B.C. era

The following events occurred in the B.C. era:
 * Ancient Egyptian dynasties develop pyramids, mummies, and magical protections later requiring Curse-Breakers.
 * In the Israelite-Philistine war, the Giant mercenary Goliath is slayed by a young boy with a catapult.
 * Ancient Greece
 * Herpo the Foul first hatches the Basilisk and possibly devises the ritual to create a Horcrux.
 * First recording of an Animagus - Falco Aesalon.
 * Odysseus slays Cyclops.
 * Mopsus, a Seer, defeats Calchas in a competition of their powers.
 * Circe transfigures lost sailors into pigs in her native Aeaea.
 * Andros the Invincible produces the only recorded Patronus the size of a Giant.
 * 4th century B.C.: Lifetime of Dzou Yen, famous Chinese alchemist.
 * 382 B.C.: The Ancient Roman Ollivander starts the family's wand-making business. The Ollivander family would be regarded as the best British wandmakers until the late 1990s, at least.
 * c. 1 B.C.: Jesus of Nazareth was born of Mary.

Births

 * Ollivander
 * Goliath
 * Goliath's slayer
 * Herpo the Foul
 * Herpo the Foul's basilisk
 * Odysseus
 * Cyclops
 * Mopsus
 * Calchas
 * Circe
 * Andros the Invincible
 * Falco Aesalon
 * 4th century B.C.: Dzou Yen