19th Century

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• Due to inventions like the Cushioning Charm at the beginning of the century, broomsticks become more comfortable, but they are still bad at achieving high speeds and hard to control in high altitudes. There are no special racing brooms; Quidditch is played on every day models. Brooms are hand-made by individual broom makers such as Elias Grimstone, whose products are more handsome than practical (QA9).

Around the beginning of this century...

• According to popular belief, the first Shrakes—magical fish that rip apart nets—are created as a revenge when Muggle fishers insult a group of sailing wizards (FBAZ).

Around the early second half of this century...

• Mirabella Plunkett falls in love with a merman while on holiday in Loch Lomond. After her family prohibits her to marry him, Mirabella Transfigures herself into a haddock, never to be seen again (FW).

In the 1880s...

• The vampire Sir Herbert Varney preys upon London's female population until he is captured and killed by a special squad from the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures in 1889 (FW).

At the end of this century...

• The International Confederation of Wizards sends exterminators to Peru to reduce the numbers of the dangerous Peruvian Vipertooth dragon (FBAZ).

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1802

According to unconfirmed reports, a Norwegian Ridgeback carries a whale calf off the Norwegian coast (FBAZ).

1803

Alberic Grunnion, the inventor of dungbombs, is born (FW).

1805

Glover Hipworth, the inventor of the Pepperup Potion, dies (FW).

1810

This date is given as Beatrix Bloxam's death year on her Famous Witch card. This is most likely a misprint, other sources give the year 1910 (BB). ^{see inconsistencies}

1811

Grogan Stump replaces Artemisia Lufkin as Minister for Magic (FW, W3).

Stump finally provides a satisfying answer to the old question of how to define beasts and beings. His classification is still in use today.

• The new Ministry of Magic classification states that a being is "any creature that has sufficient intelligence to understand the laws of the magical community and to bear part of the responsibility in shaping those laws".
• After protests of the ghosts, who consider themselves 'has-beens' rather than beings, an additional category for spirits is added.
• Corresponding divisions are created at the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures.
• The centaurs object to sharing the being category with creatures like hagsand vampires and request to be classified as beasts to manage their affairs separate from wizards (FBi).

1812

Following the centaurs' example, the merpeople request to be classified as beasts rather than beings to be able to manage their own affairs independently (FBi).

Dorcas Wellbeloved, founder of the Society for Distressed Witches, is born (FW).

1814

After a famous defeat to the Appleby Arrows, the players of Scottish Quidditch team Banchory Bangers—who are known for their post-match parties—let the Bludgers fly away from the field, and decide to capture a Hebridean Black to use as team mascot. Ministry of Magic representatives catch up with the players over Inverness, and force them to disband (QA5).

1819

Grogan Stump, who has been very popular incumbent, is replaced as Minister for Magic (FW, W3).

1820

Elliot Smethwyck invents the Cushioning Charm that makes broomsticks a lot more comfortable (QA9).

1823

Laverne de Montmorency, inventor of several Love Potions, is born (FW).

1824

Little Red Books publishes Why I Didn't Die When the Augurey Cried by Gulliver Pokeby, a book that disproves the popular belief that the cry of the Augurey is a death omen (FBAZ).

1825

Artemisia Lufkin, the first female Minister for Magic, dies (FW).

1829

Leopoldina Smethwyck, the first British witch to referee a Quidditch match, is born (FW).

1836

The famous wizard entertainer Xavier Rastrick vanishes unexpectedly while tap-dancing in front of an audience of three hundred people in Painswick, never to be seen again (FW).

1839

Gulliver Pokeby, expert on magical birds and author of Why I Didn't Die When the Augurey Cried, dies (FBAZ, FW).

Mirabella Plunkett, a witch famous for falling in love with a merman and Transfiguring herself into a haddock, is born (FW).

1845

Sirius Black, elder brother of Phineas Nigellus, Elladora, and Isla Black is born (BFT).

Beaumont Majorbanks, an acclaimed herbologist, dies (FW).

1847

Phineas Nigellus Black, one of Hogwarts' most unpopular Headmasters, is born (BFT).

1850

Elladora Black, sister of Sirius, Phineas Nigellus, and Isla Black is born (BFT).

Oswald Beamish, a wizard known for greatly improving goblin rights, is born (FW).

