkcudbright, Kirkcudbrightshire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.
* **7 December**: Corban Yaxley to Bertram Yaxley and Mathilda Yaxley (née Greengrass) in Upton Noble, Somerset, England.

## Deaths

* **19 April**: Euphemia Bulstrode (née Parkinson) dies aged 61 in Belgravia, London, England.
* **12 August**: Octavius Rosier dies aged 71 in Swindon, Wiltshire, England.
* **4 November**: Lisette Pétau, a French witch, passes away aged 64 in Brittany, France.
23 May

**23 May** is the 143rd day of the year (144th in leap years). There are 222 days remaining until the end of the year.

## Events

### Births

#### 20th Century

* **1960:** Andrew Bruce was born on this day to Mr. and Mrs. Bruce in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
* **1976:** Viktor Krum, internationally-renowned Quidditch player for the Bulgarian National Team, was born on this day to Mr. and Mrs. Krum in Bulgaria.
* **1980:** Amanda "Mandy" Brocklehurst, a muggle-born witch, was born on this day to Mr. and Mrs. Brocklehurst in Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England.
* **1983:** Jonathan "Johnny" Cresswell was born on this day to Millicent Cresswell (née Fawley) and Dirk Cresswell in Sedgley, Dudley, Staffordshire, England.
5 April

**5 April** is the 95th day of the year (96th in leap years). There are 270 days remaining until the end of the year.

## On this Day

### Births

* **1930:** Marybeth and Malcolm Whitlock Jr. were born on this day to Malcolm Whitlock Sr. and Magdalene Whitlock (née Marchbanks) in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
* **1959:** James MacLeod to Mr. and Mrs. MacLeod in Dunvegan, Inverness-shire, Scotland.
* **1980:** Michael Corner was born on this day to John Corner and his wife in Bury, Greater Manchester, England.

### Deaths

* **1934:** A muggle named Clara Evans (née Beaulieu) passed away on this day aged 73 in Evesham, Worcestershire, England.
1973

The following events occurred in **1973**:

## Events

### Individuals who Graduated from Hogwarts:

The following individuals graduated from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry on 20 June, 1973.

* Amos Diggory
* Fabian Prewett
* Gideon Prewett

### Individuals who Started at Hogwarts:

The following individuals began their education at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry on 1 September, 1973.

* John Bell (Gryffindor)
* Arthur Brown (Gryffindor)
* Charity Burbage (Gryffindor)
* Isobel Campbell (Gryffindor)
* Millicent Fawley (Hufflepuff)
* Peter Liddell (Gryffindor)
* Quirinus Quirrell (Ravenclaw)
* Perdita Vaisey (Slytherin)

### Other:

* **10 June**: Cyril Greengrass and Winnifred Marchbanks celebrate their marriage in Bath, Somerset, England.
* **27 July**: Janus Thickey fakes his death by pretending that a Lethifold has eaten him on 27 July, 1973. His entire family was convinced he died.
* **10 August**: Janus Thickey is later found on 10 August, 1973, living five miles away with the landlady of the Green Dragon.
* **18 September**: The Ministry of Magic defeats an appeal against house-elf slavery on 18 September, 1973.

## Births

* **12 January**: Penny Haywood to Mr. and Mrs. Haywood in London, England.
* **7 February**: Nymphadora Tonks to Edward Tonks and Andromeda Tonks (née Black) in Woking, Surrey, England.
* **17 April**: Maud Prewett to Gideon Prewett and Dahlia Prewett (née Fowler) in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England.
* **23 August**: Frances Mallory, a muggle-born witch, is born to Mr. and Mrs. Mallory in Ipswich, Suffolk, England.

## Deaths

* **15 April**: Caspar Crouch dies aged 55 in Derby, Derbyshire, England.
* **11 August**: Frederick McKinnon, aged 74, passes away in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England.
* **19 November**: Rufa Longbottom (née Macmillan) dies aged 82 in York, Yorkshire, England.
* **29 December**: Charis Crouch (née Black) dies aged 54 in Derby, Derbyshire, England.
30 October

**30 October** is the 303rd day of the year (304th in leap years). There are 62 days remaining until the end of the year.

## Events

### 20th Century

* **1994:** The delegations from the Beauxbatons Academy of Magic and the Durmstrang Institute arrive at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in preparation for the Triwizard Tournament.

## Births

### 20th Century

* **1949:** Molly Weasley (née Prewett) was born on this day to Mary Ann Prewett (née Macmillan) and Alfred Prewett in Ottery St. Catchpole, Devon, England.
29 June

**29 June** is the 180th day of the year (181st in leap years). There are 185 days remaining until the end of the year.

## Events

### Hogwarts

* **1997:** Harry Potter gets a note from Dumbledore, telling him they are to seek out a Horcrux. While on the way to the Headmaster's Tower, Harry meets Sybill Trelawney, who reveals to him that Severus Snape was the one who overheard the Prophecy and told part of its contents to Voldemort, and thus was, to some degree, responsible for the the Potters' murders. Harry travels with Dumbledore to a seaside cave and retrieves the false Horcrux, while attacked by Inferi. They return to Hogsmeade, where they discover the Dark Mark has been cast over Hogwarts; they arrive there around midnight.

## Births

### 20th Century

* **1924:** Edalbert Crimble was born on this day to Mr. and Mrs. Crimble in Halifax, Yorkshire, England.
* **1953:** Philip Moore was born on this day to Walter Moore and Victoria Moore (née Gershwin) in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England.

