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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone was published in the UK July 1, 1997. For the manuscript, Bloomsbury had given J. K. Rowling an advance of about $4,000 and an admonishment to not expect to actually make money writing for children.
Alternatively, for those in the wizarding world, this was around the time Harry Potter turned 17 and the Wizard War the Second really got going.
1907 saw the birth of Merope Gaunt, proud descendant of the Slytherin line and future mother of one of the greatest wizards the world would ever see.
Wizard records of the Dark Ages appear to be even worse than Muggle ones, but it seems that the Slytherin family was doing rather better at this time, with Salazar Slytherin constructing a whopping great secret chamber right under the noses of the other three Hogwarts founders.
Meanwhile, over at Queerditch Marsh, Gertie Keddle's neighbors were being irresponsible on their broomsticks in a way that would eventually evolve into the international sport of Quidditch.
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