1930s

The following events occured in the 1930s:

Events

 * 1932 - The Ilfracombe Incident occurs
 * 1932 - The Vratsa Vultures are defeated by the Appleby Arrows in a sixteen hour match, considered by many Arrow fans to be their finest hour.
 * 1935 - The first Atlantic broom crossing by Jocunda Sykes
 * c. 1936 - Minerva McGonagall begins at Hogwarts as a student and is sorted into Gryffindor house.
 * c. 1938 - Tom Marvolo Riddle starts at Hogwarts and is sorted into Slytherin house.
 * 1938 - The Comet Trading Company release the Comet 180.

Births

 * 1932 - Erica Stainwright
 * 1935 - Bertie Bott
 * 1936 - Hambledon Quince

Deaths

 * 1931 - Elladora Black
 * 1932 - Oswald Beamish

Muggle events

 * The Great Depression.
 * Radio becomes dominant mass media.
 * Adolf Hiter declares himself Führer of Nazi Germany in 1933.
 * World War II begins in 1939.