Harry Potter Timeline

ACRONYMS

Books

   PS = Philosopher's Stone

   COS = Chamber of Secrets

   POA = Prisoner of Azkaban

   GOF = Goblet of Fire

   OOTP = Order of the Phoenix

   HBP = Half-Blood Prince

   DH = Deathly Hallows

Movies

    WFT = Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

    COG = Crimes of Grindelwald

    SOD = Secrets of Dumbledore

Other
    CC = Cursed Child
    FB = Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

    HM = Hogwarts Mystery

    MA = Magic Awakened

    QTTA = Quidditch Through the Ages
    TToBtB = The Tales of Beedle the Bard
    WU = Wizards Unite

TIMELINE
993

Unspecified

   -Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is established by the Four Founders: Godric Gryffindor, Helga Hufflepuff, Rowena Ravenclaw, and Salazar Slytherin. (COS)

   -Peeves is believed to be created around this time and becomes Hogwarts' poltergeist. (Rowling interview) 

1066

October

   -Armand Malfoy arrives in Britain during the Battle of Hastings. He goes on to establish Malfoy Manor in Wiltshire, England. (Pottermore)

1214

July

   Births: Ignotus Peverell

1269

Unspecified

    -Barberus Bragge introduces the Golden Sniget in Quidditch. (QTTA)

1292

May

   Deaths: Ignotus Peverell

   -Ignotus Peverell passes away, passing on the Invisibility Cloak to his son. (DH)

1602

Unspecified

   Births: Almeric Sawbridge

1603

Unspecified

   Births: Isolt Sayre

1608

Unspecified

   -William and Rionach Sayre are killed in a fire. Their daughter Isolt is taken into the care of Rionach's estranged sister Gormlaith Gaunt. (Pottermore)

1612

Unspecified

   Births: Elfrida Clagg, Dymphna Furmage, Urquhart Rackharrow

   -The Goblin Rebellion of 1612 occurs in the vicinity of Hogsmeade. (POA)

   -The Appleby Arrows Quidditch team is formed. (QTTA)

   -Ralston Potter joins the Wizengamot and becomes a strong advocate for the International Statute of Wizarding Secrecy. (Pottermore)

1614

Unspecified

   -Isolt Sayre receives her Hogwarts acceptance letter but is denied attendance by her aunt Gormlaith. (Pottermore)

1618

Unspecified

    Births: Chadwick Boot

1620

Unspecified

   Births: Webster Boot

   -Isolt Sayre escapes from her aunt and sails to the New World aboard the Mayflower, going by the name "Elias Story." (Pottermore)

   -The Noble Sport of Warlocks by Quintius Umfraville is published. (QTTA)

1634

Unspecified

   -Gormlaith Gaunt tracks down her niece Isolt Sayre and attacks her and her family. However, she is killed by a pukwudgie named William. (Pottermore)

1637

October

    Births: Armando Dippet

1652

Unspecified

   -Ralston Potter's membership of the Wizengamot ends. (Pottermore)

1675

Unspecified

   -Brutus Malfoy advocates the notion that "blood traitors" have no magical talent. (TToBtB)

1693

Unspecified

   -The Magical Congress of the United States of America is founded. Josiah Jackson is elected as first President.

1700s

Unspecified

   -Corvinus Gaunt secretly protects the entrance to the Chamber of Secrets when Hogwarts installs a more elaborate plumbing system. (Pottermore)

1703

Unspecified

   Births: Edgar Strougler

1707

Unspecified

   -The British Ministry of Magic is established, with Ulick Gamp serving as its first Minister. (Pottermore)

1709

Unspecified

   -Dragon breeding is outlawed by the Warlock's Convention. (PS)

1718

Unspecified

   -Damocles Rowle is elected Minister for Magic. (Pottermore)

   -Azkaban is established. (Pottermore)

1726

Unspecified

   -Perseus Parkinson is elected Minister for Magic after Damocles Rowle is censured by the International Confederation of Wizards. (Pottermore)

1733

Unspecified

   -Eldritch Diggory is elected Minister for Magic after Perseus Parkinson is ousted for trying to ban wizards from marrying Muggles. (Pottermore)

1741

Unspecified

   -Dilys Derwent becomes Headmistress of Hogwarts. (OOTP)

1747

Unspecified

   -Albert Boot is elected Minister for Magic after Eldritch Diggory dies of dragon pox. (Pottermore)

1752

Unspecified

   -Basil Flack is elected Minister for Magic after Albert Boot is ousted for failing to manage the Goblin Rebellion. (Pottermore)

