1992-1993 school year

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## 1992-1993 school year

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1993-1994 school year

*Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets* takes place during the **1992-1993 school year** at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. That year, the Chamber of Secrets was opened for the second time since the 1942-1943 school year.

## Events

In September, Gilderoy Lockhart, a famed author, began teaching Defence Against the Dark Arts. Dobby blocked the way to Platform Nine and Three-Quarters to stop Harry Potter getting to school. Harry and Ronald Weasley take a flying Ford Anglia and drive to school. Seven Muggles saw them. They then crashed the car into the Whomping Willow.

Ginevra Weasley was given a book which turned out to be Tom Riddle's Diary. She bought the book to school and it possessed her into opening the Chamber of Secrets. Sir Nick held a 500th Deathday Party on Hallowe'en. Mrs Norris was Petrified by the Basilisk. Harry found the cat by writing on a wall saying that the Chamber was opened and warning for "Enemies of the Heir". Because Harry was found at the scene, people begin to think Harry was the Heir of Slytherin.

In Gryffindor and Slytherin's first Quidditch match, Dobby caused a Bludger to go rogue and attack Harry. Harry got the Golden Snitch anyway but he then fell off the broom, breaking his arm. Professor Lockhart attempted to heal Harry's broken bone using a spell, rendering it boneless. In Duelling Club, Harry convinced people he was in fact the Heir of Slytherin when he attempted to save Justin Finch-Fletchley from a snake and found out he was able to speak Parseltongue. He later found Justin Finch-Fletchley and Sir Nick Petrified.

Professor Sprout began growing Mandrakes to full-size in order to bring Petrified people back using a Mandrake Restorative Draught. By April, the whole school began to think that the problem was over because the last petrification was in December. But soon, they found Hermione Granger and Penelope Clearwater Petrified in the Library. The whole school was given a curfew.

Hagrid was blamed for being the Heir based on what happened in the 1942-1943 school year, and he was sent to Azkaban. Headteacher Professor Dumbledore was sacked by the Board of Governors, leaving Professor McGonagall temporary Head. Teachers began taking students around the school.

Ginny was locked in the Chamber and Tom Riddle's Diary was siphoning her life force. Harry and Ron worked out the location of the Chamber and made Professor Lockhart go with them. Lockhart was struck by a Memory Charm and had no idea who he was. Harry faced the Basilisk and Tom Riddle, who Harry found out was Voldemort. Harry killed the Basilisk and destroyed Tom Riddle's Diary. He saved Ginny and he and Ron would be awarded 400 points each for bravery.

Hagrid came back from Azkaban and anyone Petrified got bought back in time for a celebratory feast. Every examination was cancelled.

## Students and staff

### Students

* Ginny Weasley, Colin Creevey and Luna Lovegood's year began attending.
* Harry Potter's year attended their second-year.

## Known schedules

* Based on the orders in which subjects above and those taking place on unknown dates,it appears they had 3 periods in the morning, then lunch followed by two other periods.
* The following subjects happened in these orders on an unknown day:
	+ Double Herbology in the morning, then Transfiguration followed by lunch and then Defence Against the Dark Arts.
	+ Potions, Herbology and Defence Against the Darks (which probably happened in one morning because they happened one after the other without lunch).
	+ Charms was held one late afternoon.
	+ Transfiguration was the first subject of one morning.
	+ One morning, Defence Against the Dark Arts, and then mid-morning History of Magic.

* Fourth-year Care of Magical Creatures may have took place at one point on Friday.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 4
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 5
3. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 8
4. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 9
5. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 10
6. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 11
7. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 12
8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 13
9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 14
10. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 17
11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 18
12. ↑ Professor Sinistra was not mentioned in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets but she was the Professor in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. The same for the Professor of Divination and Study of Ancient Runes.
13. ↑ From Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets onwards, Harry no longer took Flying so it's unknown whether Rolanda continued to teach the subject of Flying.