## Deaths

### 20th Century

* **1948:** Amos Davies passed away on this day at the age of 74 in King's Lynn, Norfolk. Tuilla Flint (née Bobbin) also died on this day at the age of 97 in Greenfield, Flintshire, Wales.
* **1992:** Cassiopeia Black passed away on this day aged 78 in Devon, England. She died unmarried and without children. She was predeceased by her parents, Cygnus Black III and Violetta Black (née Bulstrode), her brothers Pollux and Marius, and her sister Dorea.
1960

The following events occurred in **1960:**

### Individuals who Started at Hogwarts:

The following individuals began their education at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry on 1 September, 1960.

* Damocles Belby (Slytherin)
* Meredith Bulstrode (Slytherin)
* Madge Doyle (Slytherin)
* Jacob Farley (Slytherin)
* Mundungus Fletcher (Slytherin)
* Septima Vector (Slytherin)

### Other:

* **27 May:** Hardwin Fudge and his wife celebrated their marriage on this day in Derby, Derbyshire, England.

## Births

* **3 January**: Alecto Carrow to Mr. and Mrs. Carrow.
* **9 January**: Severus Snape to Tobias Snape and Eileen Prince.
* **30 January**: Lily Evans to John and Esther Evans (née Roberts) in Cokeworth, England.
* **24 February**: David "Davey" Gudgeon to Dominic Gudgeon and Marsha Gudgeon (née Tolipan) in Tutshill, Tidenham, Gloucestershire, England.
* **10 March**: Remus Lupin to Lyall Lupin and Hope Lupin (née Howell) in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales.
* **11 March**: Victoria Chamberlain to Philip Chamberlain and Alexandra Chamberlain (née McKinnon) in Falkland, Fife, Scotland.
* **27 March**: James Potter to Charlus and Dorea Potter (née Black) in Godric's Hollow, Somerset, England.
* **2 April**: Dorcas Meadowes to Mr. and Mrs. Meadowes in St Albans, Hertfordshire, England.
* **13 April**: Edgar Bones to Mr. and Mrs. Bones in Cranbrook, Kent, England.
* **23 May**: Andrew Bruce to Mr. and Mrs. Bruce in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
* **2 June**: Susanna Coburn is born to Mr. and Mrs. Coburn in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.
* **10 June**: Theodorus Burke, Jr., is born to Theodorus Burke, Sr., and his wife Frances Travers.
* **14 August**: Alice Fortescue to Mr. and Mrs. Fortescue in London, Middlesex, England.
* **20 August**: Mary Jane McKinnon is born to Ernest and Colleen McKinnon (née Hamm) in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England.
* **30 August**: Peter Pettigrew to Stefan and Joan Pettigrew (née Soley) in Forest Hill, Lewisham, London, England.
* **12 September**: Greta Catchlove to Mr. and Mrs. Catchlove in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England.
* **15 November**: Geoffrey Fawley to Clement Fawley and Enid Fawley (née Edgecombe) in Derby, Derbyshire, England.
* **16 December**: Ambrose Greengrass I to Ignatius and Odella Greengrass (née Burke) in Bath, Somerset, England.

## Deaths

* **4 April**: Peter Spindle, Jr. dies at the age of 80 in Bedford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
* **9 June**: Octavius Weasley dies at the age of 83 in Ottery St Mary, Devon, England.
* **17 June:** Bartemius Higgs died on this day aged 75 in Coleshill, Warwickshire, England. He was survived by a son, Algernon Higgs, a daughter-in-law, Anissa, and a grandson, Albert Higgs.
* **11 August**: Alice Seymour (née Hitchens) dies at the age of 80 in London, Middlesex, England.
* **19 December**: Henrietta Goshawk (née Gamp) dies at the age of 86 in King's Lynn, Norfolk, England.
* **30 December**: Faustus Lestrange II dies at the age of 53 in King's Lynn, Norfolk, England.
18 March

**18 March** is the 77th day (78th in leap years) of the year. There are 288 days remaining.

## Births

### 19th Century

* **1850:** Elisabeth Bonham (née Harper), wife of Holden Bonham, is born into the Harper family in Barnton, Cheshire, England.

### 20th Century

* **1977:** Miles Bletchley was born on this day to Mr. and Mrs. Bletchley in Dorchester, Dorset, England.
5 September

**5 September** is the 248th day of the year (249th in leap years). There are 117 days remaining.

## Events

### 20th Century

#### Hogwarts

* **1991**: The Gryffindor first years have their first Transfiguration Class with Professor McGonagall.
* **1992**: The Gryffindor Quidditch team has a practise at dawn. Ron Weasley attempts to curse Draco Malfoy after he calls Hermione Granger a Mudblood, but his wand backfires and leaves him vomiting slugs. Harry Potter and Ron serve detentions with Gilderoy Lockhart and Argus Filch, respectively. While coming back detention, Harry hears the Basilisk for the first time.

#### London

* **1993**: Narcissa attempts to visit her aunt this Sunday, but is again denied.
18 April

**18 April** is the 108th day of the year (109th in leap years). There are 257 days remaining until the end of the year.

## Births

### 19th Century

* **1885**: Bartemius Higgs, a Wizengamot member, is born into the Higgs family in Coleshill, Warwickshire, England.

