Fans have created a timeline of the Harry Potter series from three shreds of information provided by author J. K. Rowling. In chapter 8 of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, during Nearly Headless Nick's "deathday party", a gray cake in the shape of a tombstone includes black lettering stating his death date as 31 October 1492. Meanwhile in chapter 7 of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, after the sorting ceremony, Sir Nick states that he hasn't "eaten for nearly four hundred years", which would place the time of Harry Potter's sorting at ca. 1891. It is assumed that this was a simple mathematical error or oversight on the part of Sir Nicholas or the author, and that "nearly five hundred years" was the intent. Assuming the deathday party celebration was actually commemorating the five-hundredth anniversary of Nick's death, then that scene must take place on 31 October 1992. Fans of Janet Jackson, at Much Music in Toronto The word fan refers to someone who has an intense, occasionally overwhelming liking of a person, group of persons, work of art, idea, or trend. ... Alternative meanings: Timeline is a 1999 science fiction novel by Michael Crichton Timeline is a 2003 film based on the novel. ... The Harry Potter books are an extremely popular series of fantasy novels by British writer J. K. Rowling. ... Joanne Jo Rowling, OBE (born 31 July 1965[1]) is an English fiction writer who writes under the pen name of J. K. Rowling[2]. Rowling became famous as author of the Harry Potter fantasy series, which has gained international attention, won multiple awards, and sold over 300 million copies... Wikibooks Muggles Guide to Harry Potter has more about this subject: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, by J.K. Rowling, is the sequel to Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone. ... The article is about the ghosts which inhabit Hogwarts in the Harry Potter novels by J. K. Rowling. ... October 31 is the 304th day of the year (305th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 61 days remaining. ... 1492 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone is the first volume in a planned series of seven books written by British author J. K. Rowling, and featuring Harry Potter, a young wizard. ... In the Harry Potter series, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is divided into four houses, each bearing the last name of its founder: Godric Gryffindor, Salazar Slytherin, Rowena Ravenclaw and Helga Hufflepuff. ... 1891 (MDCCCXCI) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... October 31 is the 304th day of the year (305th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 61 days remaining. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ...

The hypothetical timeline anchor was later confirmed by the author when in early 2006, Rowling donated a hand-drawn copy of the Black family tree to a charity auction for Book Aid International [1]. The document included the birth year of Draco Malfoy as 1980. Since Draco would have begun attending Hogwarts when he was eleven years old, that places his (and Harry's) sorting ceremony on 1 September 1991. The family tree was similar to the one described in Order of the Phoenix, with a number of characters burned off so that their details were obscured. There was no direct confirmation of the birth year of Sirius Black, which would also have dated all those who were at school with him. However, his cousin Bellatrix Lestrange was shown as born in 1951, and it is reported by Sirius that at some point he and Bellatrix were both at school at the same time. This equates to a final school year for Bellatrix of 1969-1970, with Sirius and his classmates starting school at least by this date. 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Black family tree shows the members of one of the oldest magical families, and their links with many other magical families in the Harry Potter fantasy books. ... Draco Malfoy (born 5 June 1980[1]) is an antagonist and recent villain in J. K. Rowlings Harry Potter books and Harry Potters principal rival at Hogwarts. ... September 1 is the 244th day of the year (245th in leap years). ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the book. ... Sirius Black is a fictional character in J. K. Rowlings Harry Potter series of novels. ... Bellatrix Lestrange, née Black, is a fictional witch from the Harry Potter books by J. K. Rowling. ...

There are three other references commonly used to date the Hogwarts class which included Sirius, James and Lily Potter, Severus Snape, Remus Lupin and Peter Pettigrew. Dating is complicated by the fact that for each school year, the actual birthday may fall in one of two years, depending on the precise day and month; specifics of day and month are not known for many of the characters. James Potter and Lily Potter (née Evans) are fictional characters of the Harry Potter series. ... Severus Snape (born January 9, c. ... Remus John Lupin (born 10 March 1959), nicknamed Moony, is a fictional character in the Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling. ... Peter Pettigrew (b. ...

