President McGillicuddy presides over the “Country or Kind?” debate of 1777, when witches and wizards from all over North America decided whether or not to become involved in the American Revolutionary War. The Ministry of Magic in London sent a message saying “Sitting this one out.” President McGillicuddy responded “Mind… Read More
Sitting Minister for Magic Maximillian Crowdy dies suddenly and mysteriously in 1781. He had been instrumental in the exposure of several anti-Muggle extremist groups during his time in office. There are many books and conspiracy theories about Crowdy’s death (Pm). Read More
The attack comes while he is while holidaying in Papua New Guinea. Belby wards off the creature by conjuring a patronus (FB). While Belby is considered the only wizard to survive a lethifold attack (FW, FB), Celestina Warbeck’s mother, a Muggle woman, is another survivor of a lethifold attack (Pm). Read More
Lord North confidentially asks Knatchbull if he could remedy the mental instability of King George III. Unfortunately for North, word of his bizarre belief in wizards got out and he was forced to resign. Read More
Between 1775 and 1783, the original thirteen British colonies in North America rebel against foreign rule and establish a new country, the United States of America. North American witches and wizards debate whether or not to take sides against their British magical counterparts. In the end, both sides decide to… Read More
Barebone was a descendant of Scourers who believed that all witches and wizards should be killed. He befriends a gullible young witch named Dorcus Twelvetrees, plies her with seemingly innocent questions, then steals her wand and publishes the locations of both Ilvermorny and MACUSA headquarters. Dorcus serves a year in… Read More
Osbert is impressed by those he considers the elite: wealthy, prejudiced pure-blood witches and wizards. Some say that Septimus Malfoy was held sway over Osbert and actually ran things behind the scenes. Read More
The period from 1789 – 1799 in France as their society beginning with the overthrow of the monarchy and the later dictatorship of Napoleon. The “Reign of Terror” refers to the popular use of the guillotine to chop off the heads of the wealthy or anyone under suspicion. (Wikipedia)… Read More
After putting the entire magical community in danger by spilling its secrets to a descendent of scourers, the daughter of Aristotle Twelvetrees is imprisoned for one year. Many in the magical community wish to see Dorcus killed or locked away for the rest of her life for her foolishness. Wizarding… Read More
Rappaport is the fifteenth president of MACUSA. In 1790, she puts in place the complete segregation of the magical and non-magical communities in the U.S. All contact is forbidden in what becomes known as Rappaport’s Law. Read More
Put in place in 1790 by MACUSA President Emily Rappaport in order to completely sever ties between the Wizarding and No-Maj communities in America. Thus, the American magical community became completely segregated, unlike the European Wizarding World where inter-Muggle marriage and government cooperation were allowed (Pm). Read More
Flavius Belby, at one point the proud president of his local Gobstones Club, passes away nine years after successfully fighting off a lethifold in Papua New Guinea (FW, FB). Read More
The heads of Hogwarts, Beauxbatons, and Durmstrang all are injured when, during a Triwizard Tournament event, a cockatrice goes on a rampage. Read More
He grows up to be a collector of live Sphinxes, which not surprisingly sets him at odds with the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures (FW). Read More