1853

Sirius Black, elder brother of Phineas Nigellus, Elladora, and Isla Black dies (BFT).

1858

The vampire Sir Herbert Varney is born (FW).

1862

Justus Pilliwickle, renowned leader of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, is born (FW).

1865

The control of Gringotts is left fully in goblin hands (W3).

1872

Idris Oakby, the founder of the S.S.S. (Society for the Support of Squibs), is born (WM).

Crispin Cronk, a wizard known for being sent to Azkaban due to his keeping of sphinxes in his back yard, dies (FW).

1874

Sacharissa Tugwood, a witch famous for brewing Beautifying Potions and discovering the properties of Bubotuber Pus to cure pimples, is born.

1875

The invention of Gripping Charms enables Quidditch Chasers to hold a seamless Quaffle easily using only one hand. Before the spells' discovery, Quaffles often had straps or finger holes (QA5).

1877

Sirius Black, son of Phineas Nigellus and Ursula Black, is born (BFT).

1879

Elias Grimstone of Portsmouth crafts the Oakshaft 79, a broomstick model designed for endurance flying and to withstand high winds. The broom is not agile enough for Quidditch (QA9).

1881

Harvey Ridgebit, a famous dragonologist, is born (WM).

Hesper Starky, a witch known for her studies on the use of moon phases on potions, is born (FW).

At some point between June and September 1:

• Albus Dumbledore, Hogwarts Headmaster and one of the most talented wizards of his time, is born (WM, DH18).^{[1] see inconsistencies}

1882

Alberic Grunnion, the inventor of dungbombs, dies (FW).

1883

February 12:

• The Department of Magical Games and Sports decides to replace the baskets used as goals in Quidditch by goal hoops of a standardised size. British Quidditch fans are outraged (QA6).

At some point after September 1, possibly in 1884:

• Aberforth Dumbledore is born (DH2, WM).^{[2] see inconsistencies}

1884

Former Minister for Magic Grogan Stump dies (FW).

Arcturus Black, husband of Lysandra and father of three daughters, is born (BFT).

According to an unconfirmed legend, a Golden Snitch is lost for six months during a Quidditch game on Bodmin Moor. The players finally give up and the Snitch is rumoured to still live on the moor (QA6).

June 21:

• The Department of Magical Games and Sports decides to consider stooging a Quidditch foul and decrees that only the Chaser holding the Quaffle may enter the scoring area. British Quidditch fans are outraged (QA6).

1885

At some point until June, possibly in 1884:

• Ariana Dumbledore is born (DH18, DH28).^{[3] see inconsistencies}

1886

Belvina Black, who will marry Herbert Burke, is born (FW).

1888

Norvel Twonk, a wizard famous to have died saving a Muggle child from an escaped manticore, is born (FW).

1889

Cygnus Black, husband of Violetta Black and father of four children, is born (BFT).

Roderick Plumpton, Seeker and Captain of the Tutshill Tornados, is born (FW).

After preying on London's female population for a decade, the vampire Sir Herbert Varney is captured and killed by a special squad from the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures in (FW).

1891

After killing three Muggle boys who attacked his daughter Ariana, Percival Dumbledore faces a Wizengamot trial and is sent to Azkaban (DH28). After his imprisonment, the Dumbledores move from Mould-on-the-Wold to Godric's Hollow (DH8).

1892

Albus Dumbledore and Elphias Doge start at Hogwarts (DH28). Albus is Sorted into Gryffindor (PS6).

The Chudley Cannons win the British and Irish Quidditch League for the twenty-first time. They have never won since (QA7).

1893

Laverne de Montmorency, inventor of several Love Potions, dies (FW).

1894

Quidditch referee Nugent Potts is pierced through the nose by an arrow conjured by an Appleby Arrows fan during a match. After the incident, the Department of Magical Games and Sports prohibits the team's supporters from shooting arrows into the air with the use of their wands every time the team scores (QA7).

Cassandra Vablatsky, famous Seer and author of Unfogging the Future, is born (FW, PA4).

1895

Magenta Comstock, a famous herbologist, is born (WM).

Faris "Spout-Hole" Spavin becomes Minister for Magic (W3).

Aberforth Dumbledore begins his first year at Hogwarts. His brother Albus is in fourth year (DH2, see also WM, DH18).