• J. K. Rowling stated in an interview after the publication of Goblet of Fire that Snape was 35 or 36 at the end of the book (1995) [2]. Depending on how this is interpreted, this gives a possible birth year of 1959-1960. (His day of birth 9th January was posted on Rowling's official website on his actual birthday.)
• J. K. Rowling has posted some biographical information about Sirius Black on her website in which she states he was 'around 22' when imprisoned in Azkaban, following the deaths of a number of Muggles on 1 November 1981. [3]. With 1 year leeway either way for 'around', this gives a birth year from 1958-1960.
• Harry saw a scene in Dumbledore's Pensieve, related in Order of the Phoenix where his father and Snape were sitting their O.W.L. exams. The scene was described as occurring 'more than 20 years ago'. This meant the exams took place in the school year 1974-1975 or earlier, giving a birth year for Snape of 1959 or earlier.

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Contradictions

There are numerous contradictions in the timeline, Rowling herself has admitted having difficulty with managing mathematics in the FAQ section of her website, so perhaps perfect internal consistency is not to be expected.

Despite the problems, this generally accepted timeline is used by fans for cross-referencing, and the DVD editions of Warner Bros.'s film versions of the Harry Potter series include references to timelines and dates that correspond to this dating system, such as Harry's birthday being established as July 31, 1980; and Lord Voldemort's first attempted attack on the infant Harry being 31 October 1981. This article is becoming very long. ... Warner Bros. ... Harry James Potter is a fictional character and the protagonist of British writer J. K. Rowlings immensely popular seven-part Harry Potter series of novels. ... A child on her first birthday For other uses of the term, see Birthday (disambiguation). ... July 31 is the 212th day (213th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 153 days remaining. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... Lord Voldemort (born Tom Marvolo Riddle on December 31, 1926) is the fictional arch-villain of the Harry Potter series. ... October 31 is the 304th day of the year (305th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 61 days remaining. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Days of the week

Often when dates are given, they are given with a day of the week that does not match with the date as it is in actual history. Just one such example occurs in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban when Sybill Trelawney refers to October 16 as Friday, despite October 16, 1993 being a Saturday. This is usually explained on the grounds of it being simply poetic licence on the author's part. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is the third book in the Harry Potter series of childrens books by J. K. Rowling. ... Sybill Patricia Trelawney (Sibyll Patricia Trelawney in the United States) is a fictional character who appears in J.K. Rowlings series of Harry Potter novels. ... October 16 is the 289th day of the year (290th in leap years). ... October 16 is the 289th day of the year (290th in leap years). ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ...

There are also contradictions within the books themselves in this area. For example, in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, both 1 September and 2 September are given as Mondays, and in all the books, school begins on 1 September without taking into account the change of the day. However it could be possible that students are expected to be back at the school on September the 1st and then start school the next week day. In Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Buckbeak's trial is set on 20 April, but careful parsing of the text reveals that it could have happened no later than February. Also, since Hagrid was supposedly made gamekeeper after he was expelled 50 years ago from the time of Chamber of Secrets, that would make Mrs Weasley and Mr Weasley more than 50 years old (probably around 65 years old, adding in their ages before that, although given the relatively advanced ages of Dumbledore/McGonagall etc., it is possible that Wizards age slightly slower than Muggles), because Mrs Weasley mentioned Ogg, the gamekeeper before Hagrid (though it is not specifically stated that Hagrid became gamekeeper immediately upon his expulsion [at age 13], and he would have required training before taking the job, possibly just being an assistant for a while, as Harry thought he might be to Hagrid while thinking he was going to be expelled after flying in his first year). Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is the fourth book in the Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling. ... September 1 is the 244th day of the year (245th in leap years). ... September 2 is the 245th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (246th in leap years). ... Buckbeak (later renamed Witherwings) is a hippogriff, a magical beast in the fictional Harry Potter book series by J. K. Rowling. ... April 20 is the 110th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (111th in leap years). ...

