Post by darkangel on May 10, 2008 4:54:26 GMT -5
I got bored, so here's a Harry Potter timeline I got from HP Lexicon. It's set around Voldemorts rise to power.
The 1970s - Overview
The Years of Terror
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 violent. As 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 murder. 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; the Aurors are authorized to use drastic methods not differing greatly from the tactics used by the Death Eaters they fight
The Moose Jaw Meteorites are threatened with disbandment
This step is finally taken because of their habit of celebrating a victory by flying over villages trailing sparks from their brooms.
(QA8)
late 1970s
A rogue Antipodean Opaleye dragon kills several kangaroos in Australia (FB)
1970 (Y-10) AD = 89 MM = 45 TR = 44 RH = 42 M = 12 BW = 0
Lord Voldemort rises to power
With his band of Death Eaters, Voldemort's first reign of terror begins. His ascent to power is marked by strange disappearances.
This comes from Dumbledore's statement in PS1 that "we've had precious little to celebrate for eleven years." At that time it is November, 1981. Though we don't know exactly how Voldemort's ascent to power happened, it is probably safe to assume that it somehow took a big leap in 1970.
Myron Wagtail, lead singer of the Weird Sisters, is born (fw)
November 29
Bill Weasley is bornDetermined from Rowling's statement on her website that Bill is two years older than Charlie, who is three years older than Percy. We know that Charlie was born December 12 two years later - 1972 [Y-8]. They will have started school, however, the year they turned 12.
(JKR)
1971 (Y-9) AD = 90 MM = 46 TR = 45 RH = 43 M = 13 BW = 1
Remus Lupin is accepted to begin his first year at Hogwarts
It is arranged that he will go to the Shrieking Shack every month when he transforms into a werewolf. The Shrieking Shack then becomes known as the most haunted building in Britain.
This date is determined from the fact that the Marauders were all in the same year. We know that James was born in [1960] ([DH16]), so he (and therefore Lupin) started Hogwarts in [1971].
(PA18)
The Whomping Willow is planted at Hogwarts
Hogwarts School | Grounds
It conceals the entrance to a secret passage to the Shrieking Shack. It is planted here so that when Lupin arrives as a student, he can be taken to the Shrieking Shack once a month when he transforms into a werewolf.
This is based on Lupin's birthyear.
(PA18)
Kirley Duke, lead guitarist of the Weird Sisters, is born (fw)
In the Muggle world:
Jo Rowling meets Ian and Vicki Potter
Peter Rowling moved his family to the from Chipping Sodbury to the nearby town of Winterbourne. During the family's residence in Winterbourne, Jo and Di Rowling were friends with neighborhood children, Ian and Vikki Potter.
c. September 1
The Marauders start at Hogwarts
Hogwarts School
Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, Peter Pettigrew, James Potter, Lily Evans, and Severus Snape start their first year at Hogwarts; all are sorted into Gryffindor except Snape, who is made a Slytherin
This date is determined from the fact that the Marauders were all in the same year (OP28). We know that James was born in [1960] ([DH16]), so he (and therefore Lupin) started Hogwarts in [1971]. original artwork © Jeannine Delleré, used by permission
1972 (Y-8) AD = 91 MM = 47 TR = 46 RH = 44 M = 14 BW = 2 CW = 0
The Chudley Cannons adopt a new motto
The Quidditch team famous for its 80 years of futility changes its motto from "We shall conquer!" to "Let's all just keep our fingers crossed and hope for the best."
(QA7)
Muggles Who Notice, by Blenheim Stalk, is published (FB)
December 12
Charlie Weasley is bornDetermined from Rowling's statement on her website that Bill is two years older than Charlie, who is three years older than Percy; the actual month and day are also from Jo's site
(JKR)
c. 1973 (Y-7)
Remus Lupin's friends discover he is a werewolf, explaining his monthly disappearances
James Potter, Sirius Black, and Peter Pettigrew then resolve to learn how to become Animagi to help Remus out, though it will be several years until they master the magic required.
"It took them the best part of three years to work out how to do it.... Finally, in our fifth year, they managed it."
(PA18)
Nymphadora Tonks is bornWe know this because in August 1995 [Y15], Tonks tells Harry she's only one year out of Auror training (OP3). Since this training takes three years (OP29), she must have finished school in 1991 - putting her date of birth in 1972 or 1973 [Y-8 or Y-7], and putting her in the same class at Hogwarts as Charlie Weasley.
1973 (Y-7) AD = 92 MM = 48 TR = 47 RH = 45 M = 15 BW = 3 CW = 1
Hesper Starkey dies (fw)
Janus Thickey pretends to be killed by a Lethifold
He leaves a note behind for his distraught wife, only to turn up some time later living with the landlady of the Green Dragon.
