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The following events occurred in the year '''1999''':
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==Events==
  
==Events==
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*[[Hermione Granger]], [[Luna Lovegood]], and [[Ginevra Weasley|Ginny Weasley]] graduate from [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]].
  
   
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==Muggle events==
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===[[February]]===
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*[[5 February]]: [[Rufus Fudge]], nephew of former [[Minister for Magic]] [[Cornelius Fudge]], [[Vanishing Spell|Vanishes]] a [[Non-magic people|Muggle]] "tube train" for a bet. The [[Non-magic people|Muggle]]s do not notice that the train had gone missing, but Fudge is suspended from the [[Improper Use of Magic Office]], after an inquiry is launched [[7 February|two days later]].<ref name="DPN">''[[The Daily Prophet (real-world)|Daily Prophet Newsletters]]''</ref>
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*[[Wikipedia:1999|1999 at Wikipedia]]
  
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*Around [[8 February]]:
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**A three-broom crash takes place over the [[River Mersey]], in [[Liverpool]], between late ticket holders for a [[Celestina Warbeck]] concert.<ref name="DPN" />
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**An anti-[[Troll]] meeting, attended by [[Artemius Lawson]], is invaded by Troll Rights activists. The Trolls knock out the Pro-Troll Rights spokeswitch in the conflict.<ref name="DPN" />
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**[[Ballycastle Bats]] win over former league winners [[Tutshill Tornados]]<ref name="DPN" />
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**[[Alasdair Maddock]], [[Chaser]] for [[Montrose Magpies]] is blamed for the defeat against [[Kenmare Kestrels]] because he tried again using techniques from [[Non-magic people|Muggle]] football during the match.<ref name="DPN" />
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**Debacle at Exmoor during a Quidditch match between the [[Falmouth Falcons]] and the [[Pride of Portree]]. As a preventive measure against [[Non-magic people|Muggle]]s, the [[British Ministry of Magic|Ministry of Magic]] casts [[Invisibility Charm]]s. This, however, confused the spectators, as no one could see their seats, let alone the match.<ref name="DPN" />
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**[[Wilda Griffiths]], [[Chaser]] for [[Puddlemere United]], wins match against [[Wigtown Wanderers]].<ref name="DPN" />
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**[[Chudley Cannons]] draw their game against [[Caerphilly Catapults]], breaking a sixteen-game losing streak.<ref name="DPN" />
   
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===[[June]]===
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*Around [[1 June]]:
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**[[Chipping Clodbury]] [[Chipping Clodbury riot|riot]]: [[Brotherhood of Goblins|B.O.G.]] supporters run a riot during a meeting with representatives from the [[Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures]], in order to discuss the creation of a [[Bill of Goblin Rights|Goblin Bill of Rights]]. The goblins used illegal wands for transfiguration and called for the release of activist [[Hodrod the Horny-Handed]]. Goblin-wizard relations are reported by the ''[[Daily Prophet]]'' to be at an all-time low.<ref name="DPN" />
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**[[Cormack McLeod]], manager of [[Montrose Magpies]], sacks [[Alasdair Maddock]] from the team after the latter was caught trying a [[Non-magic people|Muggle]] sport that uses "peculiar metal sticks" to hit "non-flying balls into holes in the ground". (a reference to [[wikipedia:golf|golf]])<ref name="DPN" />
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**A broomstick collision during the race for the [[Golden Snitch]] in a [[Quidditch]] match between [[Pride of Portree]] and [[Appleby Arrows]] leads to illegal use of wands and jinxes on both teams' [[Seeker]]s.
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**Replacement [[Chaser]] for [[Holyhead Harpies]], [[Valmai Morgan]], scores ten goals in latest game. Team captain [[Gwenog Jones]] looks forward to grudge match against former [[Chaser]]'s new team, [[Puddlemere United]].<ref name="DPN" />
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**Narrow win over the [[Wigtown Wanderers]] breaks the [[Chudley Cannons]]' seventeen-game losing streak.<ref name="DPN" />
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*[[June]]: [[Ginevra Weasley|Ginny Weasley]] and [[Luna Lovegood]] probably leave [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Hogwarts]] at this time. [[Hermione Granger]] also would have graduated from Hogwarts during this time because her seventh and final year was delayed by the quest for the [[Horcrux]]es and the [[Battle of Hogwarts|situation at Hogwarts]] during the [[1997–1998 school year]]. Hermione also took her [[Nastily Exhausting Wizarding Test|N.E.W.T.s]] at this time.<ref>[http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/2007/12/18/pottercast-130-the-one-with-j-k-rowling/ Pottercast 130]</ref>
   
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===[[October]]===
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*Around [[1 October]]:
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**Plans to restrict [[Hallowe'en]] celebrations, the only time of the year wizards can be "out and about" without arousing the suspicions of [[Non-magic people|Muggle]]s, are announced by the [[British Ministry of Magic|Ministry of Magic]]. [[Celestina Warbeck]], the singing sorceress, and others protest the decision. Dangerous Hallowe'en incidents involve exploding pumpkins and broom accidents, leading to busy wards at [[St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries]].<ref name="DPN" />
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**[[Professor]] [[Regulus Moonshine]] develops a potion that reduces the appetite for human flesh in [[hag]]s.<ref name="DPN" />
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**Ministry fears of violence at the match between traditional rivals [[Holyhead Harpies]] and [[Puddlemere United]] are realised when former Harpy, Chaser [[Wilda Griffiths]], disappears midway during the match. Many Puddlemere and Holyhead supporters had handed in "dummy" wands at the gates and used their real wands during the ensuing riot. After the match, the ''[[Daily Prophet]]'' reports that Holyhead team captain [[Gwenog Jones]] is "''helping the Ministry with its enquiries''".<ref name="DPN" />
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**Shock of another [[Chudley Cannons]] win causes the collapse of their manager [[Ragmar Dorkins]].<ref name="DPN" />
   
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==Deaths==
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*[[7 February]]: [[Barnabus Blenkinsop]]<ref name="DPN" />
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==External links==
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*{{Wikilink|1999}}
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==Notes and references==
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{{Reflist}}
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Revision as of 02:43, 1 January 2019

The following events occurred in the year 1999:

Events

February

June

October

Deaths

External links

Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 Daily Prophet Newsletters
  2. ↑ Pottercast 130
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