Historical problems

In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Cornelius Fudge uses a male pronoun to refer to the "predecessor" of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. According to the above timeline, this should occur in the summer of 1996, when the Prime Minister was John Major, whose immediate predecessor was a female - Margaret Thatcher. (See the List of Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom for details). Cornelius Oswald Fudge is a fictional character in the Harry Potter series of novels by J. K. Rowling. ... Sir John Major, KG, CH (born 29 March 1943) is an English politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1990 to 1997. ... Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher LG OM FRS PC (born 13 October 1925) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990. ... This is a list of Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom from when the first Prime Minister (in the modern sense), Robert Walpole, took office in 1721, until the present day. ...

It is possible that Fudge could be referring to a more distant predecessor, but it's unlikely as Thatcher took office before Fudge supposedly became Minister of Magic. (Although one could imagine a scenario in which Fudge, while in an inferior office, was delegated by the Minister of Magic to meet with the Prime Minister). Additionally, the personality and history of the Prime Minister portrayed appears to more closely match that of Tony Blair than of John Major. An article in the Daily Mail notes that Rowling is close to the Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown (often viewed as a rival to Blair's leadership of the Labour Party), and that she might have been attempting to show Blair's worst side. The rebuttal for this is that the books are fictional and the Prime Ministers themselves are fictional characters, and are not to be interpreted as the actual Prime ministers. Another related problem is that Major is described as having been elected, although technically he could be said to have been elected Conservative Party leader on November 27, 1990. Rowling has stated on her website that she considered using a similar scene to this in three of her previous books, including as possible introduction to Philosopher's Stone [4]. Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born 6 May 1953)[1], known as Tony Blair, is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, First Lord of the Treasury, Minister for the Civil Service, Leader of the UK Labour Party, and Member of the UK Parliament for the constituency of Sedgefield in North... The Chancellor of the Exchequer is the title held by the British cabinet minister responsible for all financial matters. ... James Gordon Brown (born 20 February 1951) is the Chancellor of the Exchequer in the United Kingdom and a British Labour Party politician. ... This article is about the political process. ... The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative & Unionist Party) is currently the second largest political party in the United Kingdom in terms of sitting Members of Parliament (MPs), and the largest in terms of public membership. ... November 27 is the 331st day (332nd on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... This article is about the year. ...

A similar problem involves Nicolas Flamel. Flamel was mentioned as being 665 at the time of the first book, but Nicolas Flamel was a real historical figure and wouldn't have reached that age until 1996. The rebuttal for this is that the date the "real" Nicolas Flamel was born does not correspond with the Nicolas Flamel of Harry Potter. Also, it may simply mark a shift in Rowling's chronology; 1996 was the year in which Rowling was drafting the first book, and it may be that she initially intended the stories to take place in the present time. More problematic is the fact that Flamel's age is read by Hermione in a 'very old book', which means that unless magical books update such figures, it is years out of date, with Flamel's age likewise affected (i.e. if he was 665 when a 'very old book' was published, he could, by 1992, have been years older). The following are historical characters from the real world, or from mythology, that are referred to as either Wizards or muggles in J.K. Rowlings fictional universe of the Harry Potter series. ... For the Harry Potter character, see Nicholas Flamel (Harry Potter). ...

There is at least one slight anachronism in the books. This occurs in a letter that Harry writes in Goblet of Fire, containing a reference to Dudley Dursley owning and destroying a Sony PlayStation. According to the standard timeline, this would have happened in the summer of 1994, but the PlayStation was not released until December 1994 in Japan, or September 1995 in Europe. Look up Anachronism in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is the fourth book in the Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling. ... The Dursleys are Harry Potters last living relatives. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... For other versions of PlayStation, please see PlayStation (disambiguation) The PlayStation (Japanese: プレイステーション) is a video game console of the 32/64-bit era, first produced by Sony Computer Entertainment in the mid-1990s. ... For other senses of this word, see Summer (disambiguation). ... World map showing Europe Political map (neighboring countries in Asia and Africa also shown) Europe is one of the seven traditional continents of the Earth. ...