   -Hesphaestus Gore is elected Minister for Magic when Basil Flack resigns after two months in office. (Pottermore)

1754

Unspecified

   Births: Artemisia Lufkin

   -The Mending Charm is invented by Orabella Nuttley, who uses it to repair the Coliseum after it is destroyed by fans of broom fliers Silvio Astolfi and Torquil McTavish. (Pottermore)

1765

September

   Sorted: Artemisia Lufkin

1768

Unspecified

   Deaths: Dilys Derwent

1770

Unspecified

   Births: Grogan Stump

   -Maximilian Crowdy is elected Minister for Magic. (Pottermore)

1777

Unspecified

   -Minister Crowdy and MACUSA President Elizabeth McGilliguddy elect to stay out of the Revolutionary War. (Pottermore)

1781

Unspecified

   Deaths: Maximilian Crowdy

   -Porteus Knatchbull is elected Minister for Magic after Crowdy's death. (Pottermore)

1782

Unspecified

   -Muggle Prime Minister Lord North calls Minister Knatchbull to help him address King George III's declining mental health. Lord North is later removed from office upon rumors of him believing in wizards. (Pottermore)

1789

Unspecified

   -Unctuous Osbert is elected Minister for Magic. Some believe him to be a puppet for Septimus Malfoy. (Pottermore)

1798

Unspecified

   -Artemisia Lufkin is elected as the first female Minister for Magic, succeeding Unctuous Osbert. (Chocolate Frog Cards, Pottermore)

1811

Unspecified

   -Grogan Stump is elected Minister for Magic. (Pottermore)

1819

Unspecified

   -Josephina Flint is elected Minister for Magic. (Pottermore)

1825

Unspecified

   Deaths: Artemisia Lufkin

1827

Unspecified

   -Ottaline Gambol is elected Minister for Magic. (Pottermore)

1830

Unspecified

   -Minister Gambol commissions the creation of the Hogwarts Express. (Pottermore; CC)

1835

Unspecified

   Births: Arcturus Black I

   -Radolphus Lestrange is elected Minister for Magic, succeeding Ottaline Gambol. (Pottermore)

1841

Unspecified

   -Hortensia Milliphutt is elected Minister for Magic following Radolphus Lestrange's resignation. (Pottermore)

1845

Unspecified

   Births: Sirius Black I

1847

January
   Births: Angus Buchanan
Unspecified

   Births: Phineas Nigellus Black

1849

Unspecified

   -Evangeline Orpington is elected Minister for Magic. (Pottermore)

1852

Unspecified

   -Following the opening of King's Cross Station, Minister Orpington has Platform Nine and Three-Quarters created to serve as a means for wizards to reach the Hogwarts Express. (Pottermore)

1855

Unspecified

   -Priscilla Dupont is elected Minister for Magic. (Pottermore)

   -Violet Tillyman disappears via the Floo Network after a fight with her husband Albert. (Pottermore)

1858

February

   -Dugald McPhail is elected Minister for Magic after Priscilla Dupont is forced to step down for terrorizing the Muggle Prime Minister Lord Palmerston. (Pottermore)
September
   -Angus Buchanan attends Hogwarts but is exposed as a Squib by the Sorting Hat. (Pottermore)

1863

Unspecified

   -Borgin and Burkes is opened. (HBP film)

1865

Unspecified

   -The Knight Bus is introduced. (Pottermore)

   -Faris Spavin is elected Minister for Magic. (Pottermore)

   -The Ministry of Magic agrees to leave Gringotts under goblin control. (Rowling site)

1875

Unspecified
   Deaths: Albert Tillyman
   -Minister Spavin introduces the Decree for the Reasonable Restriction of Underage Sorcery, making it illegal for underage wizards and witches to use magic outside of school. (OOTP)
   -Gripping Charms are discovered. (QTTA)
   -After her husband Albert's death, Violet Tillyman returns after having gone missing for twenty years. (Pottermore)

1880

Unspecified

   Births: Thomas Riddle

1881

Summer

   Births: Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore

Unspecified

   Births: Elphias Doge (approx.), Harvey Ridgebit, Hesper Starkey

1883

Unspecified

   Births: Gellert Grindelwald, Mary Riddle

1885

Unspecified

   Births: Ariana Dumbledore

1892

September

   Sorted: Elphias Doge, Albus Dumbledore

Unspecified

   -The Chudley Cannons win the League Cup, their last hour of glory. (QTTA)

