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Please send all homework to LunarSoul in the forum.
Hello and welcome to your first History of Magic lesson. I am Professor Luna, your History of Magic professor.
In my class, you will learn about the important periods and events in the Wizarding World such as the Goblin Rebellion, The International Warlock Conventions (that took place regularly up through the centuries) and the very useful magic inventions that mean so much to us today.
This subject requires a lot of reading and understanding so I advice you to consult the library where there are many relevant books to be found in the History section.
Now let's start our lesson shall we? Since this is your first lesson, we won't go into any of the important events or wizards. So for today we will just look at the time line of the wizarding world. Please take out your book - A History of Magic and turn to the 2nd page.
Timeline of the Wizarding World
3000 B.C through 19th Century
3000 through 1000 B.C
Ancient Egypt - Egyptian Magic
1000 through 0 B.C
900s - Beginning of the annual broom race in Sweden from Kopparberg to Arjeplog, a distance of about 300 miles
962 - Witches and wizards started using primitive broomsticks for transportation
990 - Founding of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry by Godric Gryffindor, Salazar Slytherin, Rowena Ravenclaw, and Helga Hufflepuff
1000 through 1100 A.D
1000s - Beginning of Quidditch
1200 through 1300 A.D
1202 - Bridget Wenlock, a famous Arithmancer, was borned
1269 - Introduction of the Golden Snidget to the game of Quidditch
1285 - Bridget Wenlock passed away
1289 - International Warlock Convention held
1294 - Triwizard Tournament established between Hogwarts, Beauxbatons, and Durmstrang schools of wizardry
1300 through 1400 A.D
1300s - The German broom game Stitchstock died out
- The falling of Golden Snidgets in Britain due to hunting and Quidditch
- Elfrida Clagg became Chief of the Wizard's Council
- Bowman Wright invented the Golden Snitch
- The Modesty Rabnott Snidget Reservation was established in Somerset
- Witch Persecution
1326 - Nicolas Flamel was borned
1362 - Wizard's Council banned all Quidditch within 50 miles of a town or village
1368 - Wizard's Council banned all Quidditch within 100 miles of a town or village
1400 through 1500 A.D
1419 - Wizard's Council declared that Quidditch should not be played "anywhere near anyplace where there is the slightest chance that a Muggle might be watching or we'll see how well you can play whilst chained to a dungeon wall."
1473 - Quidditch World Cup in which all 700 fouls occured
1600 through 1700 A.D
1612 - Goblin Rebellion - the Inn at Hogsmeade was served as headquarters
1637 - The Werewolf Code of Conduct was issued
1692 - International Statue of Wizarding Secrecy went into effect
1700 through 1800 A.D
1709 - Warlock's Convention outlawed dragon breeding
1750 - Department of Magical Games and Sports established
- Clause 73 added to International Code of Wizarding Secrecy
1762 - The extremely dangerous Scottish game of Creaothceann was outlawed
1800 through 1900 A.D
1820 - Elliot Smethwyk invented the Cushioning Charm for flying broomsticks
1875 - Decree for the Reasonable Restriction of Underage sorcery was issued
That's all for today's lesson.
For upcoming lessons, we will cover some of the important events and a few great wizards and witches. I would encourage you to do some studies on your own so you will understand better when I'm teaching.
Here's your homework
Write an essay of not less than 100 words on what is history and the importance of learning History of Magic.
Please send your homework to LunarSoul in the forum. If you have any questions on the class or homework, feel free to ask me anytime.
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