## Deaths

### 20th Century

* **1986:** Eileen Snape (née Prince) died on this day aged 56 in Spinner's End, Cokeworth, East Midlands, England.
1907

The following events occurred in **1907**:

## Events

### Individuals who Graduated from Hogwarts:

The following individuals graduated from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry on 20 June, 1907.

* Theseus Scamander, Head Boy
* Petronia Flint
* Gyeong Chang

### Individuals who Started at Hogwarts:

The following individuals began their education at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry on 1 September, 1907.

* Prudence Belby (Slytherin)
* Theophilius Rowle (Slytherin)
* Arnold Shepley (Slytherin)
* Orford Umbridge (Slytherin)

### Other:

* **5 June:** Blaise Carrow and Elizabetha Bulstrode are married in Belgravia, London, England.

## Births

* **6 January:** Petunia Gordon, a muggle, is born to George Gordon and Victoria Gordon (née Goebels) in Evesham, Worcestershire, England.
* **18 January:** Algernon Higgs to Bartemius Higgs and Astrea Higgs (née Moon) in Coleshill, Warwickshire, England.
* **16 March:** Fred Spindle, an American wizard, is born to Peter Spindle Jr. and Myrtle Spindle (née Rookwood) in Boston, Massachusetts.
* **26 March:** Arthur Kelly, an American wizard, is born to Samuel Kelly and Louise Kelly (née Spindle) in Lynn, Massachusetts.
* **10 April**: Faustus Lestrange II to Faustus Lestrange I and Melesina Lestrange (née Rosier) in Skipsea, Yorkshire, England.
* **13 June:** Anissa Eaton to Mr. and Mrs. Eaton in Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England.
* **17 July:** Fritz Parkinson to Paschal Parkinson and Fionnuala Parkinson (née Selwyn) in York, Yorkshire, England.
* **13 August:** Catherine Dillon, a muggle-born witch, is born to muggle parents in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England.
* **20 October:** Nigel Bonham to Walden Bonham and Lucilia Bonham (née Warrington) in Chipping Sodbury, Gloucestershire, England.
* **7 December:** Albert Hornby, a muggle, is born in Hadleigh Heath, Suffolk, England.

## Deaths

* **20 October:** Lucilia Bonham (née Warrington) dies in childbirth aged 27 in Chipping Sodbury, Gloucestershire, England.
* **12 December:** Rufa Buchanan dies aged 66 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.
23 March

**23 March** is the 82nd day of the year (83rd in leap years). There are 283 days remaining until the end of the year.

## Events

### Quidditch

* **1921:** Roderick Plumpton makes the fastest ever capture of the Golden Snitch — three and a half seconds, inventing the so-called "Plumpton Pass".

### Births

#### 19th Century

* **1899:** Henrietta Walkin, firstborn child of Benedict Walkin and Aster Walkin (née Glasson), was born on this day in Penzance, Cornwall, England.
30 July

**30 July** is the 211th day of the year (212th in leap years). There are 154 days remaining.

## Events

### 20th Century

#### First Wizarding War (1970-1981)

* **1981:** Evan Rosier, aged 20, is murdered by Alastor Moody when he begins to resist arrest.

## Births

### 20th Century

* **1980:** Neville Longbottom was born on this day to Frank and Alice Longbottom (née Fortescue) in Derby, Derbyshire, England.

## Marriages

### 19th Century

* **1898:** Cornelius Abbott and Tessie Macmillan celebrated their wedding on this day in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England.

## Deaths

### 20th Century

* **1974:** Henrietta Walkin died on this day aged 75 in Hackney, London, England.
* **1981:** Evan Rosier was murdered on this day aged 20.
19 January

**19 January** is the 19th day of the year. There are 346 days until the end of the year (347 in leap years).

## Events

* **1975**: Minister for Magic Eugenia Jenkins is seen as inadequate to the challenge of the first rise of Lord Voldemort, and is replaced by the hard-lined Harold Minchum.
* **1981**: Dorcas Meadowes, an Order member, is found dead in Blackpool, Devon.

## On this day

### Deaths

* **1926**: Lucilia Malfoy passes away at the age of 66 in Marlborough, Wiltshire, England.
* **1979**: Charlus Potter succumbs to Dragon Pox aged 58 in Godric's Hollow, Somerset, England.
* **1981**: Alice Beasley (née Rutter) dies aged 50 in Wolverhampton, East Midlands, England.
First Floor Toilet

## Location information

### Location

First floor of 12 Grimmauld Place, London Borough of Islington, London, England, Great Britain

### Affiliation

* Black family

There was a **toilet** located on the **first floor** of No. 12 Grimmauld Place. 12 Grimmauld Place was a home owned by the Black family, located in the Borough of Islington, London, in a Muggle neighbourhood.

This terraced house was first owned by Betelgeuse Black (1740-1799), who according to family lore coerced the original owner, a muggle, into gifting it to him in his will. The house contained a total of nine bedrooms and was constructed in the Georgian style in 1725.

## History

### Second Wizarding War

Harry once ran to the first floor toilet when he was overcome with a vision of Voldemort.

A hand-drawn portrait of Arcturus Black II was removed from this bathroom during the summer of 1995.

## Description

The toilet supposedly once held a portrait of Arcturus Black II, which creeped Aquila Black out. The portrait was thrown away when the Order cleaned the house out in 1995.
22 August

**22 August** is the 234th day of the year (235th in leap years). There are 131 days remaining until the end of the year.