(FB)
[Harvey Ridgebit], founder of the largest dragon sanctuary in Romania, dies
Charis Black Crouch dies at age 54 (BFT)
c. 1974 (Y-6)
The Marauders finally learn the complex spells necessary to become Animagi
Sirius Black, James Potter, and Peter Pettigrew then begin to accompany Remus Lupin when he transforms into a werewolf, affecting his ability to maintain some semblence of humanity during his otherwise terrible transformations.
(PA18)
1974 (Y-6) AD = 93 MM = 49 TR = 48 RH = 46 M = 16 BW = 4 CW = 2
Heathcote Barbary, rhythm guitarist for the Weird Sisters, is born (fw)
Herman Wintringham, lute player for the Weird Sisters, is born (fw)
Knight Bus conductor Stan Shunpike is born (HBP10)
c. 1975 (Y-5)
Mundungus Fletcher is banned from the Hog's Head (OP17)
1975 (Y-5) AD = 94 MM = 50 TR = 49 RH = 47 M = 17 BW = 5 CW = 3
Remus Lupin, at the start of his fifth year, becomes a Hogwarts Prefect (OP9)
Weird Sisters bagpipe player Gideon Crumb is born (fw)
Hairy Snout, Human Heart, by an anonymous author, is published by WhizzHard Books (FB)
c. 1976 (Y-4)
Sirius Black sees his cousin Bellatrix for the last time - until they're both in Azkaban (OP6)
Oliver Wood is bornWe know Wood was probably born in 1976 [Y-4] because he was four years above Harry, who was born in 1980 [Y0]. It's also possible he was born in 1975 [Y-5].
(PS9)
The Marauder's Map is written
Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, Peter Pettigrew, and James Potter explore the castle and grounds in their Animagus forms and learn more about the secrets of the place than anyone, even Filch. They then create the Marauder's Map, signing it with their nicknames: Moony (Lupin), Wormtail (Pettigrew), Padfoot (Sirius), and Prongs (James).
We don't know exactly when this happened, but it was around the beginning of the Marauders' sixth year.
(PA18)
1976 (Y-4) AD = 95 MM = 51 TR = 50 RH = 48 M = 18 BW = 6 CW = 4 PW = 0
Sirius Black runs away from home and is disowned by his family
He subsequently goes to live with James Potter and his parents, who treat Sirius as a second son.
Sirius says in OP6 that ran away from home when he was about sixteen.
(OP6)
Weird Sisters drummer Orsino Thruston is born (fw)
c. June
James Potter publicly humiliates Severus Snape for Sirius Black's amusement
Hogwarts School | Grounds
This happens on the afternoon of their Defence Against the Dark Arts O.W.L., a scene which Harry views in a Pensieve some twenty-two years later.
(OP28)
August 22
Percy Weasley is bornWe know the day from Jo's website, and can determine the year based on the fact that Percy is four years above Harry at school.
(JKR)
c. circa September
Sirius Black plays a fateful practical joke on Severus Snape
Snape is intensely curious about where Remus 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 waving his life. Snape, much to his disgust, is indebted to James because of this.
(PA18)
c. 1977 (Y-3)
Sirius Black gets his own place, having inherited money from his uncle AlphardSirius tells Harry that when he was 16 he ran away from home and lived at James' house when he wasn't at Hogwarts, and that when he was 17 (and of age) he bought his own place (OP6).
(OP6)
1977 (Y-3) AD = 96 MM = 52 TR = 51 RH = 49 M = 19 BW = 7 CW = 5 PW = 1
James Potter and Lily Evans are made Head Boy and Head Girl of HogwartsHagrid says that James and Lily were Head boy and girl (PS4). This is curious because James was not made a Prefect. He was Quidditch captain, however, which gives him equal status with the Prefects (HBP6).
(PS4)
Regulus Black joins the Death Eaters
According to Kreacher he was "so proud, so happy to serve..."
Kreacher tells that "when he was sixteen years old, Master Regulus joined the Dark Lord..." (DH10).
Dorea Black Potter dies (BFT)
circa September
Cedric Diggory is bornCedric is a fifth-year in PA, which takes place in 1993-1994 [Y13-Y14]. In GF, then, he's a sixth year student, but he's old enough to participate in the Triwizard Tournament, just like Angelina Johnson. Like her, his birthday must be in the early fall, between the beginning of school and October 31.
(GF16)
late October
Angelina Johnson is bornOn October 31, 1994 [Y14], Angelina says her seventeenth birthday was "last week." This puts her date of birth sometime in late October, 1977 [Y-3].
