17th century

"By the seventeenth century, any witch or wizard who chose to fraternize with Muggles became suspect, even an outcast in his or her own community."

—Albus Dumbledore

The following events occurred in the 17th century:

• Quidditch is introduced to North America (causing anti-wizard sentiment) and New Zealand.
• The Wimbourne Wasps take their name from a nasty incident which occurred during a match against the Appleby Arrows in the mid-seventeenth century, when a Beater flying past a tree on the edge of the pitch noticed a wasps' nest among the branches and batted it towards the Arrows' Seeker, who was so badly stung that he had to retire from the game.
• Eldon Elsrickle terrorises the town of London with the Unlocking Charm, thus introducing it to Great Britain. To combat this series of robberies, Blagdon Blay invents the Anti-Alohomora Charm.

Decades

• 1600s
• 1610s
• 1620s
• 1630s
• 1640s
• 1650s
• 1660s
• 1670s
• 1680s
• 1690s

Notes and references

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