## Events

### First Wizarding War

* **1980:** Five witches and wizards are murdered in Montrose, Angus, Scotland. Malcolm Cotsgrave, a Death Eater, is also killed by Ivor McKinnon in the conflict, dubbed the "Battle of Montrose".

### Second Wizarding War

* **1997:** Harry, Ron, and Hermione monitor the entrance to the Ministry of Magic. Hermione’s name appears in the Daily Prophet on a list of Muggle-borns who failed to present themselves for interrogation at the Ministry.

## Births

### 20th Century

* **1976:** Percival Weasley was born on this day to Arthur and Molly Weasley (née Prewett) in Ottery St. Catchpole, Devon, England.

## Deaths

### 20th Century

* **1915:** Septimus Malfoy I passed away on this day aged 59 in Marlborough, Wiltshire, England due to poor health.
* **1935:** Maximus Greengrass died on this day aged 83 in Bath, Somerset, England.
7 January

**7 January** is the 7th day of the year. There are 358 days until the end of the year (359 in leap years).

## Events

* **1996**: The Hogwarts Express brings students back to Hogwarts School around this time after the Christmas Holidays. Harry, Ron, Hermione, Ginny, Aquila, Fred, and George ride the Knight Bus to Hogsmeade. This is the second term of the 1995-1996 school year.
* **1997**: Potions Master Horace Slughorn presented each of his sixth-year Potions students with a phial of a garish pink blended poison sometime around this day, so that they could brew an adequate antidote under the principle of Golpalott's Third Law. Harry Potter asks Horace Slughorn about Horcruxes and memory in Potions classroom.

## Births

* **1922**: Nicolas Gudgeon is born to Albert Gudgeon and Eleanora Gudgeon (née Moore) in Tutshill, Tidenham, Gloucestershire, England.
* **1930**: Eileen Prince is born to Mr. and Mrs. Prince in Budleigh Babberton, Devon, England.
* **1949**: Meredith Bulstrode is born to Theodore Bulstrode Jr. and Mary Bulstrode (née Warrington) in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England.
* **1980**: Altair Black is born to Orion and Walburga Black in Islington, London, England.
* **1982**: Sarah Percy to Stephen Percy and Patricia Percy (née McKinnon) in London, Middlesex, England.
29 February

**29 February** is the 60th day of a leap year. There are 306 days remaining until the end of the year. This day only occurs every four years, in years that are divisible by four (i.e. 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, or 2008.) The only exception to this rule is centuries that are not divisible by 400, such as 1900. This date would have occurred twice throughout the Harry Potter series:

* In February 1992, during Harry Potter's first year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
* In February 1996, during Aquila Black's fourth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
1 August

**1 August** is the 213th day of the year (214th in leap years). There are 152 days remaining until the end of the year.

## Events

### Second Wizarding War

* **1997:** Bill Weasley and Fleur Delacour marry at the Burrow. The Ministry of Magic is taken over by Death Eaters. Minister for Magic Rufus Scrimgeour is killed along with his undersecretary Godiva Smith and Imperius Cursed Pius Thicknesse is installed in Scrimgeour's place as a puppet of Lord Voldemort. Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, Ron Weasley, and Sirius Black are attacked on Tottenham Court Road by Antonin Dolohov and Thorfinn Rowle, but manage to escape to 12 Grimmauld Place. Dedalus Diggle's house is burned down by Death Eaters. The rest of the Weasley family along with Maud Prewett are held and questioned for their contact with Harry Potter. Remus Lupin and Nymphadora Tonks disapparate to Andromeda Tonks' house with Aquila Black between them, thereby escaping the aftermath.

## Births

### 15th Century

* **1464:** Eleanor Rabnott, sister of magical scholar Edward Rabnott, was born into the Rabnott family on this day in Bishop's Lynn (now King's Lynn), Norfolk.

### 17th Century

* **1665**: Lady Aurelia Malfoy, the eldest daughter of Saturnius Malfoy, 10th Duke of Wiltshire and Ambrosia Malfoy, Duchess of Wiltshire (née Sidney), is born at Malfoy Manor in Wiltshire, England.

### 19th Century

* **1886:** Belvina Burke (née Black) was born in London on this day to Ursula Black (née Flint) and Phineas Nigellus Black, Headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. She was their fifth child and only daughter.
Lydia Davies

**Lydia Davies** (born 23 July, 1982) was a pure-blood Scottish witch who began attending Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in 1993. She was a member of Ravenclaw House and shared a dormitory with Sarah Percy, Suzie Kinney, and Amelia Noble.

She was the youngest daughter of Gordon Davies and his second wife, Isobel Campbell. She had a full sister and brother, Alexandra and Roger Davies, and two half-siblings, Chester and Kirstie Davies, from her father's first marriage.

## Biography

### Early life

Lydia Davies was born on 23 July, 1982, in Inveraray, Argyll, Scotland. Her parents were Gordon and Isobel Davies (née Campbell). She had an older brother called Roger (born 19 Mar 1978), who was four years older. She had a paternal half-brother called Chester Davies (born 22 Feb 1969) who was thirteen years older, and a paternal half-sister called Kirstie Davies (born 19 Oct 1972), who was ten years older. She had an older sister, Alexandra (born 16 Apr 1981).

As a child, she liked to play Quidditch with her brother Roger and her sister Alexandra, but because she was younger, they often left her out. She went to many Pride of Portree matches in Skye to watch her mother play, and decorated her room with the team colours.

