Timeline of Events (Charming — Victorian Era Potterverse)

Title: Timeline of Events

Violet Ollivander - October 27, 2011 06:54 PM (GMT)

[dohtml]
<blockquote><center>TIMELINE OF EVENTS</center><hr>
 
<center>PRE-OPENING</center> 
IC: 1877 — Muggles discover that there are wizards living among them and ostracize them from society. Although the Obliviators were able to remove the knowledge of magic from muggles, socially the damage was done and outcast wizarding families begin moving to the newly established village of Hogsmeade. (To read more, see the plot.)
 
<center>YEAR ONE</center> 
OOC: June 9, 2010 — Charming's Grand Opening.
 
IC: October 31, 1880 — Hogwarts Hosts an <a href="http://z7.invisionfree.com/Uncanny_Incantations/index.php?showtopic=439">All Hollow's Eve Masquerade Ball.</a>
 
OOC: January 1, 2011 — <a href="http://z7.invisionfree.com/Uncanny_Incantations/index.php?showtopic=997">The First Annual Winter Labyrinth Takes Place!</a> 
OOC: February 1 - 8, 2011 — <a href="http://z7.invisionfree.com/Uncanny_Incantations/index.php?showtopic=1472">Charming's Valentine's Day Event</a> is thread roulette. 
IC: Feb 22, 1881 — A dangerous and crazed patient escapes from the Hogsmeade Hospital. The bad, stormy weather makes it impossible for officials to search properly. The Ministry denies that it is true. The Daily Prophet publishes an <a href="http://z7.invisionfree.com/Uncanny_Incantations/index.php?showtopic=1610&view=findpost&p=1537586">article</a> about it. This marks the beginning of our first sitewide plot.
 
IC: March 1, 1881 — Timothy Benton, a lower class muggleborn stableman, <a href="http://z7.invisionfree.com/Uncanny_Incantations/index.php?showtopic=1610&view=findpost&p=1553716">is found murdered</a> in the Forbidden Forest. It serves as a warning to all muggleborns with a message carved into his body, "Mudbloods Beware."
 
IC: March 12, 1881 — A group of three muggleborn students <a href="http://z7.invisionfree.com/Uncanny_Incantations/index.php?showtopic=1610&view=findpost&p=1579762">go missing from Hogwarts.</a> In retaliation, Hogwarts locks its doors and refuses to let anyone in or out until the Ministry declares that it's safe.
 
IC: March 22, 1881 — Faris Spavin, the Minister of Magic, <a href="http://z7.invisionfree.com/Uncanny_Incantations/index.php?showtopic=1610&view=findpost&p=1603527">decrees that all muggleborns must temporarily leave Hogsmeade</a> as a matter of safety.
 
IC: March 24, 1881 — The escaped patient is caught. It is revealed that the Minister of Magic, Faris Spavin, was <a href="http://z7.invisionfree.com/Uncanny_Incantations/index.php?showtopic=1610&view=findpost&p=1608165">behind the murder and disappearances</a> in a plot to rid Hogsmeade of muggleborns. He is immediately relieved from his post and taken into custody by officials. The search for the new Minister begins.
 
OOC: April 1 - May 1, 2011 — <a href="http://z7.invisionfree.com/Uncanny_Incantations/index.php?showtopic=1878">Charming has an egg hunt.</a> 
IC: April 3, 1881 — <a href="http://z7.invisionfree.com/Uncanny_Incantations/index.php?showtopic=1610&view=findpost&p=1634439">Christian de Vigny</a>, Head of the Department of International Magical Co-Operation, decides to run for Minister of Magic.
 
IC: April 6, 1881 — <a href="http://z7.invisionfree.com/Uncanny_Incantations/index.php?showtopic=1610&view=findpost&p=1642231">Darcy Potter</a>, an Intern for the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, decides to run for Minister of Magic as well.
 
OOC: May 2, 2011 — <a href="http://z7.invisionfree.com/Uncanny_Incantations/index.php?showtopic=2042">Charming has a new areas contest.</a> 
IC: May 8, 1881 — <a href="http://z7.invisionfree.com/Uncanny_Incantations/index.php?showtopic=1610&view=findpost&p=1738829">Election day.</a> IC and OOC voting takes place. A third candidate, Ezekiel Lennox, withdraws from the race.
 
