1988

The following events occurred in the year **1988**:

## Events

### Individuals who Graduated from Hogwarts:

The following individuals graduated from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry on 20 June, 1988.

* Edwin Tofty, Head Boy
* Serena Stanhope, Head Girl

### Individuals who Started at Hogwarts:

The following individuals started their education at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry on 1 September, 1988.

* Amata Baudin (Hufflepuff)
* Miles Bletchley (Slytherin)
* Lucian Bole (Slytherin)
* Peregrine Derrick (Slytherin)
* Charles Farley (Slytherin)
* Hortense Gambol (Ravenclaw)
* Beatrice Haywood (Hufflepuff)
* Claude Urquhart (Slytherin)
* Trevor Vaisey (Slytherin)

### Hogwarts:

* **23 May:** The eighty-fourth Wizarding Schools Potions Championship is held.
* **19 June:** Slytherin wins the House Cup.
* **31 July:** Charlie Weasley and Kirstie Davies are made Prefects for Gryffindor. Bill Weasley is made Head Boy.

### Other:

* **11 August:** One day after the birth of Marnie Hargrave's baby sister, Doris Hargrave, Floriane Hargrave (née Aubrey) succumbs to her terminal illness in St. Mungo's Hospital in London. Marnie and Arthur were with their mother when she passed, which was why Marnie can now see thestrals.
* **22 December:** Neville Longbottom is accidentally dropped from an upstairs window by his Great-Uncle Algie. When he bounces instead of falling to his death, it proves he is not a Squib.

## Births

* **10 August:** Doris Hargrave is born to Floriane Hargrave (née Aubrey) and her husband, Cornelius Hargrave, at St. Mungo's Hospital in London.
* **4 November:** Clara MacLeod is born to Victoria MacLeod (née Chamberlain) and James MacLeod in Dunvegan, Inverness-shire, Scotland.

## Deaths

* **19 July:** Theodore Bulstrode, aged 75, passes away in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire. He is survived by his wife, Mary, as well as four children, including Cornelius Bulstrode, a daughter-in-law, Geneviève, and a granddaughter, Millicent Bulstrode.
* **11 August:** Floriane Hargrave (née Aubrey) died peacefully at St. Mungo's Hospital Thursday evening. She was a mother to four, including Arthur, aged 9, Marnie, aged 7, Alice, aged 5, and the one day old Doris Hargrave. She is also survived by her faithful husband, Cornelius.
* **10 October:** Edmund Macmillan passed away aged 82 in Barnstaple, Devon on this day of 10th October.
* **17 December: *"****Wendellin Brown died aged 88 in Upminster, Havering, Middlesex on this day of 17th December. He was a beloved father, grandfather, and great-grandfather. He is survived by his daughter, Dame Augusta Longbottom, of Derby, a grandson, Frank Longbottom, of the Janus Thickey Ward at St. Mungo's, and a great-grandson, Neville. Through his late son Octavius he is survived by a daughter-in-law, Fiona, a grandson, Nigel, and his two great-granddaughters, Lavender and Ophelia Brown. He is predeceased by his wife Violet... she widowed him several years ago.... He is also joined in death by his grandson, Arthur Brown, who died during the war. Services are to be held..."*
* **26 December:** Theodore Moon passed away unexpectedly at the age of 67 years old. He is survived by his loving wife of nearly twenty years, Wilfrida, as well as his grandson, Albert Moon, daughter-in-law Godeliva, and granddaughter, Lily Moon. Predeceasing him are his parents, Phineas and Wilma.