1895

September

   Sorted: Aberforth Dumbledore

1896

Unspecified

   Births: Leta Lestrange

   -A student successfully cheats on their OWLs. (OOTP)

1897

February

   Births: Newton Scamander

1899

June-August

    -Gellert Grindelwald is expelled from Durmstrang. (DH)

    -After graduating, Albus Dumbledore befriends Gellert Grindelwald, embarking on a quest for the Deathly Hallows. Their relationship comes to an end when Albus' sister Ariana is killed in a duel between Albus, Aberforth, and Grindelwald. (DH)

1900

Unspecified

    Births: Jacob Kowalski

1901

August

   Births: Porpentina Goldstein

Unspecified

   Births: Credence Barebone (?), Arcturus Black III, Corvus Lestrange V

   Deaths: Corvus Lestrange V

   -Minister Faris Spavin attends Queen Victoria's funeral in an admiral's hat and spats. (Pottermore)

1902
1903

January

   Births: Queenie Goldstein

Unspecified

   Births: Roland Kegg, Tilly Toke

   -Venusia Crickerly is elected Minister for Magic after Faris Spavin is asked to step down for his inappropriate conduct. (Pottermore)

1904

Unspecified

   Births: Lycoris Black

   Deaths: Dorcas Wellbeloved

1905

Unspecified

   Births: Tom Riddle Senior

1906

Unspecified

    Births: Regulus Black

1907

Unspecified

   Births: Merope Gaunt

1908

September

   Sorted: Leta Lestrange, Newton Scamander

1912

Unspecified

   Births: Pollux Black, Derwent Shimpling

   -Archer Evermonde is elected Minister for Magic after Venusia Crickerly is killed in a Mandrake-related gardening accident. (Pottermore)

1913

Unspecified

   -Henry Potter joins the Wizengamot. (Pottermore)

1914

Unspecified

   -The Muggle world enters the First World War. Minister Evermonde passes emergency legislation to prevent wizards and witches from becoming involved, earning the public condemnation of Wizengamot member Henry Potter. (Pottermore)

1915

Unspecified

   Births: Callidora Black, Cassiopeia Black

1918

Unspecified

   Births: Modesty Barebone
   -Newton Scamander is commissioned by Obscurus Books to write the first edition of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. (MA)

1919

Unspecified

   Births: Charis Black

1920

Unspecified

   Births: Dorea Black, Blenheim Stalk

   -Seraphina Piquery is elected President of MACUSA. (Pottermore)

1921

Unspecified

    -Henry Potter steps down from the Wizengamot. (Pottermore)

1923

Unspecified

   Births: Blodwyn Bludd

   -Lorcan McLaird is elected Minister for Magic, replacing Archer Evermonde. (Pottermore)

1925

Summer

   -Marvolo and Morfin Gaunt are arrested and sent to Azkaban. (HBP)

December

   -Merope Gaunt and a Love Potion-influenced Tom Riddle are married. (HBP)

Unspecified

   Births: Lucretia Black, Walburga Black

   Deaths: Phineas Nigellus Black

   -The taciturn Hector Fawley is elected Minister for Magic, replacing the eccentric Lorcan McLaird. (Pottermore)

   -Felury's Fancy Fauna is shut down by the MACUSA for illegally breeding magical animals. (WFT)

1926

March

   -Merope stops giving Tom Riddle the Love Potion and he leaves her. (HBP)

September

   Sorted: Callidora Black, Cassiopeia Black
   -Newt Scamander encounters an Obscurial in Sudan. (WFT)

December

   Births: Tom Marvolo Riddle

   Deaths: Henry Shaw Jr, Chastity Barebone, Mary Lou Barebone, Merope Riddle

   -Newt Scamander arrives in New York and tracks down magical creatures that had escaped from his suitcase. This leads to the discovery of an Obscurus carried by Credence Barebone as well as the apprehension of Gellert Grindelwald, who had been posing as the Auror Percival Graves. (WFT)

   -Merope Riddle sells Slytherin's Locket to Borgin & Burke's. (HBP)

   -Merope Riddle dies while giving birth to her son Tom, leaving him in the care of Wool's Orphanage. (HBP)

Unspecified

   Deaths: Misapinoa Blishwick

1927

January-March
   -Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by Newt Scamander is published. (FB)

May

    -Gellert Grindelwald escapes from MACUSA imprisonment. (COG)