#### Hogwarts years

Lydia received her Hogwarts letter in July 1993. She purchased a wand at Ollivander's that summer, made with aspen and unicorn hair. She boarded the Hogwarts Express on 1 September, 1993, on a day that Dementors attacked the train, looking for the recently escaped prisoner, Sirius Black. Later that evening, Lydia was sorted into Ravenclaw.

She shared a dormitory with three other girls, Sarah Percy, Suzie Kinney, and Amelia Noble.

## Etymology

The name Lydia is of Greek origin and comes from the bible, where the name Lydia means *kind*, or "kindred spirit."

Davies is a common Welsh surname, meaning "son of David".
1955

The following events occurred in **1955**:

## Events

### Individuals who Graduated from Hogwarts:

The following individuals left Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry after completing their seventh year of school in June of 1955.

* Chester Bonham
* Augusta Brown
* Alexus Burke
* Benjamin "Benjy" Fenwick
* Agatha Hargrave
* Eugene Longbottom
* Otto Midgen
* Poppy Pomfrey
* Louise Worple

### Individuals who Started at Hogwarts:

The following individuals began their education at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry on 1 September, 1955.

* Penelope Abbott (Hufflepuff)
* Mavis Longbottom (Gryffindor)
* Leonard Weasley (Gryffindor)
* Angus Weasley (Gryffindor)

### Other:

* **1 March**: Universal Brooms Ltd. introduces the Shooting Star, the cheapest racing broom yet.
* **12 April**: Dominic Gudgeon and Marsha Tolipan celebrate their marriage in Tutshill, Tidenham, Gloucestershire, England.
* **30 May**: Horace Rakepick and Marina Plunkett celebrate their marriage in Egremont, Cumbria, England.
* **6 June**: Gaius Evermonde and Augusta Goshawk celebrate their marriage in Gravesend, Kent, England.

## Births

* **10 March**: Cornelius Hargrave to Alice Hargrave (née Tolipan) and Walden Hargrave in Truro, Cornwall, England.
* **19 June**: Floriane Aubrey to Bartholomew and Normina Aubrey (née Leblanc) in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England.
* **14 July**: Rosalind Greengrass to Ignatius and Odella Greengrass (née Burke) in Bath, Somerset, England.
* **19 July**: Narcissa Black to Cygnus Black IV and Druella Black (née Rosier) in Tisbury, Wiltshire, England.
* **30 August**: Reginald Cattermole to Otto Cattermole and Darcy Cattermole (née Marchbanks) in Great Tolling, Evesham, Worcestershire, England.

## Deaths

* **13 April**: Marian Davies (née Gamp) passes away at the age of 81 in Coppins, Buckinghamshire, England.
* **6 November**: Ottoline Greengrass (née Prewett) dies at the age of 79 in Bath, Somerset, England.
5 August

**5 August** is the 217th day of the year (218th in leap years). There are 148 days remaining until the end of the year.

## Events

### Between the Wars

* **1992:** The Weasley family and Harry Potter go to Diagon Alley to purchase school supplies, meeting up with Hermione. Harry accidentally ends up in Knockturn Alley when using Floo powder. Gilderoy Lockhart is at Flourish and Blotts signing copies of his latest book, *Magical Me.* Lucius Malfoy surreptitiously puts Tom Riddle's Diary in Ginny Weasley's cauldron. A fight breaks loose at the bookshop; Arthur Weasley and Lucius Malfoy start duelling and Malfoy ends up slammed against a bookshelf.

## Deaths

### 20th Century

* **1975:** Petronia Bulstrode (née Flint) passed away aged 86 on this day in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England.
1923

The following events occurred in **1923**:

## Events

### Individuals who Graduated from Hogwarts:

The following individuals graduated from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry on 20 June, 1923.

* Thea Abbott
* Cicely Flint
* Baden Moore

### Individuals who Started at Hogwarts:

The following individuals began their education at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry on 1 September, 1923.

* Theodore Bulstrode (Slytherin)
* Tabitha Goshawk (Ravenclaw)
* Apollyon Pringle (Slytherin)

### Other:

* **20 January**: Lorcan McLaird becomes Minister for Magic.

## Births

* **23 July**: Otto Cattermole to Mr. and Mrs. Cattermole in Great Tolling, Evesham, Worcestershire, England.

## Deaths

* **19 April**: Bertram Prewett passes away aged 76 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England.
* **24 April**: Ada Yaxley (née Parkinson) dies aged 68 in Upton Noble, Somerset, England.
* **8 June**: Joseph Crabbe dies aged 45 in Crabtree Manor, Sussex, England.
* **9 June**: Myrtle Bulstrode dies aged 66 in London, England.
* **3 December**: Idelle Greengrass (née Fairburn) passes away aged 71 in Bath, Somerset, England.
* **18 December**: Hamish Buchanan dies aged 78 on the Isle of Skye.
Finola Holmes

## Finola Proctor (née Holmes)

**Finola Proctor** (née **Holmes**) (12 September, 1773 - 19 April, 1858) was an English half-blood witch, the wife of Alban Proctor, and the mother of Lucia and Mary Proctor. She was the grandmother of Percival Abbott, as well as Fionnuala, Lucia, Rufa, Arthmael, Anne, Petula, Hamish, Flora, Angus, Hercule, and Enola Buchanan. She was the great-grandmother of Ginevra and Ernest Abbott. The family was from Barnstaple, Devon, England.