1897

Newton "Newt" Scamander, a famous Magizoologist and the author of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, is born (FW).

1899

Adalbert Waffling, an acclaimed magical theoretician, is born (FW).^{see inconsistencies}

June:

• Albus Dumbledore and Elphias Doge graduate from Hogwarts and plan to take a tour of the world. A day before their planned departure to Greece, Albus' mentally unstable sister Ariana accidentally kills her mother Kendra. Albus has to cancel his trip and take care of his brother and sister at Godric's Hollow (DH2, DH8, DH18, DH28).

A few weeks later, around July:

• Gellert Grindelwald arrives at Godric's Hollow to stay with his aunt Bathilda Bagshot. He meets Albus, who falls in love with him. The two young share dreams of power and Muggle suppression (DH2, DH8, DH18, DH28).

At the end of August, according to Rita Skeeter and Aberforth Dumbledore:^{see inconsistencies}

• Before he has to return to Hogwarts, Aberforth Dumbledore accuses Albus and Gellert of neglecting Ariana. Gellert uses the Cruciatus Curse on Aberforth, Albus tries to stop him and Ariana has an uncontrolled magical outburst. She dies; nobody knows who killed her. Grindelwald flees hours after her death. At Ariana's funeral, Aberforth breaks Albus' nose and blames him for her death (DH2, DH8, DH18, DH28).

Timeline inconsistencies

Full article: Timeline Inconsistencies

The birth dates for the Dumbledores do not all match up.

• On her website, J.K. Rowling claims that Albus Dumbledore lived from 1881 to 1996 (WM). The death date is quite obviously wrong—Dumbledore died in 1997. The birth year does not match information from an interview in 2000, in which Rowling said that Dumbledore was 150 years old (ABC). Given what we know from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, we will assume here that this information is incorrect and that the birth year on the web page is right.
• Dumbledore's birth date is also incompatible with that of Adalbert Waffling (born 1899 according to his Famous Wizard card). In chapter two of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, it says that during Dumbledore's school years, Waffling was already an acclaimed magical theoretician. According to his birth year, he was not even born then.
• Ariana and Aberforth seem to be closer in age than the picture of the Dumbledore family in chapter 11 of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows suggests; the maximum age gap between them is less than two years (DH2, DH18, DH28).

Rita Skeeter and Aberforth's accounts of the time of Ariana's death are inconsistent with Elphias Doge's.

• Doge claims that after Kendra's death (June 1899), he went travelled the world alone for a year and that Ariana died at the end of his trip. He was back for the funeral. This would place Ariana's death in the summer of 1900 (DH2, DH8).
• Rita and Aberforth both say that Grindelwald arrived at Godric's Hollow shortly after Albus (around July 1899), and Ariana died a few weeks later (at the end of August 1899) (DH18, DH28). Given that this version of events is supported by two sources who both provide more detail than Doge, we'll go with the assumption that their version is correct.

Beatrix Bloxam's death year seems to have been misprinted on her Famous Witch card, where it says that she died in 1810, which is only sixteen years after her birth. The picture, however, shows an old woman. In his notes on The Wizard and the Hopping Pot, Albus Dumbledore dates her death on 1910 (BB); we assume that this year is correct.

Footnotes

1. ↑ Dumbledore must have been born between June and September 1—Rita Skeeter writes that he graduated from Hogwarts shortly before his 18th birthday (DH18). The school year normally ends at the beginning of June, and if Albus had been born after September 1, he would have started at Hogwarts a year later, and graduated at the age of 18 (JKRW). From this information, we can also deduct that he came to Hogwarts in 1892 and graduated in 1899.
2. ↑ Aberforth started Hogwarts three years after Albus, in 1895 (DH2). That would mean he was born after September 1, 1883 and before September 1, 1884. We are going to assume that the earlier date is more likely because a picture of the Dumbledore family shows that he is older than his sister Ariana, who was born between June 1884 and June 1885 (DH11, DH18, DH28).
3. ↑ When Ariana killed Kendra in June 1899, she was fourteen (DH18, DH28). Thus, she must have been born between June 1884 and June 1885. We are going to assume that the later date is more likely because a picture of the Dumbledore family shows that she is younger than her brother Aberforth, who was born after September 1, 1883 and before September 1, 1884 (DH11, DH2, DH18).