September

    -Gellert Grindelwald holds a rally in Paris. Queenie Goldstein and Credence Barebone join him, with the latter discovering his true identity as Aurelius Dumbledore. (COG)

1928

September

   Sorted: Celestina Warbeck

December

   Births: Rubeus Hagrid

Unspecified

   -Morfin Gaunt returns home from imprisonment to find his father and sister dead. (HBP)

1929

Unspecified

   Births: Orion Black

   -The Comet Trading Company is founded. (QTTA)

   -Lady Margaret Nurseries is established. (HP films)

1930

September

   Sorted: Charis Black

1931

September
   Sorted: Dorea Black
Unspecified

   -Horace Slughorn begins teaching at Hogwarts. (Pottermore)

1932

Unknown

    -Anton Vogel's term as Supreme Mugwump ends. (SOD)

1934

Unspecified

   -Cleansweep Two broom is released. (QTTA)

1935

October

   Births: Minerva McGonagall

Unspecified

   Births: Bertie Bott

   -Jocunda Sykes makes the first Atlantic broom crossing. (QTTA)

1936

September

   Sorted: Lucretia Black, Walburga Black

Unspecified

   Births: Hambledon Quince

1938

September

   Sorted: Tom Riddle

Unspecified

   Births: Cygnus Black III

   -The Comet 180 is released. (QTTA)

1939

Unspecified

   -Leonard Spencer-Moon is elected Minister for Magic after Hector Fawley is ousted for failing to take Gellert Grindelwald's uprising seriously. (Pottermore)

1940

September

   Sorted: Orion Black, Rubeus Hagrid

1943

June

   Deaths: Myrtle Warren

   -Tom Riddle opens the Chamber of Secrets and releases the Basilisk, which kills Myrtle Warren. Riddle then frames Rubeus Hagrid, who is expelled from Hogwarts. With the death of Myrtle, Riddle creates his first Horcrux from his diary. (COS, HBP)

August

   Deaths: Mary Riddle, Thomas Riddle, Tom Riddle Senior

   -Tom Riddle kills his father and his grandparents, framing his uncle Morfin. With the Riddles' deaths, Tom creates his second Horcrux from Marvolo Gaunt's ring. (HBP)

1945

Unspecified

   Births: Devlin Whitehorn

   -Albus Dumbledore defeats Gellert Grindelwald in a duel. Grindelwald is subsequently imprisoned in Nurmengard while Dumbledore becomes master of the Elder Wand. (Chocolate Frog Cards; DH)

1946

Unspecified

   Births: Broderick Bode [approx.]

1947

September

   Sorted: Minerva McGonagall

Unspecified

   Births: Laurentia Fletwock

   -The Werewolf Register is created. (FB)

   -A History of Magic by Bathilda Bagshot is published. (FB)

1948

Unspecified

   -Wilhelmina Tuft is elected Minister for Magic. (Pottermore)

1949

October

    Births: Molly Prewett

1950

February

   Births: Arthur Weasley

1951

Unspecified

   Births: Bellatrix Black, Rita Skeeter

1952

Unspecified

   -Quidditch Through the Ages by Kennilworthy Whisp is published.

1954

Unspecified

    Births: Lucius Malfoy

    -Minerva McGonagall graduates from Hogwarts. (Pottermore)

1955

Unspecified

   Births: Narcissa Black, Tarquin McTavish

   -The Shooting Star is introduced by Universal Brooms Ltd. (QTTA)

1956

December
   -Minerva McGonagall begins teaching Transfiguration at Hogwarts. (OOTP)
Unspecified

   -The Caerphilly Catapults win the European Cup. (QTTA)

   -Hamish McFarlan becomes captain of the Montrose Magpies. (QTTA)

1957

Unspecified

   Deaths: Norvel Twonk

1959

November

   Births: Sirius Black

Unspecified

   Births: Gaspard Shingleton, Tilden Toots

   Deaths: Arcturus Black II, Regulus Black I, Wilhelmina Tuft

   -Ignatius Tuft is elected Minister for Magic, succeeding his late mother Wilhelmina. (Pottermore)

   -Lyall Lupin and Hope Howell are married. (Pottermore)

1960

January

   Births: Severus Snape, Lily Evans

March

   Births: Remus John Lupin, James Potter

Unspecified

   Births: Greta Catchlove

1961

September

   Sorted: Molly Prewett, Arthur Weasley

Unspecified

   Births: Regulus Arcturus Black

1962

September

   Sorted: Bellatrix Black

Unspecified

   Births: Bartemius "Barty" Crouch Junior (approx.)

