presents
Timeline
of the Wizarding World
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events in the Wizarding World |
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events from Muggle history |
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indicates events in the development of broomsticks and Quidditch |
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indicates events related to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry |
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indicates important events in the history of magic |
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indicates important events in the lives of main characters |
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indicates important events in the battle against the Dark Arts |
c. 1840c. 1851 through 1858Albus Dumbledore born. (Sch2)
c.192019271929
Tom Riddle Jr. born to witch mother and Muggle father in Little Hangleton. His mother dies, living just long enough to name her son, and Tom is raised in an orphanage.
c. 1931 through 19381938
September
he hears about the Chamber of Secrets and determines to find and open it
194019421943
He is a prefect; he finally discovers how to open the Chamber of Secrets, and learns to control the Basilisk1944
He begins placing his memories and some of his personality into it in an attempt to preserve what he learned about the Chamber of Secrets
1945June
He begins his personal quest for immortality by means of the Dark Arts
1951Rita Skeeter bornc. 1958Bertha Jorkins born
c. 1960c. 1962
Bartemius Crouch Jr. born1967
1970s1971
also attending at that time were Severus Snape and Lily Evans, who would marry James Potter after they left school.The books leave ambiguous the exact years they attended Hogwarts. JKR did state in an interview which coincided with the release of Goblet of Fire (CR) that Severus Snape was "about 35 or 36." That would place his birthdate in 1960 and his first year at Hogwarts to be 1971-72. This timeline works from that assumption. All dates for the this group might be a year off one way or the other.
During the 1970s, Voldemort began to gather followers who were eager for a share of his power. The closest followers of Voldemort were known as the Death Eaters. These years got progressively more dangerous and violentAs Voldemort's influence grew, some witches and wizards were controlled by the Imperius Curse and forced to commit atrocities, including the torture and murder of Muggles Voldemort capitalized on the prejudice and distrust between the Giants and the Wizarding World; the Giants became Voldemort's followers and killed and tortured many people the Dark Mark is used by Death Eaters to indicate a house where they have committed murders no one dared to become friendly with strange witches and wizards, not knowing if they were Voldemort supporters Hogwarts became one of the few safe places in the Wizarding World Bartemius Crouch is head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement; he gives his Aurors the authority to use drastic methods not all the different from the tactics used by the Death Eaters they were fighting 19751976
James and Lily are made Prefects.
They begin to accompany Remus when he transforms, affecting his ability to maintain some semblence of humanity as a werewolf.1977
Sirius Black, James Potter, Peter Pettigrew, and Remus Lupin explore the castle and grounds in their animal forms and learn more about the secrets of the place than anyone, even Filch. They create the Marauders' Map, signing it with their nicknames: Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot, and Prongs.
Snape is intensely curious about where Lupin goes each month. Sirius jokingly suggests that Snape follow Lupin through the passage beneath the Whomping Willow. James Potter, realizing that Snape would encounter a full-blown and very dangerous werewolf at the end of the passage, stops Snape from going through, thereby saving his life. Snape, much to his disgust, is indebted to James Potter because of this.
Bill Weasley starts his first year at Hogwarts (date uncertain)
SeptemberOctober
James and Lily are Head Boy and GirlAngelina Johnson born1978
AprilGeorge and Fred Weasley are born (GF12)JuneJames, Lily, Sirius, Remus, Peter, and Severus leave HogwartsSeptemberCharlie Weasley starts his first year at Hogwarts1979Cho Chang born
Dumbledore and his allies begin to realize that there is a spy in their midst but Peter is not suspected
1980Neville Longbottom, Draco Malfoy bornMarch 1
and other students of Harry's yearJuneDudley Dursley bornJuly 31September 19
1981Ginny Weasley bornc. October 24October 31November 1
Voldemort attempts to kill Harry Potter after murdering his parents, but his spell rebounds onto him.
Voldemort, nearly dead and without physical form, retreats into the forests of Albania where he possess the bodies of various animals to survive for the next decade, waiting.
Hagrid, on Dumbledore's orders, goes to Godric's Hollow to rescue baby Harry from the ruins of the house.November 1, late eveningafter 19811988
He sent by Bartemius Crouch, Sr. to Azkaban without a trial.
His mother uses Polyjuice Potion to take his place there, where she dies within a year. Bartemiums Crouch Jr. is kept a virtual prisoner in his father's home, tended by Winky, a loyal house-elf
SeptemberCedric Diggory begins his first year at HogwartsAngelina Johnson begins her first year at Hogwarts
before 1991
1991
He encournters Voldemort in Albania and is controlled by the Dark Lord.July
July 31
July 24 - 30 - letters begin arriving via owl post to invite Harry to Hogwarts.
July 31, just after midnight - Hagrid rescues Harry from the Dursleys and from the Hut on the RockSunday, September 1
October 31
They catch the Hogwarts Express at 11 am at King's Cross Station, then travel until evening to Hogwarts.
Harry meets Ron and Hermione on the train. Ron becomes his friend.December 25
The feast is interrupted by a Mountain Troll which almost kills Hermione Granger; she is saved by Harry and Ron, after which they become friends1992
June 4early AugustSeptemberOctober 31
This time the Chamber is opened by Ginny Weasley under the influence of Tom Riddle by means of his diary.November 8
December 181993
May 8May 24May 29May 30JulySeptember 11994
June 6June 6at sundown, Buckbeak is scheduled to be executed; Sirius Black is captured that evening and narrowly escapes suffering the Dementor's Kiss by riding to freeedom on Buckbeaksummerearly Saturday, August 20Monday, August 22October 30October 31Tuesday, November 24December 251995
February 24, 9:30 AMJune 24, at dusk
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