(GF16)
1978 (Y-2) AD = 97 MM = 53 TR = 52 RH = 50 M = 20 BW = 8 CW = 6 PW = 2 FGW = 0
Regulus Black becomes disillusioned with Voldemort
Regulus offered the use of his House-Elf, Kreacher, to the Dark Lord. Voldemort used Kreacher to place the locket Horcrux on the island in the underground lake, then left the elf to die. When Regulus learned of this, he turned against Voldemort and had Kreacher take him to the island, where he removed the locket at the cost of his own life (OP6, HBP6, DH10).
Kreacher tells that "when he was sixteen years old, Master Regulus joined the Dark Lord..." and then "one day, a year after he had joined, Master Regulus came down to the kitchen to see Kreacher..." (DH10). Since Regulus was born in 1961 (BFT), we can determine that he joined the Death Eaters in 1977 and died taking the locket Horcrux in 1978.
(BFT)
Merton Graves, cello player for the Weird Sisters, is born (fw)
Universal Brooms Ltd. goes out of business
none
They were most well known as the producers of the Shooting Star broomstick.
(QA9)
April 1
Fred and George Weasley are bornTheir date of birth is given on Jo's website, and the year can be deduced from the fact that they are two years ahead of Harry in school, among other reasons.
c. June
The Marauders sit their N.E.W.T.s and leave Hogwarts
Sirius Black, Lily Evans, Remus Lupin, Peter Pettigrew, James Potter, and Severus Snape sit their N.E.W.T.s and leave Hogwarts.
Deduced from their birth years.
c. 1979 (Y-1)
Cho Chang is bornWe know Cho was a year above Harry, so she was born sometime between September 1978 [Y-2] and August 1979 [Y-1].
(PA13)
Lily Evans and James Potter are married
Sirius Black is their best man.
We don't know exactly when this happened, except that it was sometime between James and Lily leaving Hogwarts in June 1978 and Harry's birth (July 1980). Though, Molly Weasley tells us in HBP5 that couples at this time were getting married very quickly, so it's likely James and Lily were married in mid- to late-1978 or 1979.
1979 (Y-1) AD = 98 MM = 54 TR = 53 RH = 51 M = 21 BW = 9 CW = 7 PW = 3 FGW = 1 HG = 0
Peter Pettigrew starts passing information to Voldemort
Dumbledore and his allies begin to realize that there is a spy in their midst but Peter is not suspected.
"DON'T LIE!" bellowed Black. "YOU'D BEEN PASSING INFORMATION TO HIM FOR A YEAR BEFORE LILY AND JAMES DIED! YOU WERE HIS SPY!"
(PA19)
Newt Scamander is awarded the Order of Merlin, Second Class
He receives the honor for his contributions to the field of Magizoology
(FB)
Orion Black, father of Sirius and Regulus, dies at age 50 (BFT)
September 1
Gwenog Jones starts her first year at Hogwarts
She soon becomes a favorite of Horace Slughorn, the Potions Master
(HBP6)
September 19
Hermione Granger is born (JKR)
The 1980s
Events of this decade:
Ludo Bagman plays Beater for the Wimbourne Wasps (GF30)
c. 1980 (Y0)
Albus Dumbledore interviews Sibyll Trelawney for the post of Divination teacher at Hogwarts
He meets her at the Hog's Head about taking the position, although he is disinclined to continue offering Divination at all. Trelawney then makes a prophecy about a baby who will be born at the end of July, a baby who will be able to defeat the Dark Lord - and the prophecy is overheard by Severus Snape. Though Dumbledore claims Snape heard only the first half of the prophecy (OP37), Trelawney later reports that he was there at the end of it as well (HBP25).
This interview had to have taken place sometime after July of 1979 in order for it to apply to Harry's birth in 1980 [Y0], and Dumbledore describes it as a "cold, wet night" (OP37). So it was likely made in the winter or early spring of 1979-1980 [Y-1-Y0].
We also know that Trelawney, in early September of 1995 [Y15], claimed she had held her post for "nearly sixteen years" (OP15), which would imply that she was hired in the middle of a school year. And then, Dumbledore says in June of 1996 [Y16] that the interview was "sixteen years ago" (OP37). So unless Dumbledore is wrong, the interview must have been in the first few months of 1980 [Y0] - sixteen years before Dumbledore's statement, a slightly exaggerated 'nearly sixteen years' before Trelawney's, and during the time of year most likely to have a "cold, wet night."
1980 (Y0) AD = 99 MM = 55 TR = 54 RH = 52 M = 22 BW = 10 CW = 8 PW = 4 FGW = 2 HG = 1 H&R = 0
Igor Karkaroff is captured by Mad-Eye Moody and sent to Azkaban
His apprehension is followed shortly thereafter by that of Antonin Dolohov, who had worked with Karkaroff when they were both Death Eaters. It had taken Moody six months to track him down.