   Deaths: Belvina Black

   -Nobby Leach becomes Minister for Magic after Ignatius Tuft is ousted for proposing a Dementor breeding program. (Pottermore)

1963

Unspecified

   -The Philosophy of the Mundane by Mordicus Egg is published. (FB)

1964

January

   Births: Gilderoy Lockhart

Unspecified

   Births: Glenda Chittock, Lorcan d'Eath

1965

March

   -Remus Lupin is bitten by Fenrir Greyback and turned into a werewolf. (Pottermore)

   -Rappaport's Law is repealed, allowing American wizards to marry No-Majs. (Pottermore)

September

   Sorted: Lucius Malfoy

Unspecified

   Death: Lycoris Black

1966

September

   Sorted: Narcissa Black

Unspecified

   Deaths: Sacharissa Tugwood

1967

September

   Sorted: Patricia Rakepick

1968

September

   Sorted: Sturgis Podmore

Unspecified

   Births: Gwenog Jones, Dunbar Oglethorpe
   -Eugenia Jenkins is elected Minister for Magic after Nobby Leach resigns due to a mysterious illness. (Pottermore)

   -Hamish MacFarlan becomes Head of the Department of Magical Games and Sports. (QTTA)

   -Vernon Dursley begins working at Grunnings. (OOTP film)

1969
1970

Novembers

   Births: William Arthur "Bill" Weasley

Unspecified

   Births: Myron Wagtail

   -The First Wizarding War begins. (PS)

1971

September

   Sorted: Adrian, Sirius Black, Lily Evans, Remus Lupin, Peter Pettigrew, James Potter, Severus Snape, Stebbins

Unspecificed

   Births: Kirley Duke

   Deaths: Fifi LaFolle

   -The Whomping Willow is planted. (POA)

1972

September

   Sorted: Regulus Black, Dirk Cresswell

December
   Births: Charles Weasley
Unspecified

   -After discovering their friend Remus Lupin was a werewolf, James Potter, Sirius Black, and Peter Pettigrew learn to become animagi. (POA) 

1973

September

   Sorted: Bartemius Crouch Junior

Unspecified

   Deaths: Charis Black, Harvey Ridgebit, Hesper Starkey

   -Janus Thickey fakes his death. (FB)

1974

Unspecified

   Births: Heathcote Barbary, Herman Wintringham, Penelope Taylor

1975

September

   Sorted: Gilderoy Lockhart

Unspecified

   Births: Gideon Crumb

   Deaths: Fabius Watkins

   -Harold Minchum is elected Minister for Magic, replacing Eugenia Jenkins. (Pottermore)

   -James Potter, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, and Peter Pettigrew become the Marauders and create the Marauder's Map. (POA)

   -Mundungus Fletcher is banned from the Hog's Head after offending Aberforth Dumbledore. (OOTP)

   -Regulus Black joins the Death Eaters. (OOTP)

1976

June

   -The Marauders, Lily Evans, and Severus Snape take their OWLs. (???)

August

   Births: Percy Ignatius Weasley

Unspecified

   Births: Penelope Clearwater, Viktor Krum, Orsino Thurston

   -Sirius Black runs from home to live with the Potters. (OOTP)

   -Lily Evans ends her friendship with Severus Snape after he calls her a Mudblood. (DH)

1977

October

   Births: Angelina Johnson

Unspecified

   Births: Fleur Delacour, Cedric Diggory, Cassius Warrington

   Deaths: Amarillo Lestoat, Dorea Potter

   -Sirius Black buys his own place to live with money from his uncle Alphard. (OOTP)

   -Vernon and Petunia Dursley move into Privet Drive. (DH Part 1 deleted scene)

1978

April

   Births: Fred Weasley, George Weasley

Unspecified

   -Universal Brooms Ltd goes out of business. (QTTA)

1979

September

   Births: Hermione Jean Granger
   Sorted: Gwenog Jones

Unspecified

   Deaths: Orion Black, Regulus Black, Fleamont Potter, Euphemia Potter

   -Peter Pettigrew betrays the Order of the Phoenix and begins working for Lord Voldemort in secret. (PoA)

   -Regulus Black finds out about his master Voldemort's Horcruxes. With the help of his servant Kreacher, Regulus replaces the locket of Salazar Slytherin with a decoy and has Kreacher escape the cave and find a way to destroy while Regulus is taken by the Inferi. (DH)