IC: May 14, 1881 — Darcy Potter <a href="http://z7.invisionfree.com/Uncanny_Incantations/index.php?showtopic=1610&view=findpost&p=1751132">wins by a landslide</a> and is elected as the new Minister of Magic.
 
IC: May 20, 1881 — Hogwarts hosts its end of year <a href="http://z7.invisionfree.com/Uncanny_Incantations/index.php?showtopic=2041">Coming Out Ball</a> for all female graduates. The Daily Prophet <a href="http://z7.invisionfree.com/Uncanny_Incantations/index.php?showtopic=2134">declares it a "dazzling success."</a>
 
IC: June 1, 1881 — Summer holidays for Hogwarts begins.
 
<center>YEAR TWO</center> 
IC: June 9, 1881 — The annual <a href="http://z7.invisionfree.com/Uncanny_Incantations/index.php?showtopic=2143">Summer Solstice Festival</a> begins.
 
IC: June 14, 1881 — <a href="http://z7.invisionfree.com/Uncanny_Incantations/index.php?showtopic=2242">Werewolf attack at the festival</a> leaves one dead, and one in acute condition.
 
IC: August 15, 1881 — <a href="http://z7.invisionfree.com/Uncanny_Incantations/index.php?showtopic=2447&view=findpost&p=1999059">The Summer Solstice Festival ends.</a>
 
OOC: August 29, 2011 — <a href="http://z7.invisionfree.com/Uncanny_Incantations/index.php?showtopic=2553">Charming has its 10,000 posts contest.</a>
 
IC: September 8, 1881 — Felix Turnbull, Chief Warlock of the Wizengamot, <a href="http://z7.invisionfree.com/Uncanny_Incantations/index.php?showtopic=2700">dies of a heart attack in the Ministry elevator.</a> His body is left in the elevator for several hours, and his exceptionally unpleasant ghost now haunts the lift.
 
IC: October 6, 1881 — The Daily Prophet publishes article entitled <a href="http://z7.invisionfree.com/Uncanny_Incantations/index.php?showtopic=2968">"Hogwarts Hussies"</a> that calls three students out by name for their alleged unladylike and scandalous behaviors.
 
IC: October 22, 1881 — Daily Prophet publishes another article about a <a href="http://z7.invisionfree.com/Uncanny_Incantations/index.php?showtopic=3190">student's misbehavior.</a>
 
IC: October 25, 1881 — <a href="http://z7.invisionfree.com/Uncanny_Incantations/index.php?showtopic=3251">Hogwarts institutes new rules</a>: required etiquette classes for all students and female students are officially banned from playing quidditch. The punishment for inappropriate contact between students is harsher and male professors cannot be alone with female students. <a href="http://z7.invisionfree.com/Uncanny_Incantations/index.php?showtopic=3255">OOC explanation here.</a>
 
IC: October 27, 1881 — <a href="http://z7.invisionfree.com/Uncanny_Incantations/index.php?showtopic=3280">The Ministry agrees with Hogwarts' new rules.</a>
 
OOC: October 31, 2011 — <a href="http://z7.invisionfree.com/Uncanny_Incantations/index.php?showtopic=2723">ClueDo begins.</a>
 
OOC: November 30, 2011 - December 23, 2011 — <a href="http://z7.invisionfree.com/Uncanny_Incantations/index.php?showtopic=3667">Charming hosts a Secret Swap.</a>
 
IC: December 18, 1881 - December 30th, 1881 — There is a huge <a href="http://z7.invisionfree.com/Uncanny_Incantations/index.php?showtopic=3905">snowstorm in Hogsmeade</a> that makes it impossible to travel (floo network excluded.) This is a mini boardwide event.
 
OOC: December 18, 2011 - January 15, 2012 — <a href="http://z7.invisionfree.com/Uncanny_Incantations/index.php?showtopic=3906">Charming has a stamp idea contest.</a>
 
OOC: January 1, 2012 — <a href="http://z7.invisionfree.com/Uncanny_Incantations/index.php?showtopic=4041">Charming's Second Annual Winter Labyrinth.</a>
 
OOC: February 14, 2012 — <a href="http://z7.invisionfree.com/Uncanny_Incantations/index.php?showtopic=4300">Charming has a Valentine's Roulette.</a>
 
OOC: March 14, 2012 - March 18, 2012 — <a href="http://z7.invisionfree.com/Uncanny_Incantations/index.php?showtopic=4957">Charming has a shamrock hunt.</a>
 