It is stated in Karkaroff's scene in the Pensieve that he was apprehended just before Rosier's death.
(GF30)
Rosier and Wilkes, both known Death Eaters, are killed by Aurors (GF27)
In the battle for his capture, Evan Rosier takes off a piece of Mad-Eye Moody's nose (GF30).
We know from Sirius Black that this happened "the year before Voldemort fell" (GF27).
Ernie Macmillan is born
Along with many other students of Harry's year, although some, like Hermione, would have been born in 1979 [Y-1].
We know Ernie was born in 1980 because he, Harry, and Draco Malfoy are the only students who are not yet old enough to Apparate on the day of the test in HBP22.
March 1
Ron Weasley is born (JKR)
June 5
Draco Malfoy is born (JKR, BFT)
June 23
Dudley Dursley is bornHow do we know when Dudley's birthday is? Well, we know that Harry's is July 31. A week before his birthday in 1991 [Y11], on July 24, Harry begins getting letters from Hogwarts. At this point, Harry is given Dudley's second bedroom, where he discovers Dudley's "month-old" video camera, broken (PS3). That camera was given to Dudley for a birthday present (PS2) on Dudley's birthday, which must therefore be about a month before July 24.
No, wait, there's more. We know that in the year Harry turned 11, Harry's birthday was on a Tuesday (PS3) and Dudley's was on a Saturday (PS2). Counting back a month from Tuesday, July 24, we find that the nearest Saturday is the 23rd. So regardless of the year in which this is taking place, Dudley's birthday is almost certainly on June 23.
July 30
Neville Longbottom is born to famous Aurors Frank and Alice Longbottom (OP37)
July 31
Harry Potter is born
Sirius Black becomes his godfather.
(PS2)
1981 (Y1) AD = 100 MM = 56 TR = 55 RH = 53 M = 23 BW = 11 CW = 9 PW = 5 FGW = 3 HG = 2 H&R = 1 GW = 0
Famous theoretician Adalbert Waffling dies (fw)
August 11
Ginny Weasley is born (JKR)
circa September
Severus Snape is hired by Dumbledore to teach Potions at Hogwarts
Snape had applied for the post of Defence Against the Dark Arts, but Dumbledore refused.
In October of 1995 [Y15], Snape told Umbridge that he had been teaching at Hogwarts for 14 years, but unlike McGonagall, he did not specify the month (OP17). He later says that he took up the post on Voldemort's orders (HBP2), so it's almost certain he began teaching at the start of the school year.
circa October 24
The Fidelius Charm is cast to hide the Potters, with Peter Pettigrew acting as Secret Keeper
Dumbledore had offered to be secret keeper, but James and Lily had refused, planning to go with Sirius Black instead - but switching to Pettigrew at the last minute.
Fudge says that the Fidelius Charm was cast "barely a week" before Voldemort came after the Potters.
(PA10)
October 31
Defeat of Voldemort; James and Lily Potter are killed
Voldemort attempts to kill Harry Potter after murdering his parents, but the 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.
(PS1)
circa November 1
Peter Pettigrew fakes his own death, killing twelve Muggles in the process
Sirius Black is arrested and at some point in the next few weeks is sent to Azkaban without a trial. He is 22 years old.
It's about 90% certain this happened on November 1, but it's also possible it was November 2.
(PA10)
late November 1
Hagrid delivers baby Harry to Dumbledore
Dumbledore is waiting in Privet Drive to leave the baby with the Dursleys.
but there are twenty-four hours missing from the chronology of events of these two days...
(PS1)
after November 1
Sirius Black is framed for the murders of Peter Pettigrew and twelve Muggles on November 1, 1981
He is sent by Bartemius Crouch Sr. to Azkaban without a trial.
This almost certainly happened immediately following Sirius's capture on November 1, but we have no way of knowing for sure.
(GF27)
circa December
Bellatrix, Rodolphus, and Rabastan Lestrange, along with Bartemius Crouch Jr., are arrested
They are charged with using the Cruciatus Curse on Frank and Alice Longbottom in an attempt to discover the whereabouts of Voldemort; all of the accused are convicted and sent to Azkaban. Frank and Alice Longbottom are committed to St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries, driven permanently insane from the Cruciatus Curse.
We know that this happened shortly after Voldemort's downfall, as Dumbledore says it was "just when everyone thought they were safe." They likely happened sometime between November 1981 [Y1] and very early 1982 [Y2].
(GF30)
after 1981 (Y1)
In disguise as a rat, Peter Pettigrew becomes a pet of Percy Weasley
He chooses Percy, a member of a solid wizarding family, in order to stay aware of what was going on in the magical world and perhaps hear word of his former master, Voldemort.
