Peruvian Vipertooth dragons are particularly dangerous. They are very fast flyers, they are very venomous, and humans are their preferred food. By the end of the 1800s, the Vipertooths had become such a problem that the International Confederation of Wizards sends a team of exterminators to Peru to reduce the number. Read More
Albus Dumbledore, one of the greatest wizards of the modern era, is born to Kendra and Percival Dumbledore in the village of Mould-on-the-Wold (DH2, DH11). Read More
As reported in the 1883 Daily Prophet article “Bring Back Our Baskets“, this change by the Department of Magical Games and Sports is made to ensure fairness and consistency (QA6). The change does make the game more fair but was not appreciated by some fans, who relished the… Read More
A Golden Snitch allegedly evades capture by either team’s Seeker during a game on Bodmin Moor in 1884; some say it is still out there somewhere, living wild on the moor (QA6). Read More
The Department of Magical Games and Sports introduces a new rule that only one Chaser at a time may be within the scoring area. This new rule provokes a strong response from fans who loved seeing opposing Keepers roughed up. The Ministry representative announces the rule this way:… Read More
Great Aunt Muriel, known to the Weasley family as Auntie Muriel, stated that she was 107 years old in the summer of 1997. Assuming that she’s telling the truth, which with her is not a sure thing, she was born in 1890 (DH8). Read More
After Ariana Dumbledore was attacked and traumatized by three muggle boys, her father Percival went after those boys to seek revenge. The attack was described as “savage” by Elphias Doge (DH2), and was well-publicized. Percival never explained the reason for his attack, in order to protect Ariana, and it… Read More
When Ariana Dumbledore was six years old, three muggle boys saw her doing underage magic. They demanded she show them what she was doing, and when she couldn’t, they attacked her. The event traumatized her, and led to the unraveling of the Dumbledore family. Read More
An uprising by the hairy giants of North America which caused the Magical Congress of the United States (MACUSA) to move operations from Washington to New York City (Pm). The blame for this is generally placed on Irene Kneedander, Head of the Body for Protection of Magical Species (Humanoid) at… Read More
The last time the Chudley Cannons Quidditch team won the League Cup was in 1892. In the 1990s the team were in the midst of a 100+ year losing streak (QA7). Read More
Doge contracts the disease shortly before starting his first year at Hogwarts. He has recovered by the time he arrives at school, but his skin is still green and the typical pockmarks are very obvious. Most students avoid him with the exception of Albus Dumbledore, who becomes one of his… Read More
