1880s

the following events happened in the 1880s:

Events

 * 1881: Leadenhall Market is designed by Sir Horace Jones.

Quidditch

 * 1883: Quidditch goalposts evolve from large baskets on poles to the current scoring hoops, thus marking the final alteration of the Quidditch pitch. Quidditch fans angrily demonstrate against the change (a representative from the Department of Magical Games and Sports is forced to retreat under a hail of baskets thrown by the demonstrators), and the ensuing riot is later blamed on goblin agitators.
 * 1884: A Golden Snitch allegedly escapes into the wild after a six-month long Quidditch match on Bodmin Moor. Cornish wizards to this day believe it still lives wild on the Moor, although Kennilworthy Whisp, on his work Quidditch Through the Ages, admits not having been able to confirm that story.
 * 1884: Stooging is outlawed in Quidditch.

Births

 * 1880: Thomas Riddle
 * Summer, 1881: Albus Dumbledore to Percival and Kendra Dumbledore
 * 1881: Hesper Starkey
 * 1881: Harvey Ridgebit
 * c. 1881: Elphias Doge
 * 1883: Mary Riddle
 * c. 1883: Gellert Grindelwald
 * c. 1884: Aberforth Dumbledore to Percival and Kendra Dumbledore
 * 1884: Arcturus Black II to Phineas Nigellus Black and Ursula Flint
 * c. 1885: Ariana Dumbledore to Percival and Kendra Dumbledore
 * 1886: Belvina Black to Phineas Nigellus Black and Ursula Flint
 * 1888: Fifi LaFolle
 * 1888: Norvel Twonk
 * 1889: Roderick Plumpton
 * 1889: Cygnus Black II to Phineas Nigellus Black and Ursula Flint

Deaths

 * 1882: Phoebe Black
 * 1882: Alberic Grunnion
 * 1884: Grogan Stump