HPL: Timeline

Custom Timeline: Chronology of Broomsticks
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The 10th century
Events of this century:

Annual Swedish broom race begins

Europe | [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 created

Europe | 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)

The 12th century

1107 (Y-873)

[Guthrie Lochrin] of Scotland writes of the discomfort of riding broomsticks

Britain | Scotland

(QA2)
(QA1)

The 19th century

1820 (Y-160)

[Elliot Smethwyk] invents the [Cushioning Charm] for flying [broomsticks]. (QA9)

1879 (Y-101)

The Oakshaft 79 broom is introducedIt is produced by [Elias Grimstone] of Portsmouth.
(QA8)

The 1900s

1901 (Y-79) AD = 20

Gladys Boothby invents the Moontrimmer broom (QA9)

The 1920s

1926 (Y-54) AD = 45 MM = 1 TR = 0

[Bob, Bill, and Barnaby Ollerton] start the Cleansweep Broom CompanyTheir first broom, the Cleansweep One, revolutionizes the game of [Quidditch].
(QA9)

1929 (Y-51) AD = 48 MM = 4 TR = 3 RH = 1

[Randolph Keitch] and [Basil Horton] found the Comet Trading CompanyTheir first model is the Comet 140.
(QA9)

The 1930s

1934 (Y-46) AD = 53 MM = 9 TR = 8 RH = 6

The Cleansweep Two is released (QA9)

1935 (Y-45) AD = 54 MM = 10 TR = 9 RH = 7

[Jocunda Sykes] crosses the Atlantic by [broom]Riding an Oakshaft 79, she becomes the first witch or wizard in history to accomplish the feat.
(QA9)

1937 (Y-43) AD = 56 MM = 12 TR = 11 RH = 9

The Cleansweep Three is released (QA9)

1938 (Y-42) AD = 57 MM = 13 TR = 12 RH = 10

The Comet 180 is released (QA9)

The 1940s

1940 (Y-40) AD = 59 MM = 15 TR = 14 RH = 12

The Tinderblast [broom] is released by Ellerby and Spudmore of the Black Forest (QA9)

The 1950s

1952 (Y-28) AD = 71 MM = 27 TR = 26 RH = 24

The Swiftstick broom] is released by Ellerby and Spudmore of the Black Forest (QA9)

1955 (Y-25) AD = 74 MM = 30 TR = 29 RH = 27

Universal Brooms Ltd. introduces the Shooting Star [broomstick] (QA9)

The 1960s

1967 (Y-13) AD = 86 MM = 42 TR = 41 RH = 39 M = 9

The Nimbus Racing Broom Company is foundedThe company's first release is the Nimbus 1000.
(QA9)

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