(PA18)
The 1970s - Overview
The Years of Terror
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 violent. As 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 murder. 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; the Aurors are authorized to use drastic methods not differing greatly from the tactics used by the Death Eaters they fight
The Moose Jaw Meteorites are threatened with disbandment
This step is finally taken because of their habit of celebrating a victory by flying over villages trailing sparks from their brooms.
(QA8)
late 1970s
A rogue Antipodean Opaleye dragon kills several kangaroos in Australia (FB)
1970 (Y-10) AD = 89 MM = 45 TR = 44 RH = 42 M = 12 BW = 0
Lord Voldemort rises to power
With his band of Death Eaters, Voldemort's first reign of terror begins. His ascent to power is marked by strange disappearances.
This comes from Dumbledore's statement in PS1 that "we've had precious little to celebrate for eleven years." At that time it is November, 1981. Though we don't know exactly how Voldemort's ascent to power happened, it is probably safe to assume that it somehow took a big leap in 1970.
Myron Wagtail, lead singer of the Weird Sisters, is born (fw)
November 29
Bill Weasley is bornDetermined from Rowling's statement on her website that Bill is two years older than Charlie, who is three years older than Percy. We know that Charlie was born December 12 two years later - 1972 [Y-8]. They will have started school, however, the year they turned 12.
(JKR)
1971 (Y-9) AD = 90 MM = 46 TR = 45 RH = 43 M = 13 BW = 1
Remus Lupin is accepted to begin his first year at Hogwarts
It is arranged that he will go to the Shrieking Shack every month when he transforms into a werewolf. The Shrieking Shack then becomes known as the most haunted building in Britain.
This date is determined from the fact that the Marauders were all in the same year. We know that James was born in [1960] ([DH16]), so he (and therefore Lupin) started Hogwarts in [1971].
(PA18)
The Whomping Willow is planted at Hogwarts
Hogwarts School | Grounds
It conceals the entrance to a secret passage to the Shrieking Shack. It is planted here so that when Lupin arrives as a student, he can be taken to the Shrieking Shack once a month when he transforms into a werewolf.
This is based on Lupin's birthyear.
(PA18)
Kirley Duke, lead guitarist of the Weird Sisters, is born (fw)
In the Muggle world:
Jo Rowling meets Ian and Vicki Potter
Peter Rowling moved his family to the from Chipping Sodbury to the nearby town of Winterbourne. During the family's residence in Winterbourne, Jo and Di Rowling were friends with neighborhood children, Ian and Vikki Potter.
c. September 1
The Marauders start at Hogwarts
Hogwarts School
Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, Peter Pettigrew, James Potter, Lily Evans, and Severus Snape start their first year at Hogwarts; all are sorted into Gryffindor except Snape, who is made a Slytherin
This date is determined from the fact that the Marauders were all in the same year (OP28). We know that James was born in [1960] ([DH16]), so he (and therefore Lupin) started Hogwarts in [1971]. original artwork © Jeannine Delleré, used by permission
1972 (Y-8) AD = 91 MM = 47 TR = 46 RH = 44 M = 14 BW = 2 CW = 0
The Chudley Cannons adopt a new motto
The Quidditch team famous for its 80 years of futility changes its motto from "We shall conquer!" to "Let's all just keep our fingers crossed and hope for the best."
(QA7)
Muggles Who Notice, by Blenheim Stalk, is published (FB)
December 12
Charlie Weasley is bornDetermined from Rowling's statement on her website that Bill is two years older than Charlie, who is three years older than Percy; the actual month and day are also from Jo's site
(JKR)
c. 1973 (Y-7)
Remus Lupin's friends discover he is a werewolf, explaining his monthly disappearances
James Potter, Sirius Black, and Peter Pettigrew then resolve to learn how to become Animagi to help Remus out, though it will be several years until they master the magic required.
"It took them the best part of three years to work out how to do it.... Finally, in our fifth year, they managed it."
(PA18)
Nymphadora Tonks is bornWe know this because in August 1995 [Y15], Tonks tells Harry she's only one year out of Auror training (OP3). Since this training takes three years (OP29), she must have finished school in 1991 - putting her date of birth in 1972 or 1973 [Y-8 or Y-7], and putting her in the same class at Hogwarts as Charlie Weasley.
1973 (Y-7) AD = 92 MM = 48 TR = 47 RH = 45 M = 15 BW = 3 CW = 1
Hesper Starkey dies (fw)
Janus Thickey pretends to be killed by a Lethifold
He leaves a note behind for his distraught wife, only to turn up some time later living with the landlady of the Green Dragon.
