The following events happened in the 1690s.
Events
- 1692: The International Statute of Wizarding Secrecy is passed.[1][2]
- 1692: The Gryffindor Quidditch team suffers such a heavy defeat that it takes three-hundred years until they suffer one equally bad.[3]
- 1692 & 1693: The Salem Witch Trials held in colonial Massachusetts.
- 1693: The Magical Congress of the United States of America is first established.[4]
- 1694: The forty-second Wizarding Schools Potions Championship is held.[5]
Deaths
- 1692: Thaddeus Thurkell.[6]
- 1697: Urquhart Rackharrow.[7]
- 1698: Dymphna Furmage.[6]
- 1699: Almerick Sawbridge.[6]
Notes and references
- ↑ Quidditch Through the Ages, Chapter 5 (Anti-Muggle Precautions)
- ↑ Third W.O.M.B.A.T. at J. K. Rowling's Official Site
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 7 (Mudbloods And Murmurs)
- ↑ Writing by J.K. Rowling: "Seventeenth Century and Beyond" at Pottermore
- ↑ Wonderbook: Book of Potions
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game) (Mentioned on a Famous Wizard Card)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 22 (St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries)
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