1920s

The following events occurred in the 1920s:

Events

 * 1921: Roderick Plumpton makes the fastest ever capture of the Golden Snitch — three and a half seconds
 * 1923: Katherine Mansfield dies in Fontainebleau, France.
 * 1924: The British Ministry of Magic passes Decree Number 157 of 1924, which established the Educational Decrees.
 * 1925: Armando Dippet is declared Headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
 * Circa 1925: Bob Ogden arrests Marvolo Gaunt and his son Morfin for the latter's hexing of Tom Riddle, Sr. Marvolo is given a six month sentence in Azkaban for assaulting several Ministry employees, while Morfin is given three years for the aforementioned hexing of Riddle.
 * Circa December 1925: Merope Gaunt and Tom Riddle, Sr. are married.
 * c. 1925-1926: Marvolo Gaunt returns to the Gaunt shack, only to discover that his daughter had eloped with the Muggle man. Marvolo later dies of shock and/or hunger.
 * 1926: Brothers Bob, Bill, and Barnaby Ollerton start the Cleansweep Broom Company. They release the Cleansweep One as their first product.
 * 1926: Tom Riddle Sr. abandons his pregnant wife Merope Gaunt, who dies in childbirth at the end of the year.
 * 1927: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, written by Newt Scamander, is first published.
 * Circa 1928: Morfin Gaunt returns to the Gaunt shack from at least his first imprisonment, only to find his father dead and sister abandoned.
 * 1929: The Comet Trading Company is created by Randolph Keitch and Basil Horton. They release the Comet 140 as their first product.

Births

 * 1920: Dorea Black to Cygnus Black II and Violetta Bulstrode
 * 1921: Miranda Goshawk
 * 1922: Carlotta Pinkstone
 * 1923: Blodwyn Bludd
 * 1925: Walburga Black to Pollux Black and Irma Crabbe
 * 1925: Lucretia Black to Arcturus Black III and Melania Macmillan
 * 1926: Lestrange Sr.
 * 1926: Avery Sr.
 * 1926: Rosier Sr.
 * 31 December, 1926: Tom Marvolo Riddle to Tom Riddle Sr. and Merope Gaunt
 * 6 December, 1928: Rubeus Hagrid to a Giantess mother, Fridwulfa, and a wizard father
 * 1928/1929: Moaning Myrtle
 * 1929: Orion Black to Arcturus Black III and Melania Macmillan
 * 1929: Irma Crabbe

Deaths

 * 1926: Misapinoa Blishwick née Black

Behind the scenes

 * 29 October 1925 - Robert Hardy, who plays Cornelius Fudge in the movies, is born.

Notes and references
Années 1920 1929

Años 1920