   -Newt Scamander is awarded the Order of Merlin, Second Class. (FB)

1980

March

   Births: Ronald Bilius "Ron" Weasley

June

   Births: Draco Lucius Malfoy, Dudley Dursley

July

   Births: Neville Longbottom, Harry James Potter

September

   Sorted: Angelica Cole, Jane Court, Chester Davies, Felix Rosier

Unspecified

   Births: Ernest "Ernie" Macmillan

   Deaths: Evan Rosier, Wilkes

   -Igor Karkaroff is captured by Mad-Eye Moody. (GOF)

   -Sybill Trelawney tells the prophecy concerning Harry Potter and Lord Voldemort. Dumbledore subsequently hires her as a Divination Professor in order to protect her. (OOTP)
   -Millicent Bagnold is elected Minister for Magic after Harold Minchum retires. (Pottermore)

1981

February

   Births: Luna Lovegood

July

   Deaths: Marlene McKinnon

August

   Births: Ginevra Molly "Ginny" Weasley

October

   Deaths: James Potter, Lily Potter

   -Lord Voldemort kills James and Lily Potter and attempts to kill their son Harry, only for the Killing Curse to backfire and destroy his body. Harry is subsequently made into a Horcrux. (PS, DH)

November

   -Peter Pettigrew fakes his death and frames Sirius Black, who is taken to Azkaban. (POA)

   -Harry Potter is brought into the care of the Dursley family. (PS)

   -Horace Slughorn retires from Hogwarts. (HBP)

December

   -Barty Crouch Junior and the Lestranges are arrested and sent to Azkaban. (GOF) 

Unspecified

   Births: Colin Creevey

   Deaths: Edgar Bones, Benjy Fenwick, Dorcas Meadowes, Caradoc Dearborn, Fabian Prewett, Gideon Prewett, Adalbert Waffling
   -Sybill Trelawney begins teaching at Hogwarts as Professor of Divination. (HM) [contradicts OOTP of her teaching for "nearly sixteen years"]

1982

September

   Sorted: Emily Tyler, Bill Weasley

Unspecified

   Births: Derek, Astoria Greengrass, Romilda Vane

   -Percy Weasley receives Scabbers as a pet, unaware that the rat is a disguised Peter Pettigrew. (PS, POA)

   -Igor Karkaroff is released from Azkaban. (GOF)

   -Elphinstone Urquart and Minerva McGonagall are engaged. (Pottermore)

1983

September

   Sorted: Brennan Doyle, Pippa Macmillan

Unspecified

   -Ron Weasley gains his arachnophobia thanks to a prank from his brother Fred. (POA)

1984

September

   Sorted: Badeea Ali, Diego Caplan, Ben Copper, Andre Egwu, Penny Haywood, Tulip Karasu, Rowan Khanna, Jae Kim, Barnaby Lee, Chiara Lobosca, Ismelda Murk, Merula Snyde, Nymphadora Tonks, Liz Tuttle, Charlie Weasley, Talbott Winger, Jacob's sibling
   -Jacob's sibling begins attending Hogwarts and embarks on a quest for the Cursed Vaults. (HM) 

October

   -Fenrir Greyback and his werewolves attack Hogwarts. (HM)

November

1985

June

   -Harry Potter is terrorized by his Aunt Marge on Dudley's fifth birthday. (POA)

September

   Sorted: Eliza

   -Harry Potter and his cousin Dudley Dursley begin attending St. Grogory's Primary School. (PS)

Unspecified

   Deaths: Walburga Black, Idris Oakby, Elphinstone Urquart

   -Fred and George Weasley attempt to force their brother Ron to make an Unbreakable Vow. (HBP)

1986

September

   Sorted: Marcus Flint

1987

September

   Sorted: Penelope Clearwater, Percy Weasley, Oliver Wood

1988

September

   Sorted: Lucian Bole, Peregrine Derrrick, Elora Dunn, Beatrice Haywood

   -Patricia Rakepick becomes Professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts. (HM)

Unspecified

   -Neville Longbottom proves his magical abilities by bouncing off the ground after being dropped. (PS)

1989

June

   -Jacob's sibling and their companions enter one of the Cursed Vaults. Professor Rakepick reveals herself to be a dark wizard and turns against the students. (HM)

September

   Sorted: Roger Davies, Cedric Diggory, Angelina Johnson, Lee Jordan, Adrian Pucey, Alicia Spinnet, Patricia Stimpson, Kenneth Towler, Fred Weasley, George Weasley