IC: March 15, 2012 — <a href="http://z7.invisionfree.com/Uncanny_Incantations/index.php?showtopic=4542">Dueling Tournament #1</a> takes place. 
IC: April 8, 2012 — <a href="http://z7.invisionfree.com/Uncanny_Incantations/index.php?showtopic=5151">A job fair is hosted by the Flamels.</a>
 
OOC: April 21, 2012 — <a href="http://z7.invisionfree.com/Uncanny_Incantations/index.php?showtopic=5329">Charming has its 30,000 post contest.</a>
 
IC: May 1, 1882 — The Sitewide Plot #2 begins with a Daily Prophet article announcing <a href="http://z7.invisionfree.com/Uncanny_Incantations/index.php?showtopic=5408">that the Ministry has devised a draft</a> to force citizens of Hogsmeade to go out and explore in order to find more land for the ever expanding village.
 
IC: May 4, 1882 — <a href="http://z7.invisionfree.com/Uncanny_Incantations/index.php?showtopic=5428">Thanks to menaces, women are also now included in the draft.</a>
 
IC: May 16, 1882 — The Hogsmeade Trail expeditions begin. Most groups don't return for at least a month. There are many injuries (some severe) and two deaths.
 
IC: June 9, 1882 — <a href="http://z7.invisionfree.com/Uncanny_Incantations/index.php?showtopic=5703">The Annual Summer Solstice Festival begins.</a> 
IC: July 3, 1882 — <a href="http://z7.invisionfree.com/Uncanny_Incantations/index.php?showtopic=6066">Dueling Tournament #2</a> takes place.
 
IC: July 31, 1882 — <a href="http://z7.invisionfree.com/Uncanny_Incantations/index.php?showtopic=6144">Hogwarts Student Staff are selected.</a> 
IC: August 3 1882 - August 4, 1882 — The very last trail groups return with news that they had run into a recently settled group of muggles who took them captive for several weeks. Luckily, the last group to come upon them was clever enough to convince the muggles to give the captives over to them. They all returned to Hogsmeade worse for the wear.
 
OOC: August 5, 2012 — <a href="http://z7.invisionfree.com/Uncanny_Incantations/index.php?showtopic=6316">Thread roulette</a> begins.
 
OOC: August 16, 2012 — <a href="http://z7.invisionfree.com/Uncanny_Incantations/index.php?showtopic=6640">Charming has its 50,000 posts contest.</a> 
IC: August 26, 1882 — Darcy Potter, the Minister of Magic, and Harry Ilkin, the leader of the muggle town Irvingly, have a secret meeting agreeing to a mutually beneficial deal between the two towns: Hogsmeade will build the muggles proper housing and share resources with them so long as Irvingly agrees to share land with the wizards. They have also been guaranteed continual income from the magical community by being host to a casino. Magical residents of Irvingly will also be restricted to those who went on the expedition and were promised land or those with professions that are useful to Irvingly - such as healers, teachers, shop owners and skilled craftsman.
 
IC: August 31, 1882 — The deal is announced to the Hogsmeade populace through a Daily Prophet article.
 
IC: September 3, 1882 — Expedition groups whom were promised land are allowed first rights to move to Irvingly, though are responsible for the building of their own homes.
 
OOC: October 1, 2012 - October 31, 2012 — <a href="http://z7.invisionfree.com/Uncanny_Incantations/index.php?showtopic=7292">Charming's October Writing Challenge.</a>
 
IC: October 28, 2012 — <a href="http://z7.invisionfree.com/Uncanny_Incantations/index.php?showtopic=7434">Hogwarts has a potion brewing competition.</a> 
OOC: November 1, 2012 - November 30, 2012 — <a href="http://z7.invisionfree.com/Uncanny_Incantations/index.php?showtopic=7665>Charming's November Writing Challenge.</a>
 
IC: November 10, 2012 — <a href="http://z7.invisionfree.com/Uncanny_Incantations/index.php?showtopic=7666">Dueling Tournament #3</a> takes place.
 