## Biography

### Early life

Finola Holmes was born on 12 September, 1773, in Barnstaple, Devon, England. She was a half-blood witch, and attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry from 1 September 1785 to June 1792. She was a member of Ravenclaw House while at Hogwarts.

Later in life she married Alban Proctor, and had two daughters with him, Lucia and Mary. Lucia married Alwin Abbott, and had one son with him, Percival, while Mary became the wife of John Buchanan, and had eleven children with him, one of whom was a squib.
20 September

**20 September** is the 263rd day of the year (264th in leap years). There are 102 days remaining.

## Events

### 20th Century

* **1991**: Harry Potter receives his Nimbus 2000 racing broom from the Head of Gryffindor House, Professor McGonagall. The Gryffindor Quidditch team's first practise of the year takes place at seven p.m. that same day.
2 September

**2 September** is the 245th day of the year (246th in leap years). There are 120 days remaining until the end of the year.

## Events

### 20th Century

#### Hogwarts (1991)

* **1991**: Harry Potter and Ron Weasley get into trouble with Argus Filch, who thinks they are trying to break into the forbidden Third Floor Corridor.

#### London (1991)

* **1991**: A plan is made for Altair Black to be buried in Aquila’s grandfather Pollux’s makeshift grave that was originally created for Regulus, on the grounds of the Summer House in Cornwall. Narcissa pushes Orion and Walburga to have a larger funeral for Tarry, but they refuse. Orion takes Aquila to Castle Gate that evening, where she is the only one there to watch him dig the grave, just before midnight.

#### Hogwarts (1992-)

* **1992**: Ron Weasley receives a Howler over breakfast from his mother, because he stole the Flying Ford Anglia. Gilderoy Lockhart oversees a disastrous lesson with his second year Defence Against the Dark Arts class in which he releases live Cornish Pixies in class. The Gryffindor first years attend their first ever Transfiguration lesson.
* **1993**: The First Term begins on a Thursday. At 9 a.m, Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, and Hermione Granger have their first Divination class. Hermione also attends Muggle Studies and Arithmancy at 9 a.m. as well. Later in the morning, they have Transfiguration. After lunch, Rubeus Hagrid teaches his first lesson of Care of Magical Creatures, where Draco Malfoy is injured by Buckbeak. Aquila misses double Herbology but makes it to Transfiguration and later Charms.

## Trivia

* Annually, the school term of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry starts on this day; class schedules are given out at breakfast.
Alodia Black

## Alodia Black (née Prewett)

**Alodia Black** (née **Prewett**) (**19 April**, **1776** - **27 June**, **1841**) was an early member of the House of Black, as the wife of Cetus Black IV. She was born into the House of Prewett, an old pure-blood wizarding family. She was the third child of Dorian Prewett and Cora Prewett (née Rakepick). She attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry from September 1787 to June 1794.

She became the mother of Licorus, Phoebe, and Hesper Black.

## Biography

### Early life

Alodia Prewett was born on 19 April, 1776, on the Prewett family estate located outside of Ottery St Mary, Devon, England. Her father was Dorian Prewett, and her mother was Cora, a pure-blooded witch from the prominent Rakepick family. She had a brother, Marinus, and an older sister as well. At that time, the Prewetts owned a lively estate that is now the site of the Weasley family's Burrow, where Alodia and her siblings grew up.

#### Hogwarts years

Alodia received an invitation to study at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in the summer of 1787. Sometime before attending, she likely either purchased a wand from Ollivander's or inherited a wand from the Prewett family vault at Gringotts.

On 1 September, 1787, Alodia was sorted into Slytherin House like her mother, Cora had been years before. Her two siblings went to Gryffindor. She proved herself to be quite the formidable witch and had a strong reputation for duelling.

She left the school after her seventh year in 1794.

### Later life

Alodia Prewett married Cetus Black IV, the third son of Betelgeuse Black and his wife Adeliza Black (née Rosier), in 1807. The match was thought of by many as odd, though the House of Prewett had been known to marry their daughters off to dark houses before. Alodia Prewett, however, had been a Slytherin at Hogwarts, and the marriage was most likely thought of as advantageous by her own parents, Dorian and Cora.

The couple had their first child, a boy, who they named Licorus Black, in 1808. A daughter, Phoebe, followed in 1810. Then they had their third child, another daughter, in 1812, but Hesper passed away two years later.

#### Death

Alodia Black passed away on 27 June, 1841, at the age of 65, in Ilminster, Somerset, England.

## Etymology

Possibly from a Visigothic name derived from the Germanic elements *alja* "other, foreign" and *aud* "riches, wealth", the name Alodia means wealthy foreigner. Saint Alodia was a 9th-century Spanish martyr with her sister Nunilo.
1948

The following events occurred in **1948**:

## Events

### Individuals who Graduated from Hogwarts:

The following individuals graduated from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry on 20 June, 1948.

* Horace Rakepick, Head Boy
* Druella Rosier, Head Girl
* Eileen Prince
* Malcolm Whitlock Jr.
* Marybeth Whitlock
* Isobel Abbott
* Matilda Goshawk

### Individuals who Started at Hogwarts:

The following individuals began their education at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry on 1 September, 1948.

* Augusta Brown (Gryffindor)
* Alexus Burke (Slytherin)
* Eugene Longbottom (Gryffindor)
* Poppy Pomfrey (Gryffindor)

### Other:

* **23 January**: Wilhelmina Tuft becomes Minister for Magic.