1990

September

   Sorted: Katie Bell, Cho Chang, Marietta Edgecombe, Cormac McLaggen

Unspecified

   Deaths: Pollux Black, Rowan Khanna, Pandora Lovegood

   -Cornelius Fudge is elected Minister for Magic after Millicent Bagnold retires. (Pottermore)

   -Charity Burbage becomes Professor of Muggle Studies. (PS)
   -Pandora Lovegood dies when an experimental spell backfires on her. (OOTP)

1991

July

   -On his 11th birthday, Harry Potter is visited by Rubeus Hagrid and taken to Diagon Alley. (PS)

   -Quirinus Quirrell breaks into Gringotts to steal the Philosopher's Stone only to find it already gone. (PS)

September

   Sorted: Hannah Abbott, Susan Bones, Terry Boot, Lavender Brown, Millicent Bulstrode, Michael Corner, Vincent Crabbe, Seamus Finnigan, Anthony Goldstein, Gregory Goyle, Hermione Granger, Daphne Greengrass, Neville Longbottom, Ernie Macmillan, Draco Malfoy, Theodore Nott, Pansy Parkinson, Padma Patil, Parvati Patil, Harry Potter, Dean Thomas, Ron Weasley

1992

June

   Deaths: Quirinus Quirrell

   -Harry Potter stops Professor Quirrell and his master Voldemort from attaining the Philosopher's Stone. (PS)
September
   Sorted: Colin Creevey, Harper, Luna Lovegood, Ginny Weasley
   -Gilderoy Lockhart becomes Professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts at Hogwarts. (COS)

1993

May

   -Harry Potter enters the Chamber of Secrets, killing the Basilisk and destroying Tom Riddle's diary. (COS)

September

   Sorted: Derek, Astoria Greengrass, Romilda Vane

   -Remus Lupin becomes Professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts at Hogwarts. (POA)

1994

August

   -Ireland wins the 422nd Quidditch World Cup. (GOF)

1995

May

   Deaths: Bartemius "Barty" Crouch Senior

June

   Deaths: Cedric Diggory

   -Lord Voldemort returns to power at the end of the Triwizard Tournament. (GOF)

August

   -Dolores Umbridge is appointed as Professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts.

1996

July

   -The Battle of the Department of Mysteries occurs. (OOTP)

   -Dolores Umbridge is removed as Headmistress and Albus Dumbledore resumes office. (OOTP)

   -Minister Fudge resigns office and succeeded by Rufus Scrimgeour. (HBP)

1997

April

   Deaths: Aragog

June

   Deaths: Albus Dumbledore, Gibbon

   -The Battle of the Astronomy Tower occurs. Professor Dumbledore is killed by Severus Snape. (HBP)

July

   Deaths: Charity Burbage, Hedwig, Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody

   -The Life and Lies of Albus Dumbledore by Rita Skeeter is published. (DH)

   -The Battle of the Seven Potters occurs. (DH)

August

   Deaths: Rufus Scrimgeour

   -The Death Eaters take over the Ministry of Magic and Hogwarts. Minister Scrimgeour is killed and replaced with the Imperius-controlled Pius Thicknesse. Severus Snape is made Headmaster of Hogwarts. (DH)

September

   Deaths: Mykew Gregorovitch

1998

March

   Deaths: Dobby, Gellert Grindelwald, Peter Pettigrew

   -The Skirmish at Malfoy Manor occurs. (DH)

April

   Births: Edward Remus "Teddy" Lupin

May

   Deaths: Lavender Brown?, Vincent Crabbe, Colin Creevey, Bellatrix Lestrange, Remus Lupin, Nagini, Severus Snape, Nymphadora Tonks, Lord Voldemort, Fred Weasley

   -The Battle of Hogwarts occurs. Lord Voldemort is defeated for good. (DH)

   -The Second Wizarding War ends. (DH)

   -Kingsley Shacklebolt becomes acting Minister for Magic. (DH)

   -Minerva McGonagall becomes Headmistress of Hogwarts. (DH)

Post-May

   -Malawi wins the 423rd Quidditch World Cup. (Pottermore)

2009

September

   Sorted: Teddy Lupin

2015

September

   Sorted: James Sirius Potter

2016
2017

September

   Sorted: Scorpius Malfoy, Albus Potter, Rose Weasley

2018
2019

June

   -The Calamity is caused by Grim Fawley. (WU)

September

   Sorted: Lily Luna Potter

Unspecified

   Deaths: Astoria Malfoy

2020

September

   -Albus Potter and Scorpius Malfoy hatch a plan to travel back in time and save Cedric Diggory. With the help of Delphi, they steal a Time Turner from the Ministry of Magic and travel back to 1994. (CC)

October

   Deaths: Craig Bowker Jr

   -Delphi reveals herself to be the daughter of Lord Voldemort, with her plan being to change history and bring Voldemort back to power. With the help of their parents, Albus and Scorpius bring a stop to Delphi, who is subsequently sent to Azkaban. (CC)

OLD TIMELINE

14th century

1379

   -Chauncey Oldridge dies as the first victim of dragon pox.

