1970s

The **1970s** is the decade 1970-1979. This page lists events known or likely to have occurred during these years, but where the exact year cannot be stated with certainty.

See also:

## Births

* Ryan Baldwin: likely between Sep 1976 and Aug 1981 (within a year or two of Katie Bell, presumably)
* Alexander Bones: likely between Sep 1975 and Aug 1978 (in the same year as Jessie Tickes, or at most two years above)
* Nathaniel Borgin: likely between Sep 1975 and Aug 1978 (in the same year as Jessie Tickes, or at most two years above)
* Kate Bowen: likely between Sep 1967 and Aug 1975 (estimated 5-12 years above Harry, see article)
* Constance Brown: perhaps between 1971 and 1977 (speculation based on how she talks about Harry as if not all that much older, but definitely graduated in 1996 at the latest)
* Paul Deroulede: likely between 1974 and Oct 1977 (roughly of age with Jessie Tickes, but sufficiently older to call her "'tite soeur" (little sis))
* Juliette Devereaux: likely between 1971 and 1977 (within a few years of Paul Deroulede, but of working age in 1996
* Nicolas Downing: between Sep 1978 and Aug 1980 (sixth- or seventh-year during the 1996/97 school year
* Louis Duval: between Sep 1973 and Aug 1978 (Beauxbatons student during Fleur Delacour's fourth year, not likely to be much younger than she)
* Simeon Edgecombe: before 1978/79 (seems to have graduated in 1996 or earlier)
* Conner Hays: likely between Sep 1978 and Aug 1980 (around the same age as Katie Bell, but probably didn't graduate before her)
* Kyle Macmillan: before 1978/79 (seems to have graduated in 1996 or earlier)
* **Graham Montague**: between Sep 1977 and Aug 1981 (played Quidditch during both the 1993/94 and the 1995/96 school year)
* Niels Nielsen VIII: likely between 1972 and 1977 (not too much older than Jessie Tickes)
* Imani Okoro: between Sep 1978 and Aug 1980 (sixth- or seventh-year during the 1996/97 school year
* Hans Prosser: likely between Oct 1976 and Oct 1978 (born within a year of Jessie Tickes)
* Lena Romanova: likely in the middle years of the decade, since she is dating Viktor Krum during the 1994/95 school year.
* Annabelle Snowbloom: likely between 1971 and 1975 ("seemingly in her mid-twenties" in early 1998) but definitely before September 1979 (married in Fall 1997)

## Deaths

* Florean Fortescue's son: killed by death eaters after they started operating in 1970, and before the death of Siobhan Tickes in 1979
* **Fleamont** and **Euphemia Potter**: within days of each other, after the wedding of James Potter and Lily sometime in 1978/79 but before the birth of Harry in July 1980

## Other events

* Michelle Wheeler develops the theory behind the Soul bond ritual and publishes *Sex and the Soul*.

## References

1. ↑ *The Power of Seven*, Chapter 28
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 *The Family Clock*, Chapter 1
3. ↑ *The Family Clock*, Chapter 2
4. ↑ *The Girl Who Loved*, Chapter 16
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 *The Family Clock*, Chapter 28
6. ↑ *The Code*, Chapter 27
7. ↑ *A Godfather's Promise*, Chapter 4
8. ↑ *The Power of Seven*, Chapter 16
9. ↑ *The Family Clock*, Chapter 27
10. ↑ *The Code*, Chapter 27
11. ↑ *The Family Clock*, Chapter 30
12. ↑ *A Godfather's Promise*, Chapter 14
13. ↑ *Isolation*, Chapter 23
14. ↑ *The Family Clock*, Chapter 36
15. ↑ Writing by J. K. Rowling: The Potter Family at *WizardingWorld.com*
16. ↑ *The Power of Seven*, Chapter 2