Timeline of the Harry Potter series

Events

• 382 BC

Ollivander's goes into business making magic wands.

• c. 962 AD

Primitive broomsticks are first used for transport.

• c. 1000

Hogwarts is founded by Godric Gryffindor, Helga Hufflepuff, Rowena Ravenclaw and Salazar Slytherin. Slytherin petitions to only enroll pure-bloods and, in disgust, leaves the school, but not before building the Chamber of Secrets.

• c. 1294

The Triwizard Tournament is established. It will later be discontinued (date unknown) when the death toll mounts too high.

• 1473

Quidditch World Cup is played, during which all 700 Quidditch fouls are committed.

• c. 1891

Albus Dumbledore begins teaching at Hogwarts.

• 1918

Newt Scamander is asked to write a compendium of magical beasts by Obscurus Books.

• c. Late August/Early September 1925

Morfin Gaunt attacks Tom Riddle Sr.. Bob Ogden, the head of the Magical Law Enforcement Department, travels to the Gaunt cottage to summon Morfin to a hearing. Morfin's father, Marvolo, attacks his daughter Merope for being attracted to Riddle. Ogden summons reinforcements and arrests Morfin and Marvolo.

• c. 1926

Shortly before his birth, Tom Riddle's Muggle father (Tom Riddle Sr.) leaves his wife, Merope Gaunt, and she dies an hour after giving birth to her son on New Year's Eve. Riddle is raised in an orphanage.

• 1927

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is published in its first edition.

• c. 1938

Tom Riddle starts at Hogwarts.

• c. 1940

Rubeus Hagrid starts at Hogwarts.

• June 13 1943

Riddle opens the Chamber of Secrets, killing a girl who will later become Moaning Myrtle, and frames Rubeus Hagrid and his Acromantula for the attacks.

• July-August 1943

Riddle murders his father and paternal grandparents and frames his uncle Morfin Gaunt for the murders.

• 1945

Dumbledore defeats the dark wizard Grindelwald who is presumed to die from this battle.

Riddle graduates from Hogwarts. He subsequently asks Armando Dippet to hire him as a teacher and is refused. Riddle is instead employed by Borgin and Burkes.

• 1946

Riddle steals an artefact of the Hogwarts founder Salazar Slytherin and possibly an artefact of the Hogwarts founder Helga Hufflepuff and disappears.

• c. 1956

In December Minerva McGonagall begins teaching at Hogwarts.

Riddle asks Dumbledore, now headmaster, for the Defence Against the Dark Arts teaching position.

Riddle is already calling himself Lord Voldemort. Death Eaters already recruited include Rosier, Nott, Mulciber, and Dolohov.

• c. 1969

Arthur Weasley and Molly Prewett elope and marry.

Autumn: James Potter, Lily Evans, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, Peter Pettigrew and Severus Snape begin attending Hogwarts.

• c. 1970

Lord Voldemort is becoming more powerful and begins his quest for power and immortality.

• 1979

James Potter marries Lily Evans.

Regulus Black is killed.

• c. late 1979 - early 1980

Sybill Trelawney gives her first prophecy to Dumbledore, predicting Voldemort's downfall, and is hired as the Divination teacher at Hogwarts.

• 1981

September - Severus Snape is hired as Potions teacher at Hogwarts.

Voldemort kills James and Lily Potter on October 31, but is defeated by a protective charm while attempting to attack Harry. Harry is left with a lightning-shaped scar and is sent to live with the Dursleys.

On November 1, Sirius Black is arrested for the murder of Peter Pettigrew, who then goes into hiding.

• 1991

July - Harry Potter receives invitations to attend Hogwarts.

Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger begin attending Hogwarts on September 1.