   -Elizabeth Smudgling becomes Supreme Dueller after conjuring the first use of the Disarming Charm against her opponent in a duel.

15th century

1407
   -The 1st Wizarding Potions Championship is held.
1473
   -The 1st Quidditch World Cup is held.
1491
   -The 13th Wizarding Potions Championship is held.
1492
   -Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington is executed for accidentally causing Lady Grieve to grow a tusk. Due to the executioner's blunt axe, it takes over forty hacks to finally kill Sir Nicholas and even then failed to fully sever his head. As a result, Sir Nicholas becomes known as the ghost Nearly-Headless Nick.
1498
   -The 14th Wizarding Potions Championship is held.
Unspecified

   -The dark wizard Ekrizdis creates the fortress Azkaban and infests it with Dementors.

16th century

1544

   -The Levitation Charm is invented by Jarleth Hobart, who demonstrates it by casting it on his clothes and suspending himself in mid-air after leaping from his local church.

18th century

1717

   -The Cruciatus, Imperius, and Killing Curses are considered Unforgivable by the Ministry of Magic.

1729
   Births: Corvus Lestrange I
1736
   -The 48th Wizarding School Potions Championship is held.

1743
   -Gideon Flatworthy leads the anti-Muggle extremists Accionites. After being pursued by goblins, the Accionites abandon Flatworthy at a cave in Pembrokeshire, leaving him to starve. Driven mad with hunger, Flatworthy casts a Summoning Charm on an entire farm and is crushed to death by cattle and haystacks.

1754

1760
   -President Thornton Harkaway moves the MACUSA to his hometown of Williamsburg, Virginia.
1762
   -The dangerous sport Creaothceann is banned.
   -Nicolas Flamel is spotted in Paris at an opera.
1772
   -Levina Monkstanley invents the Wand-Lighting Charm.

1790
   -President Emily Rappaport enacts Rappaport's Law, creating a total segregation between the magical and non-magical communities in the United States of America.
1792
   -The 1792 Triwizard Tournament is held but is cancelled after a cockatrice goes on a rampage and injures three judges. Despite several attempts at revival, another Triwizard Tournament does not occur for the next two hundred years.

19th century

1809
   -The 1809 Quidditch World Cup is held.
1850
   Births: Elladora Black

1876
   -Hogwarts is evacuated when the poltergeist Peeves starts firing off weapons. Headmistress Eupraxia Mole signs a contract with him, relinquishing him from the weapons while giving him new privelages around the school.
1877
   Births: Sirius Black II
   -The 1877 Quidditch World Cup is held and is dubbed the "Tournament that Nobody Remembers" due to no one being able to remember a single game.
1878
   -The 393rd Quidditch World Cup is held, a re-staging of the previous year's anomalous event.
1879
   -Elias Grimstone invents the Oakshaft 79 broomstick.
1884
   Births: Arcturus Black I, Aberforth Dumbledore
1886
   Births: Belvina Black
1889
   Births: Cygnus Black II
1890
   Births: Muriel

20th century

1967
   -The Nimbus 1000 is released.

1974
   -The 417th Quidditch World Cup is held.

1990
   -The 421st Quidditch World Cup is held.
1992
   -The Nimbus 2001 is released.
   -Ginny Weasley is possessed by a Horcrux of Voldemort's and opens the Chamber of Secrets, unleashing the Basilisk within. Harry Potter manages to slay the Basilisk and destroy the Horcrux.
1993
   -Randolph Spudmore invents the Firebolt.
   -Sirius Black breaks out of Azkaban.

21st century

2002
   -The 424th Quidditch World Cup is held.
2010
   -The 426th Quidditch World Cup is held.
2014
   -The 427th Quidditch World Cup is held.
   -Dumbledore's Army: The Dark Side of the Demob by Rita Skeeter is published.