OOC: December 1, 2012 - December 31, 2012 — <a href="http://z7.invisionfree.com/Uncanny_Incantations/index.php?showtopic=8251">Charming's December Writing Challenge.</a>
 
OOC: December 23, 2012 — <a href="http://z7.invisionfree.com/Uncanny_Incantations/index.php?showtopic=8244">Charming's Secret Swap.</a>
 
OOC: January 1, 2013 — <a href="http://z7.invisionfree.com/Uncanny_Incantations/index.php?showtopic=8887">Charming's Third Annual Winter Labyrinth begins.</a> The Third Sitewide Plot is announced: <a href="http://z7.invisionfree.com/Uncanny_Incantations/index.php?showtopic=8889">The Quidditch World Cup.</a>
 
OOC: January 1, 2013 - January 31, 2013 — <a href="http://z7.invisionfree.com/Uncanny_Incantations/index.php?showtopic=8896">Charming's January Writing Challenge.</a> 
IC: January 10, 1883 — A new <a href="http://z7.invisionfree.com/Uncanny_Incantations/index.php?showtopic=9104">Hospital Director</a> is chosen.
 
IC: January 14, 1883 — A Hogwarts student <a href="http://z7.invisionfree.com/Uncanny_Incantations/index.php?showtopic=9207">floods the dungeons</a> and the Slytherin students must be temporarily reassigned to live within the other house dorms while repairs are made. This was a mini boardwide event.
 
OOC: February 1, 1883 - February 28, 1883 — <a href="http://z7.invisionfree.com/Uncanny_Incantations/index.php?showtopic=9498">Charming's February Writing Challenge.</a>
 
IC: February 3, 1883 — Due to a spill, Hogsmeade's tea becomes laced with amortentia and <a href="http://z7.invisionfree.com/Uncanny_Incantations/index.php?showtopic=9537">havoc ensues.</a> This was a mini boardwide event. 
IC: February 25, 1883 - February 28, 1883 — <a href="http://z7.invisionfree.com/Uncanny_Incantations/index.php?showtopic=9366">Quidditch British Team Tryouts</a> take place.
 
OOC: March 1, 2013 — <a href="http://z7.invisionfree.com/Uncanny_Incantations/index.php?showforum=94">March Writing Challenge begins.</a>
 
OOC: March 10, 2013 - March 16, 2013 — <a href="http://z7.invisionfree.com/Uncanny_Incantations/index.php?showtopic=10258">Britain's Mascot is Voted For.</a>
 
IC: Dueling Tournament #4 — Dueling Tournament #4 begins.
 
OOC: March 24, 2013 - March 30, 2013 — <a href="http://z7.invisionfree.com/Uncanny_Incantations/index.php?showtopic=10600">Egypt's Mascot is Voted For.</a>
 
OOC: April 1, 2013 — The staff do a <a href="http://z7.invisionfree.com/Uncanny_Incantations/index.php?showtopic=10763">demonstration</a> complete with a <a href="http://z7.invisionfree.com/Uncanny_Incantations/index.php?showtopic=10764">read along</a> of how quidditch play will work IC. The <a href="http://z7.invisionfree.com/Uncanny_Incantations/index.php?showtopic=10757">April Writing Challenge</a> begins.
 
OOC: April 7, 2013 - April 13, 2013 — <a href="http://z7.invisionfree.com/Uncanny_Incantations/index.php?showtopic=10874">Voting for Japan's Mascot</a> takes place.
 
OOC: April 12, 2013 — The <a href="http://z7.invisionfree.com/Uncanny_Incantations/index.php?showtopic=10974">snitch hunt</a> begins.
 
OOC: April 14, 2013 — With guidance from staff, members have an OOC turn at <a href="http://z7.invisionfree.com/Uncanny_Incantations/index.php?showtopic=11022">playing quidditch</a> with our system.</a>
 
OOC: April 18, 2013 — Charming has its <a href="http://z7.invisionfree.com/Uncanny_Incantations/index.php?showtopic=11113">75,000 Posts Contest</a>.
 
OOC: April 21, 2013 - April 27, 2013 — <a href="http://z7.invisionfree.com/Uncanny_Incantations/index.php?showtopic=11162">Voting for France's Mascot</a> takes place.
 
IC: April 27, 2013 — Hogwarts has it s<a href="http://z7.invisionfree.com/Uncanny_Incantations/index.php?showtopic=11215">Career Day</a>.
 
OOC: May 1, 2013 — <a href="http://z7.invisionfree.com/Uncanny_Incantations/index.php?showtopic=11339">May Writing Challenge</a> begins. <a href="http://z7.invisionfree.com/Uncanny_Incantations/index.php?showtopic=8889&st=0&#entry22174881">International Characters</a> can now be registered. 
</blockquote>
[/dohtml]

View Full Version: Timeline of Events