One of the things that readers fall in love with about the books is the depth of information we are given – information that is often only peripheral to the plot, but nevertheless enriches our understanding of the magical world. Some of the more interesting tidbits pertain to the history… Read MoreCaptain of Quidditch
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Quidditch
The Captain of a Quidditch team is the member tasked with being its leader. Captains fulfil many of the duties, such as coming up with strategies, coaching other players, and managing practice schedules, that might be done by a coach in another sport. A player from any position can be the captain. It… Read MoreCarlotta Pinkstone• Character
Carlotta Pinkstone was an activist famous for campaigning to lift the Statute of Secrecy, revealing the wizarding world to Muggles. She has been imprisoned multiple times for defying the Statute. JKR’s Wizard of the Month for November 2005. Read MoreCarlotta Pinkstone, famous for wanting to lift the Statute of Secrecy, is born• EventCassandra Vablatsky• Character
Cassandra Vablatsky was a celebrated Seer and the author of Unfogging the Future (PA4). Read MoreCelebrated Magical Law Enforcement head Justus Pilliwickle dies• EventCelebrated Seer Cassandra Vablatsky is born• EventCelestina Warbeck• Character
Celestina Warbeck, known as the “Singing Sorceress” (CS3), is, along with the Weird Sisters, one of the two most well-known recording artists in the wizarding world (FW). Read MoreCelestina Warbeck, the "Singing Sorceress," is born• EventChauncey Oldridge• Character
According to his Famous Wizard card, Oldridge was the first known victim of Dragon Pox (FW). Read MoreChauncey Oldridge is born• Event
Oldridge became a victim of Dragon Pox during his lifetime, one of the earliest cases on record. Read MoreChauncey Oldridge, the first victim of dragon pox, dies• Event
Cheering Charm
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Spells
A Cheering Charm cheers a person up, makes them happy. Read MoreCheering Charm inventor Felix Summerbee is born• EventCheering Charms inventor Felix Summerbee dies• EventChocolate Frog cards
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Wizarding culture
Chocolate Frog cards come in Chocolate Frogs candy (along with a chocolate frog). Hogwarts students collect and trade them. The faces on some of the cards are famous even to Muggles, although their magical abilities were not always recognized by the non-magical community. Read MoreChocolate Frogs
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Food and drinks
Chocolate frogs are a very popular sweet made from chocolate in the form of a frog. They come with a collectible card of a famous witch or wizard in each pack (PS6, GF23). Chocolate frog cards are sold on the cart aboard the Hogwarts Express as well as at… Read MoreCirce• Character
Circe was an ancient Greek sorceress who lived on an island called Aeaea, near Italy; she was partial to transfiguring sailors into pigs (FW). Harry collected her Chocolate Frog Card during his first trip on the Hogwarts Express (PS6). Read MoreElfrida Clagg• Character
Elfrida Clagg was the Chieftainess of Warlock’s Council (JKR). * The dates given on Clagg’s Chocolate Frog card (1612-1687) conflict with information from QA4 which says she was the “Chief of the Wizard’s Council” in the mid-1300s. The portrait of the similarly named Elfrida Cragg in the Ministry… Read MorePtolemy• Character
Claudius Ptolemy was a Greco-Roman Egyptian geographer and astronomer. On their first train-ride to Hogwarts, Ron was hoping to get a Ptolemy Chocolate Frog Card (PS6). … Read MoreCliodna• Character
Cliodna (also spelt Cliodne) was a beautiful medieval Irish druidess and an Animagus, whose three magical birds could cure the sick with their healing songs (FW). Read MoreComedian and famously purple wizard Derwent Shimpling is born• EventComposer Musidora Barkwith is born• Event
Barkwith was a famous composer whose Wizarding Suite featured an exploding tuba. This unfinished work is now banned, ever since a performance in 1902 blew the roof off of the Town Hall of Ackerly (FW). Read MoreComposer Musidora Barkwith dies• Event
She is most famous for composing the unfinished “Wizarding Suite,” which features an exploding tuba. Read More
Blasting Curse
— "Confringo"
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Spells
The Blasting Curse causes the target to explode. Read MoreCordelia Misericordia• Character
Cordelia Misericordia was a hag who lived in the 14th century. She represented hags at a summit of the Wizard’s Council. Read MoreCornelius Agrippa• Character
Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim was scholar and author who wrote on many topics, including the occult. He appears on a Chocolate Frog trading card, which reads “celebrated wizard imprisoned by Muggles for his writing, because they thought his books were evil” (FW, PS6, CF). In September 1991, Ron… Read MoreCornelius Agrippa, the famous author, dies• Event
He was imprisoned by Muggles who believed his writings to be evil. Read MoreCount Vlad Drakul• Character
Notorious vampire who inspired the fictional Count Dracula created by Bram Stoker. Father of Vlad the Impaler. Read MoreCreation of the Sword of Gryffindor• Event
The silver sword with large rubies (CS17, CS18) was fashioned by goblins, including their king, Ragnuk the First, and is enchanted. (DH25)… Read MoreCrispin Cronk, keeper of illegal sphinxes, is born• Event
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 MoreCromer
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Towns
Cromer is a small, seaside town on the east coast of England – almost straight east of London, in Norfolk. In the early eighteenth century, this was presumably the home of the feared Sea Serpent of Cromer, which was killed by Glanmore Peakes (FW). Read MoreCrispin Cronk• Character
Crispin Cronk was a wizard famous for keeping sphinxes in his backyard despite repeated warnings from the Ministry of Magic. The Ministry had the last laugh, as they eventually gave up and sent Cronk to Azkaban (FW). Read MoreCyclops• Character