(FB)
[Harvey Ridgebit], founder of the largest dragon sanctuary in Romania, dies
Charis Black Crouch dies at age 54 (BFT)
c. 1974 (Y-6)
The Marauders finally learn the complex spells necessary to become Animagi
Sirius Black, James Potter, and Peter Pettigrew then begin to accompany Remus Lupin when he transforms into a werewolf, affecting his ability to maintain some semblence of humanity during his otherwise terrible transformations.
(PA18)
1974 (Y-6) AD = 93 MM = 49 TR = 48 RH = 46 M = 16 BW = 4 CW = 2
Heathcote Barbary, rhythm guitarist for the Weird Sisters, is born (fw)
Herman Wintringham, lute player for the Weird Sisters, is born (fw)
Knight Bus conductor Stan Shunpike is born (HBP10)
c. 1975 (Y-5)
Mundungus Fletcher is banned from the Hog's Head (OP17)
1975 (Y-5) AD = 94 MM = 50 TR = 49 RH = 47 M = 17 BW = 5 CW = 3
Remus Lupin, at the start of his fifth year, becomes a Hogwarts Prefect (OP9)
Weird Sisters bagpipe player Gideon Crumb is born (fw)
Hairy Snout, Human Heart, by an anonymous author, is published by WhizzHard Books (FB)
c. 1976 (Y-4)
Sirius Black sees his cousin Bellatrix for the last time - until they're both in Azkaban (OP6)
Oliver Wood is bornWe know Wood was probably born in 1976 [Y-4] because he was four years above Harry, who was born in 1980 [Y0]. It's also possible he was born in 1975 [Y-5].
(PS9)
The Marauder's Map is written
Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, Peter Pettigrew, and James Potter explore the castle and grounds in their Animagus forms and learn more about the secrets of the place than anyone, even Filch. They then create the Marauder's Map, signing it with their nicknames: Moony (Lupin), Wormtail (Pettigrew), Padfoot (Sirius), and Prongs (James).
We don't know exactly when this happened, but it was around the beginning of the Marauders' sixth year.
(PA18)
1976 (Y-4) AD = 95 MM = 51 TR = 50 RH = 48 M = 18 BW = 6 CW = 4 PW = 0
Sirius Black runs away from home and is disowned by his family
He subsequently goes to live with James Potter and his parents, who treat Sirius as a second son.
Sirius says in OP6 that ran away from home when he was about sixteen.
(OP6)
Weird Sisters drummer Orsino Thruston is born (fw)
c. June
James Potter publicly humiliates Severus Snape for Sirius Black's amusement
Hogwarts School | Grounds
This happens on the afternoon of their Defence Against the Dark Arts O.W.L., a scene which Harry views in a Pensieve some twenty-two years later.
(OP28)
August 22
Percy Weasley is bornWe know the day from Jo's website, and can determine the year based on the fact that Percy is four years above Harry at school.
(JKR)
c. circa September
Sirius Black plays a fateful practical joke on Severus Snape
Snape is intensely curious about where Remus 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 waving his life. Snape, much to his disgust, is indebted to James because of this.
(PA18)
c. 1977 (Y-3)
Sirius Black gets his own place, having inherited money from his uncle AlphardSirius tells Harry that when he was 16 he ran away from home and lived at James' house when he wasn't at Hogwarts, and that when he was 17 (and of age) he bought his own place (OP6).
(OP6)
1977 (Y-3) AD = 96 MM = 52 TR = 51 RH = 49 M = 19 BW = 7 CW = 5 PW = 1
James Potter and Lily Evans are made Head Boy and Head Girl of HogwartsHagrid says that James and Lily were Head boy and girl (PS4). This is curious because James was not made a Prefect. He was Quidditch captain, however, which gives him equal status with the Prefects (HBP6).
(PS4)
Regulus Black joins the Death Eaters
According to Kreacher he was "so proud, so happy to serve..."
Kreacher tells that "when he was sixteen years old, Master Regulus joined the Dark Lord..." (DH10).
Dorea Black Potter dies (BFT)
circa September
Cedric Diggory is bornCedric is a fifth-year in PA, which takes place in 1993-1994 [Y13-Y14]. In GF, then, he's a sixth year student, but he's old enough to participate in the Triwizard Tournament, just like Angelina Johnson. Like her, his birthday must be in the early fall, between the beginning of school and October 31.
(GF16)
late October
Angelina Johnson is bornOn October 31, 1994 [Y14], Angelina says her seventeenth birthday was "last week." This puts her date of birth sometime in late October, 1977 [Y-3].
