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At some point between the end of the 1900s and the early 1920s...

• Roderick Plumpton leads the Tutshill Tornados to five British and Irish Quidditch League Cup wins in a row, setting a new record in the history of the tournament (FW, QA7).

Contents 1 1900 2 1901 3 1902 4 1903 5 1904 6 1906 7 1907 8 1908 9 1909 10 Timeline inconsistencies

1900

Perpetua Fancourt, inventor of the Lunascope, is born (FW).

In summer, according to Elphias Doge (it is more likely that these events occur in the summer of 1899)^{see inconsistencies}

• Aberforth Dumbledore accuses his brother Albus and Gellert Grindelwald of neglecting their mentally unstable sister 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).

1901

Arcturus Black, husband of Melania McMillan and father of Lucretia and Orion, is born (BFT).

Gladys Boothby makes the Moontrimmer, a broomstick that is popular among Quidditch players due to its ability to fly safely at higher altitudes than previous brooms. However, Boothby is not able to mass-produce the brooms (QA9).

1902

A performance of Musidora Barkwith's Wizarding Suite, which features an exploding tuba, blows off the roof of the Ackerley Town Hall. All performances of Wizarding Suite are thereafter banned (FW).

1903

Tilly Toke, the witch who performed the largest batch of Memory Charms of the 20th century during the Ilfracombe Incident of 1932, is born (FW).

Roland Kegg, the president of the English Gobstones team, is born (FW).

Faris Spavin is replaced as Minister for Magic (W3).

1904

Lycoris Black, son of Sirius and Hesper Black, is born (BFT).

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

1906

Regulus Black, son of Sirius and Hesper Black, is born (BFT).

1907

Merope Gaunt, the mother of Lord Voldemort, is born (HBP10).

1908

September 1:

• If Newt Scamander's birthday is before September 1, then this is the date he starts his first year at Hogwarts (FBa).

1909

September 1:

• If Newt Scamander's birthday is after September 1, then this is the date he starts his first year at Hogwarts (FBa).

Timeline inconsistencies

Full article: Timeline Inconsistencies

Rita Skeeter and Aberforth Dumbledore'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 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.