## Deaths

* **11 April**: Millicent Tremblay (née Gamp) dies at the age of 77 in King's Lynn, Norfolk.
* **29 June**: Amos Davies passes away at the age of 74 in King's Lynn, Norfolk. Tuilla Flint (née Bobbin) dies at the age of 97 in Greenfield, Flintshire, Wales.
Bletchley family

**Bletchley** is the surname of a wizarding family that lived in Dorchester, Dorset, England. Members of this family are typically pure-blood and sorted into Slytherin. The family motto is "*Progrediens confirmatur animus*," which translates to "Forward and establish."

Members of the this family who have recently attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry include Miles Bletchley, who attended from 1988 to 1996, and Kevin Bletchley, who attended from 1989 to 1996.

## History

### Early history

#### 19th Century

A pair of brothers belonging to this family sold Bletchley & Sons, a financial firm, after Frederick Bletchley decided to retire in the year 1885. The firm was absorbed by GalloLoans, Inc., that same year.

A boy named Enoch Bletchley was born into this family in the year 1896.

#### 20th Century

Enoch Bletchley was sorted into Slytherin House on 1 September, 1908. He later married Gwenlilian Ollerton in the year 1930 and they had one son together, Harold.

Enoch Bletchley's son, Harold Bletchley, attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry from 1943 to 1950 as a student of Slytherin House. He married late in life and he had two sons, Miles and Kevin.

### Recent history

Miles Bletchley was born in 1977 and began attending Hogwarts in 1988. He was a member of the Slytherin Quidditch Team, serving as their Keeper. He failed his seventh year and ended up having to repeat it.

During the 1995-1996 school year, Bletchley took part in a small plot by the Slytherin Quidditch team to jinx various members of the Gryffindor team prior to their first match. He hit Katie Bell with a jinx that made her eyebrows grow excessively large. Despite doing this in front of fourteen witnesses, Severus Snape, who seemed to support this action, merely chose to assume she had used a poorly applied Hair-Thickening Charm on herself, and Bletchley was not punished.

## Known Members

* Frederick Bletchley (fl. 1885) †
* Enoch Bletchley (1896-1987) †, husband of Gwenlilian and father of Harold
* Gwenlilian Bletchley (née Ollerton) (1897-1969) †, wife of Enoch Bletchley
* Harold Bletchley (1930-), father of Miles and Kevin Bletchley
* Miles Bletchley (1977-), son of Harold Bletchley and brother of Kevin
* Kevin Bletchley (1978-), son of Harold Bletchley and brother of Miles

## Etymology

The Bletchley name is Anglo-Saxon in origin and means *Blæcca's clearing*.
8 June

**8 June** is the 159th day of the year (160th in leap years). There are 206 days remaining until the end of the year.

## Events

### Between the Wars

* **1994:** Albus Dumbledore gathers key witnesses, including Hermione, Harry, and Ron, to testify of the night's events of 6 June, at Hogwarts. Aurors meet with them in the Headmaster's Office.

## Births

### 20th Century

* **1913:** Gertrude Goshawk was born on this day to Phineas Goshawk and Rowina Goshawk (née Shepley) in Haverhill, Suffolk, England.

## Deaths

### 19th Century

* **1890:** Fern Macmillan (née Prewett) died on this day at the age of 66 in Castle Cary, Somerset, England.

### 20th Century

* **1923:** Joseph Crabbe died on this day aged 45 at Crabtree Manor, Sussex, England.
Mary Lennox

**Mary Lennox** (born 8 May, 1981) is from Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland. She is a half-blood witch and an only child. She was Sorted into Ravenclaw House on 1 September 1992, and shared a dormitory with Alexandra Davies, Marnie Hargrave, Dorcas Spindle, Zara Phillips, and Luna Lovegood.

## Biography

#### Early life (1980s)

Mary was born on 8 May, 1981, in Glasgow. She was the daughter of Donald Lennox, a muggle auto mechanic, and Moira Lennox, a half-blood witch. She grew up knowing minimal magic because her mother had chosen to hide it from them. She was an only child and attended muggle schools.

Her mother decided to tell Mary that she was a witch on her eleventh birthday, but naturally, Mary didn't believe her. Thinking that her mother had gone mad, she informed her father, Donald, who thought that his wife Moira must have been playing a joke. When she informed them that she was, in fact, serious, Donald was half-ready to put Moira away. However, the letter from Hogwarts arrived, which explained everything.

#### Hogwarts years (1990s)

Mary received her Hogwarts letter in the summer of 1992. Some time before attending, she bought a wand made of aspen and unicorn hair at Ollivander's Wand Shop in Diagon Alley, London. She boarded the Hogwarts Express on 1 September 1992 and was Sorted into Ravenclaw House later that night. She wrote letters to her father about the experience which helped him understand.

She shared a dormitory with Alexandra Davies, Marnie Hargrave, Dorcas Spindle, Zara Phillips, and Luna Lovegood. She was friends with Alexandra, another Scottish girl from Inveraray, and a girl called Nellie Symons from Hufflepuff. She thought that Luna Lovegood was weird and slightly dotty, and she and Alexandra often hid her personal possessions because they thought it was a laugh. Marnie ignored them, and Alexandra and Mary made fun of her too.

In her second year of school, Mary's friend Alexandra made the Ravenclaw Quidditch Team as a Chaser. Alexandra's brother, Roger, was in his sixth year and was the Captain. Mary went to all of the matches to support her.