(GF16)
1978 (Y-2) AD = 97 MM = 53 TR = 52 RH = 50 M = 20 BW = 8 CW = 6 PW = 2 FGW = 0
Regulus Black becomes disillusioned with Voldemort
Regulus offered the use of his House-Elf, Kreacher, to the Dark Lord. Voldemort used Kreacher to place the locket Horcrux on the island in the underground lake, then left the elf to die. When Regulus learned of this, he turned against Voldemort and had Kreacher take him to the island, where he removed the locket at the cost of his own life (OP6, HBP6, DH10).
Kreacher tells that "when he was sixteen years old, Master Regulus joined the Dark Lord..." and then "one day, a year after he had joined, Master Regulus came down to the kitchen to see Kreacher..." (DH10). Since Regulus was born in 1961 (BFT), we can determine that he joined the Death Eaters in 1977 and died taking the locket Horcrux in 1978.
(BFT)
Merton Graves, cello player for the Weird Sisters, is born (fw)
Universal Brooms Ltd. goes out of business
none
They were most well known as the producers of the Shooting Star broomstick.
(QA9)
April 1
Fred and George Weasley are bornTheir date of birth is given on Jo's website, and the year can be deduced from the fact that they are two years ahead of Harry in school, among other reasons.
c. June
The Marauders sit their N.E.W.T.s and leave Hogwarts
Sirius Black, Lily Evans, Remus Lupin, Peter Pettigrew, James Potter, and Severus Snape sit their N.E.W.T.s and leave Hogwarts.
Deduced from their birth years.
c. 1979 (Y-1)
Cho Chang is bornWe know Cho was a year above Harry, so she was born sometime between September 1978 [Y-2] and August 1979 [Y-1].
(PA13)
Lily Evans and James Potter are married
Sirius Black is their best man.
We don't know exactly when this happened, except that it was sometime between James and Lily leaving Hogwarts in June 1978 and Harry's birth (July 1980). Though, Molly Weasley tells us in HBP5 that couples at this time were getting married very quickly, so it's likely James and Lily were married in mid- to late-1978 or 1979.
1979 (Y-1) AD = 98 MM = 54 TR = 53 RH = 51 M = 21 BW = 9 CW = 7 PW = 3 FGW = 1 HG = 0
Peter Pettigrew starts passing information to Voldemort
Dumbledore and his allies begin to realize that there is a spy in their midst but Peter is not suspected.
"DON'T LIE!" bellowed Black. "YOU'D BEEN PASSING INFORMATION TO HIM FOR A YEAR BEFORE LILY AND JAMES DIED! YOU WERE HIS SPY!"
(PA19)
Newt Scamander is awarded the Order of Merlin, Second Class
He receives the honor for his contributions to the field of Magizoology
(FB)
Orion Black, father of Sirius and Regulus, dies at age 50 (BFT)
September 1
Gwenog Jones starts her first year at Hogwarts
She soon becomes a favorite of Horace Slughorn, the Potions Master
(HBP6)
September 19
Hermione Granger is born (JKR)
The 1980s
Events of this decade:
Ludo Bagman plays Beater for the Wimbourne Wasps (GF30)
c. 1980 (Y0)
Albus Dumbledore interviews Sibyll Trelawney for the post of Divination teacher at Hogwarts
He meets her at the Hog's Head about taking the position, although he is disinclined to continue offering Divination at all. Trelawney then makes a prophecy about a baby who will be born at the end of July, a baby who will be able to defeat the Dark Lord - and the prophecy is overheard by Severus Snape. Though Dumbledore claims Snape heard only the first half of the prophecy (OP37), Trelawney later reports that he was there at the end of it as well (HBP25).
This interview had to have taken place sometime after July of 1979 in order for it to apply to Harry's birth in 1980 [Y0], and Dumbledore describes it as a "cold, wet night" (OP37). So it was likely made in the winter or early spring of 1979-1980 [Y-1-Y0].
We also know that Trelawney, in early September of 1995 [Y15], claimed she had held her post for "nearly sixteen years" (OP15), which would imply that she was hired in the middle of a school year. And then, Dumbledore says in June of 1996 [Y16] that the interview was "sixteen years ago" (OP37). So unless Dumbledore is wrong, the interview must have been in the first few months of 1980 [Y0] - sixteen years before Dumbledore's statement, a slightly exaggerated 'nearly sixteen years' before Trelawney's, and during the time of year most likely to have a "cold, wet night."
1980 (Y0) AD = 99 MM = 55 TR = 54 RH = 52 M = 22 BW = 10 CW = 8 PW = 4 FGW = 2 HG = 1 H&R = 0
Igor Karkaroff is captured by Mad-Eye Moody and sent to Azkaban
His apprehension is followed shortly thereafter by that of Antonin Dolohov, who had worked with Karkaroff when they were both Death Eaters. It had taken Moody six months to track him down.
