The following events occurred in 2016:
Events[]
- June: Teddy Lupin finishes his education at Hogwarts.
- The eighty-eighth Wizarding Schools Potions Championship is held.[1]
Behind the scenes[]
- 14 January: Alan Rickman, the actor who portrayed Severus Snape in the film adaptions, died from cancer.
- 27 April: Wolfgang Hess, the German voice of Albus Dumbledore in the Harry Potter films from the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix to Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, died aged 78.
- 23 June: The United Kingdom voted in a referendum to leave the European Union, with Vernon Dursley most likely voting in favour of leaving.[2]
- 31 July: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (Special Rehearsal Edition) was released in bookstores in script form, breaking sales records.
- 8 September: Hazel Douglas, who played Bathilda Bagshot in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, died aged 92
- 21 September: Terence Bayler, who played The Bloody Baron in Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone, died aged 86
- 14 October: J. K. Rowling announces that there will be five films in the Fantastic Beasts series.[3][4][5]
- 18 November: The first Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them film released in the United Kingdom and United States.
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Notes and references[]
- ↑ Wonderbook: Book of Potions
- ↑
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JK Rowling on X: "True That"
- ↑ J.K. Rowling on Twitter: "Five. Not seven. Not three. Five. (Got a feeling this is going to be the new 'not a prequel')".
- ↑ Cosmopolitan - FIVE Fantastic Beasts movies are coming and we cannot breathe
- ↑ Fantastic Beasts on Twitter: "@jk_rowling has just confirmed the magic continues in a total of FIVE MOVIES! We can't wait! #FantasticBeasts"
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