• 1992

June - Harry foils Voldemort's plans to steal the Philosopher's Stone.

Autumn - Ginny Weasley opens the Chamber of Secrets under the influence of Tom Riddle's diary.

• 1993

June - Harry saves Ginny and defeats the memory of Tom Riddle, unwittingly destroying Voldemort's first Horcrux in the process.

Sirius Black escapes from Azkaban.

• 1994

Professor Trelawney gives her second prophecy to Harry Potter, regarding the return of the Dark Lord to power.

June 6 - Harry learns of Sirius' innocence regarding the murder of his parents. Peter Pettigrew, guilt now established, flees and rejoins Voldemort.

Voldemort murders Frank Bryce.

Summer - Ireland wins the 422nd Quidditch World Cup.

Autumn - Hogwarts hosts the Triwizard Tournament for the first time in over a century

November 24 - The first task of the Triwizard Tournament - Viktor Krum and Harry Potter tie for the lead with 40 points each.

• 1995

February 24 - The second task of the Triwizard Tournament is held - Harry and Cedric Diggory end up tied for the lead.

June 24 - The third task of the Triwizard Tournament is held.

June 24 - Peter Pettigrew murders Cedric Diggory in Harry's presence, on Lord Voldemort's orders, and using the Dark Lord's wand. Voldemort is restored to full power.

Summer - The Order of the Phoenix is re-established by Albus Dumbledore.

• 1996

Voldemort fails to recover the Prophecy from the Department of Mysteries, due to the efforts of Harry and company. Harry learns of Professor Trelawney's first prediction and the wizarding world is finally alerted to Voldemort's return. Sirius Black is killed in The Death Chamber of the Department of Mysteries.

Harry, Ron, and Hermione start their sixth year at Hogwarts. Draco Malfoy sneaks off to Knockturn Alley to go to Borgin and Burkes to reserve a vanishing cabinet to get the Death Eaters into Hogwarts.

Albus Dumbledore destroys another of Voldemort's Horcruxes, formerly encased in Marvolo Gaunt's ring.

• 1997

Albus Dumbledore is killed by Severus Snape. Harry Potter decides upon his quest to destroy the remaining four Horcruxes in which Lord Voldemort has sealed fragments of his soul.

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Births

• 1325

Nicolas Flamel

• c. 1840

Albus Dumbledore

• 1847

Phineas Nigellus Black

• c. 1908

Merope Gaunt to Marvolo Gaunt and an unknown witch.

• c. 1920

Minerva McGonagall is born on October 4 [5].

• 1925

Lucretia Black to Arcturus Black and Melania Macmillan

Walburga Black to Pollux Black and Irma Crabbe

c. October 4 - Minerva McGonagall

• 1926

December 31 - Tom Marvolo Riddle (Lord Voldemort) to Muggle Tom Riddle, Sr. and witch Merope Gaunt