It is stated in Karkaroff's scene in the Pensieve that he was apprehended just before Rosier's death.
(GF30)
Rosier and Wilkes, both known Death Eaters, are killed by Aurors (GF27)
In the battle for his capture, Evan Rosier takes off a piece of Mad-Eye Moody's nose (GF30).
We know from Sirius Black that this happened "the year before Voldemort fell" (GF27).
Ernie Macmillan is born
Along with many other students of Harry's year, although some, like Hermione, would have been born in 1979 [Y-1].
We know Ernie was born in 1980 because he, Harry, and Draco Malfoy are the only students who are not yet old enough to Apparate on the day of the test in HBP22.
March 1
Ron Weasley is born (JKR)
June 5
Draco Malfoy is born (JKR, BFT)
June 23
Dudley Dursley is bornHow do we know when Dudley's birthday is? Well, we know that Harry's is July 31. A week before his birthday in 1991 [Y11], on July 24, Harry begins getting letters from Hogwarts. At this point, Harry is given Dudley's second bedroom, where he discovers Dudley's "month-old" video camera, broken (PS3). That camera was given to Dudley for a birthday present (PS2) on Dudley's birthday, which must therefore be about a month before July 24.
No, wait, there's more. We know that in the year Harry turned 11, Harry's birthday was on a Tuesday (PS3) and Dudley's was on a Saturday (PS2). Counting back a month from Tuesday, July 24, we find that the nearest Saturday is the 23rd. So regardless of the year in which this is taking place, Dudley's birthday is almost certainly on June 23.
July 30
Neville Longbottom is born to famous Aurors Frank and Alice Longbottom (OP37)
July 31
Harry Potter is born
Sirius Black becomes his godfather.
(PS2)
1981 (Y1) AD = 100 MM = 56 TR = 55 RH = 53 M = 23 BW = 11 CW = 9 PW = 5 FGW = 3 HG = 2 H&R = 1 GW = 0
Famous theoretician Adalbert Waffling dies (fw)
August 11
Ginny Weasley is born (JKR)
circa September
Severus Snape is hired by Dumbledore to teach Potions at Hogwarts
Snape had applied for the post of Defence Against the Dark Arts, but Dumbledore refused.
In October of 1995 [Y15], Snape told Umbridge that he had been teaching at Hogwarts for 14 years, but unlike McGonagall, he did not specify the month (OP17). He later says that he took up the post on Voldemort's orders (HBP2), so it's almost certain he began teaching at the start of the school year.
circa October 24
The Fidelius Charm is cast to hide the Potters, with Peter Pettigrew acting as Secret Keeper
Dumbledore had offered to be secret keeper, but James and Lily had refused, planning to go with Sirius Black instead - but switching to Pettigrew at the last minute.
Fudge says that the Fidelius Charm was cast "barely a week" before Voldemort came after the Potters.
(PA10)
October 31
Defeat of Voldemort; James and Lily Potter are killed
Voldemort attempts to kill Harry Potter after murdering his parents, but the 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.
(PS1)
circa November 1
Peter Pettigrew fakes his own death, killing twelve Muggles in the process
Sirius Black is arrested and at some point in the next few weeks is sent to Azkaban without a trial. He is 22 years old.
It's about 90% certain this happened on November 1, but it's also possible it was November 2.
(PA10)
late November 1
Hagrid delivers baby Harry to Dumbledore
Dumbledore is waiting in Privet Drive to leave the baby with the Dursleys.
but there are twenty-four hours missing from the chronology of events of these two days...
(PS1)
after November 1
Sirius Black is framed for the murders of Peter Pettigrew and twelve Muggles on November 1, 1981
He is sent by Bartemius Crouch Sr. to Azkaban without a trial.
This almost certainly happened immediately following Sirius's capture on November 1, but we have no way of knowing for sure.
(GF27)
circa December
Bellatrix, Rodolphus, and Rabastan Lestrange, along with Bartemius Crouch Jr., are arrested
They are charged with using the Cruciatus Curse on Frank and Alice Longbottom in an attempt to discover the whereabouts of Voldemort; all of the accused are convicted and sent to Azkaban. Frank and Alice Longbottom are committed to St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries, driven permanently insane from the Cruciatus Curse.
We know that this happened shortly after Voldemort's downfall, as Dumbledore says it was "just when everyone thought they were safe." They likely happened sometime between November 1981 [Y1] and very early 1982 [Y2].
(GF30)
after 1981 (Y1)
In disguise as a rat, Peter Pettigrew becomes a pet of Percy Weasley
He chooses Percy, a member of a solid wizarding family, in order to stay aware of what was going on in the magical world and perhaps hear word of his former master, Voldemort.
(PA18)