The following events happened in the 1490s:
Events[]
- 1491: The thirteenth Wizarding Schools Potions Championship is held.[1]
- 1492: Sir Nicholas de Mimsy Porpington is executed on 31 October; even after 45 blows with an axe, his head remains attached to his neck but he does die a painful death. After his death he returns as a ghost.[2]
- c. 1492: Poderick Cruickshank is born.
- 1498: The fourteenth Wizarding Schools Potions Championship is held.[1]
Births[]
- c. 1492: Poderick Cruickshank.[3]
- 1492: Bowman Wright (disputable).[4]
- 1493: Phillipus von Hohenheim (Paracelsus)[4], Alchemist, Physician, Surgeon.
- 1493: Henry Bumblepuff, wizard whose portrait hung at the ground-floor landing of the Grand Staircase in Hogwarts Castle.[5]
Deaths[]
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Wonderbook: Book of Potions
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 8 (The Deathday Party)
- ↑ The Making of Harry Potter (see this image)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game) (Mentioned on a Famous Wizard Card)
- ↑ Harry Potter Limited Edition
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