• c. 1928

December 6 - Rubeus Hagrid to the giantess Fridwulfa and an unknown Wizard

• 1929

Orion Black to Arcturus Black and Melania Macmillan

• 1938

Cygnus Black to Pollux Black and Irma Crabbe

• 1951

Bellatrix Black to Cygnus Black and Druella Rosier

Rita Skeeter

• c. 1953

Andromeda Black to Cygnus Black and Druella Rosier

• c. 1954

Lucius Malfoy to Abraxas Malfoy and an unknown witch

• 1955

Narcissa Black to Cygnus Black and Druella Rosier

• c.1955-57

Bertha Jorkins

• c. 1958

January 9 - Severus Snape to Tobias Snape and Eileen Prince

March 10 - Remus Lupin

Lily Evans

Sirius Black to second cousins Orion Black and Walburga Black

Peter Pettigrew

James Potter

• 1961

Regulus Black to second cousins Orion Black and Walburga Black

• 1962

Bartemius Crouch Jr. to Bartemius Crouch Sr. and his wife

• 1970

November 29 - Bill Weasley to Arthur Weasley and Molly Prewett

• 1972

December 12 - Charlie Weasley to Arthur Weasley and Molly Prewett

• c. 1972/3

Nymphadora Tonks to Ted Tonks and Andromeda Black

• c. 1975

Stan Shunpike

• 1976

August 22 - Percy Weasley to Arthur Weasley and Molly Prewett

• 1977

Cedric Diggory to Amos Diggory and his wife

c. - Viktor Krum

c. - Fleur Delacour to an unknown wizard and a half-Veela

• 1978

April 1 - Fred and George Weasley to Arthur Weasley and Molly Prewett

• 1979

September 19 - Hermione Jane Granger to Mr and Mrs Granger, Muggle dentists

c. - Cho Chang

• 1980

March 1 - Ronald Bilius Weasley to Arthur Weasley and Molly Prewett

June 5 - Draco Malfoy to Lucius Malfoy and Narcissa Black

June 22 - Dudley Dursley to Vernon Dursley and Petunia Evans

July 30 - Neville Longbottom to Frank and Alice Longbottom

July 31 - Harry James Potter to James Potter and Lily Evans

• 1981

August 11 - Ginevra Molly Weasley to Arthur Weasley and Molly Prewett

c. - Colin Creevey

c. - Luna Lovegood to the editor of The Quibbler and his wife

• c. 1982

Romilda Vane

• c. 1983

Dennis Creevey

• c. 1986

Gabrielle Delacour to an unknown wizard and a half-Veela

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Deaths

• 1492

October 31 - Nearly Headless Nick, by being partially beheaded

• 1926

December 31 - Merope Gaunt

Phineas Nigellus Black

• 1943

June 13 - Myrtle (surname unknown), a female Hogwarts student, who will become known as Moaning Myrtle, by the basilisk from the Chamber of Secrets under the influence of Tom Riddle

• 1979

Regulus Black, according to his brother Sirius he was murdered by Death Eaters because he wanted to leave them. (Never confirmed, so this is, at present, pure speculation on the part of Sirius.)

Orion Black

• 1981

October 31 - James and Lily Potter, from an attack by Lord Voldemort

• 1985

Walburga Black

• c. 1990

Luna Lovegood's mother, in an accident when an experimental spell backfires

• 1992

June - Professor Quirrell, died (as a result of Lord Voldemort abandoning him).

Nicolas Flamel and wife Perenelle die after the Philosopher's Stone is destroyed.

Lucretia Black

Cygnus Black

• 1994

Summer - Bertha Jorkins, murdered by Voldemort after he extracted information on the approaching Triwizard Tournament from her.

August - Frank Bryce, murdered by Voldemort for overhearing Voldemort and Pettigrew's plot to kill Harry Potter.

• 1995

May - Barty Crouch, by his son posing as Mad-Eye Moody after his attempt to inform Dumbledore of his son's escape.

June 24 - Cedric Diggory, murdered by Peter Pettigrew on Voldemort's orders

• 1996

June - Sirius Black, from falling through the veil in the Death Chamber in the Department of Mysteries.

Summer - Amelia Bones, murdered in the first days of the Second War, probably by Lord Voldemort himself.

Summer - Emmeline Vance, murdered by Death Eaters in the first days of the war, on information from Snape, in the vicinity of 10 Downing Street.

Summer - Igor Karkaroff murdered by Death Eaters because he betrayed them

Hannah Abbott's mother

• 1997

Spring - Aragog, passes on due to old age after Hagrid makes a valiant attempt to preserve his life.

June - Gibbon, a Death Eater, hit accidentally with an Avada Kedavra curse by one of his own allies, in the corridor leading up to the astronomy tower.

June - Albus Dumbledore, assasinated by Snape's Avada Kedavra curse on top of the astronomy tower after being previously weakened in an attempt to seize a Horcrux.

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External links

• Harry Potter Lexicon timeline www.hp-lexicon.org/timeline.html

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