The 10th century
Events of this century:
Annual Swedish broom race beginsEurope | [Sweden]
A broom race is run in Sweden from Kopparberg to Arjeplog, a distance of about 300 miles. The race is so popular it is made an annual tradition - one which still continues today, over 1000 years later.(QA2)
962 (Y-1018)
German illuminated manuscript createdEurope | Germany
Witches and wizards were using primitive [broomsticks] for transportation, but these broomsticks were far from perfect; this German illuminated manuscript shows wizards dismounting early flying broomsticks in pain.(QA1)
before 993 (Y-987)
Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is FoundedEurope | Great Britain | Scotland
Growing distrust on the part of Muggles for wizards and witches compels the four greatest witches and wizards of the age - Godric Gryffindor, Helga Hufflepuff, Rowena Ravenclaw, and Salazar Slytherin - to found Hogwarts. Slytherin builds the Chamber of Secrets after his idea that only pure-blood wizards should be allowed into Hogwarts was dismissed. The Wizarding World begins to withdraw and hide itself from the Muggle World (CS9).The official timeline ([CS/DVD]) lists this year as "before 993" because it is based on Y0 = 1980. Canon states that this happened "over a thousand years ago" (CS9, GF12).
The 11th century
Events of this century:
early 1000s
The Chamber of Secrets is created
(CS9)
The Chamber of Secrets is createdGreat Britian | Scotland | Hogwarts
Growing friction between Godric Gryffindor and Salazar Slytherin erupts into violence, with the result that Slytherin leaves Hogwarts after creating the Chamber of Secrets.(CS9)
the beginnings of [Quidditch]Britain | Queerditch Marsh
[Gertie Keddle], living near [Queerditch Marsh], writes about some local witches and wizards playing a new game on [broomsticks]; over the next few centuries this game evolves into [Quidditch].(QA3)
Tragic Gaelic poem written about the game of CreaothceannEurope | Britain | Scotland
The poem tells of twelve men playing a round of Creaothceann during which "...ten of their number were fated to die."(QA2)
1014 (Y-966)
[Fulbert the Fearful] born (fw)1066 (Y-914)
In the Muggle world:
Battle of Hastings; the Norman Conquest of Britain
Additional information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_hastings
Battle of Hastings; the Norman Conquest of BritainBritain | England | Hastings
This famous battle actually took place near the town of Hastings on Selnac Hill. The defeat of Harold II by William the Conqueror marked the last time that England was conquered by foreign forces. Additional information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_hastings
1097 (Y-883)
[Fulbert the Fearful] diesDespite never leaving his house, he is killed when a [Defensive Charm] he casts backfires.(fw)