A one-eyed giant who lived in a cave at the foot of Mount Etna. With the help of several sheep, was slain by the Greek hero, Odysseus. Read MoreCyprian Youdle• Character
Cyprian Youdle was the only Referee ever to die during a Quidditch match. The originator of the curse was never caught, but was believed to have been a member of the crowd (FW, QA6). Read MoreCyprian Youdle is killed during a Quidditch match• Event
A Referee from Norfolk, Cyprian Youdle, is killed by a curse from an angry spectator during a “friendly” match between two local sides (QA6, FW). Read More
Famous Wizard Cards/Wizards of the Month
Canon Celebration: History of the Wizarding World
• Article
One of the things that readers fall in love with about the books is the depth of information we are given – information that is often only peripheral to the plot, but nevertheless enriches our understanding of the magical world. Some of the more interesting tidbits pertain to the history… Read More
Captain of Quidditch
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Quidditch
The Captain of a Quidditch team is the member tasked with being its leader. Captains fulfil many of the duties, such as coming up with strategies, coaching other players, and managing practice schedules, that might be done by a coach in another sport. A player from any position can be the captain. It… Read More
Carlotta Pinkstone
• Character
Carlotta Pinkstone was an activist famous for campaigning to lift the Statute of Secrecy, revealing the wizarding world to Muggles. She has been imprisoned multiple times for defying the Statute. JKR’s Wizard of the Month for November 2005. Read More
Cassandra Vablatsky
• Character
Cassandra Vablatsky was a celebrated Seer and the author of Unfogging the Future (PA4). Read More
Celestina Warbeck
• Character
Celestina Warbeck, known as the “Singing Sorceress” (CS3), is, along with the Weird Sisters, one of the two most well-known recording artists in the wizarding world (FW). Read More
Chauncey Oldridge
• Character
According to his Famous Wizard card, Oldridge was the first known victim of Dragon Pox (FW). Read More
Cheering Charm
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Spells
A Cheering Charm cheers a person up, makes them happy. Read More
Cheering Charm inventor Felix Summerbee is born
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Chocolate Frog cards
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Wizarding culture
Chocolate Frog cards come in Chocolate Frogs candy (along with a chocolate frog). Hogwarts students collect and trade them. The faces on some of the cards are famous even to Muggles, although their magical abilities were not always recognized by the non-magical community. Read More
Chocolate Frogs
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Food and drinks
Chocolate frogs are a very popular sweet made from chocolate in the form of a frog. They come with a collectible card of a famous witch or wizard in each pack (PS6, GF23). Chocolate frog cards are sold on the cart aboard the Hogwarts Express as well as at… Read More
Circe
• Character
Circe was an ancient Greek sorceress who lived on an island called Aeaea, near Italy; she was partial to transfiguring sailors into pigs (FW). Harry collected her Chocolate Frog Card during his first trip on the Hogwarts Express (PS6). Read More
Elfrida Clagg
• Character
Elfrida Clagg was the Chieftainess of Warlock’s Council (JKR). * The dates given on Clagg’s Chocolate Frog card (1612-1687) conflict with information from QA4 which says she was the “Chief of the Wizard’s Council” in the mid-1300s. The portrait of the similarly named Elfrida Cragg in the Ministry… Read More
Ptolemy
• Character
Claudius Ptolemy was a Greco-Roman Egyptian geographer and astronomer. On their first train-ride to Hogwarts, Ron was hoping to get a Ptolemy Chocolate Frog Card (PS6). … Read More
Cliodna
• Character
Cliodna (also spelt Cliodne) was a beautiful medieval Irish druidess and an Animagus, whose three magical birds could cure the sick with their healing songs (FW). Read More
Comedian and famously purple wizard Derwent Shimpling is born
• Event
Composer Musidora Barkwith is born
• Event
Barkwith was a famous composer whose Wizarding Suite featured an exploding tuba. This unfinished work is now banned, ever since a performance in 1902 blew the roof off of the Town Hall of Ackerly (FW). Read More
Blasting Curse
— "Confringo"
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Spells
The Blasting Curse causes the target to explode. Read More
Cornelius Agrippa
• Character
Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim was scholar and author who wrote on many topics, including the occult. He appears on a Chocolate Frog trading card, which reads “celebrated wizard imprisoned by Muggles for his writing, because they thought his books were evil” (FW, PS6, CF). In September 1991, Ron… Read More
Creation of the Sword of Gryffindor
• Event
The silver sword with large rubies (CS17, CS18) was fashioned by goblins, including their king, Ragnuk the First, and is enchanted. (DH25)… Read More
Crispin Cronk, keeper of illegal sphinxes, is born
• Event
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
Cromer
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Towns
Cromer is a small, seaside town on the east coast of England – almost straight east of London, in Norfolk. In the early eighteenth century, this was presumably the home of the feared Sea Serpent of Cromer, which was killed by Glanmore Peakes (FW). Read More
Cyprian Youdle
• Character
Cyprian Youdle was the only Referee ever to die during a Quidditch match. The originator of the curse was never caught, but was believed to have been a member of the crowd (FW, QA6). Read More
Cyprian Youdle is killed during a Quidditch match
• Event
A Referee from Norfolk, Cyprian Youdle, is killed by a curse from an angry spectator during a “friendly” match between two local sides (QA6, FW). Read More