## Etymology

The name "Mary" was etymologized early as containing the Hebrew root *mr* "bitter" (cf. myrrh), or *mry* "rebellious".

"Lennox" is the transferred use of a Scottish surname from the Old Gaelic “*leamhan,*” meaning “elm field”. The surname was derived from a place name so-called “the Lennox” which is a region of Scotland just north of Glasgow.
1938

The following events occurred in **1938**:

## Events

### Individuals who Graduated from Hogwarts:

The following individuals graduated from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry on 20 June, 1938.

* Charlus Potter, Head Boy
* Dorea Black, Head Girl
* Selena Goshawk

### Individuals who Started at Hogwarts:

The following individuals began their education at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry on 1 September, 1938.

* Rolph Avery (Slytherin)
* Ernest McKinnon (Gryffindor)
* Cyrus Lestrange (Slytherin)
* Thomas Riddle (Slytherin)

### Other:

* **19 March**: The Comet Trading Company release the Comet 180 on 19 March, 1938.

## Births

* **13 December**: Theodorus Burke Sr. to Roland and Thecla Burke (née Wiese) in Hastings, East Sussex, England.
Brunhilde Macnair

**Brunhilde Macnair** (born 3 October, 1981) was a half-blood Scottish witch, the daughter of Walden Macnair, an executioner for the Committee for the Disposal of Dangerous Creatures at the Ministry of Magic, and his wife. Her father was a Death Eater during the first and second wizarding wars. Like many others, Macnair did not search for his Master following his downfall, pleading Imperious instead. She was a Slytherin student at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and was a friend of Astoria Greengrass.

After the death of Astoria in 1997, Brunhilde turned to fellow Slytherins Annora Walsh and Thea MacIver for support. She was evacuated from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry on the day of the final battle. After the Battle of Hogwarts, her father was arrested and sent to Azkaban for life.

## Biography

### Early life

Brunhilde was born in Hogsmeade, north of Midlothian, in Scotland, on 3 October, 1981. She was born a few weeks before the end of the First Wizarding War, a conflict which her father participated in as a Death Eater. On 31 October, 1981, the Dark Lord fell, and her father, Walden Macnair, was not one of the wizards who searched for him after his downfall.

Her father worked as an Executioner for the Committee for the Disposal of Dangerous Creatures, which suited his unusually bloodthirsty nature. Brunhilde was an only child, and reportedly did not remember much about her father when she was a child. He was noticably absent for many years, and her parents lived apart from each other.

#### Hogwarts years

Brunhilde Macnair received her Hogwarts letter in the summer of 1993, the same summer that Sirius Black escaped Azkaban. She was accompanied by her mother visiting Diagon Alley, and it was there that she presumably purchased her wand, which was made of blackthorn and unicorn hair. Dementors attacked the Hogwarts Express after Brunhilde boarded it for Hogwarts.

She was sorted into Slytherin House on 1 September, 1993. She shared a dormitory with Annora Walsh, Thea MacIver, and Astoria Greengrass. She became fast friends with Astoria and together they had many adventures.

In Brunhilde's fifth year of school, her friend Astoria did not come back. She was weakened by illness and died on 13 December, 1997. Brunhilde was devastated. She disappeared for several days and did not re-emerge until there were plans for a funeral. She travelled to Bath, Somerset, for the holidays with the Greengrasses.

On 2 May, 1998, that same school year, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry came under siege by the Dark Lord Voldemort and his Death Eaters, including Brunhilde's estranged father. She was evacuated with her dorm-mates because she was underage.

Following the Battle, her father, Walden Macnair, was arrested along with hundreds of other Death Eaters after Voldemort's defeat.

## Etymology

From German *Brunhilde*, from Middle High German *Briunhilde*, from Old High German \**Brunnīhilta*, from Proto-Germanic \**Brunjōhildiz*, from \**brunjǭ* (“breastplate”) + \**hildiz* (“battle, fight”).
Edward Rabnott

**Edward Rabnott** (27 April, 1461 - 11 July, 1508) was a wizard who lived during the 15th Century. He was an early member of the prominent Rabnott family, and attended Hogwarts from 1472 to 1479. There were portraits of him hung at Hogwarts Castle. He had at least three different personalities, who often talked and bickered amongst themselves.

## Biography

### Early life

Edward Rabnott was born into the pure-blood Rabnott family in the year 1461. Not much is known of his childhood. He was baptised in King's Lynn, Norfolk, then known as Bishop's Lynn, in May 1461. He had four sisters, one of which was Mary Gamp (née Rabnott), later the wife of Gawain Gamp.

He began attending Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry on 1 September, 1472. Again, not much is known of his time there, but he was a member of Slytherin House. At the age of twenty-three, he married Cicely Smethwyck, and they had three children over the course of their marriage.

### Later life

Edward Rabnott gained a reputation for being somewhat of a mad and eccentric wizard. He was a scholar and had many methods for discovering the uses of magic that he did.

#### Death

He died in the year 1508 at the age of 47.

### Post-mortem

There were post-humous portraits of him hung at Hogwarts Castle. He had at least three different personalities, who often talked and bickered amongst themselves. Edward's portraits hid a secret passageway from the Seventh-floor corridor to the fourth-floor. The password to this shortcut was "*Three heads are better than one*."

## Etymology

The name "Edward" means "rich guard", derived from the Old English elements *ead* "rich, blessed" and *weard* "guard". Saint Edward the Confessor was the king of England shortly before the Norman conquest.