1996/97

The **1996/97** scholastic year is the year starting on 1 Sep 1996 and ending on 31 Aug 1997. This page lists events known to have occurred during this year, although the exact date may or may not be known.

See also the calendar years 1996 and 1997. Events with more uncertain dates may be found in the decade 1990s or the century 1900s.

## Canonical plot

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Main article: **1997** at *The Harry Potter Wiki*
* 20 December: Slughorn's Christmas party.
* 1 March: Ron accidentally consumes a Love Potion that Romilda Vane intended for Harry, then drinks poisoned mead that Draco had intended for Dumbledore; Harry saves him with a bezoar.
* 8 March: Hufflepuff wins a Quidditch match against Gryffindor, 320 to 60.
* 20 April: The acromantula Aragog dies; Hagrid removes his corpse from the Forbidden Forest to prevent the other acromantulas from eating it.
* 21 April: Harry and Horace Slughorn attend Aragog's funeral; Harry drinks Felix Felicis and is able to get Slughorn's memory of discussing horcruxes with Tom Riddle.
* 22 April: Harry and Dumbledore view Slughorn's memory and discover the truth of Voldemort's multiple horcruxes. Katie Bell returns from St Mungo's.
* 10 May: Gryffindor wins a Quidditch match against Ravenclaw, 450 to 140. Harry and Ginny begin dating.
* 30 June: Harry is told by Sybill Trelawney that Snape overheard her giving the prophecy about Harry and Voldemort. Later that same day, Harry and Dumbledore retrieve the fake locket horcrux from a cave and learn of the existence of "R.A.B.". As they return to Hogwarts, Draco Malfoy smuggles several Death Eaters into the castle and the Battle of the Astronomy Tower ensues. Draco confronts Dumbledore, while Harry is hidden under his Invisibility Cloak. Draco disarms Dumbledore, unknowingly claiming possession of the Elder Wand's loyalty, but doesn't kill him, lowering his wand at the last moment. Severus Snape appears in the Astronomy Tower with several Death Eaters, kills Dumbledore and flees the school.
* Early July: Hermione discovers that Snape's mother was Eileen Prince. The next day, Dumbledore's funeral is held at Hogwarts, and the Elder Wand is buried with him. Ron and Hermione commit to the hunt for Voldemort's horcruxes. Harry breaks up with Ginny because he believes they are not safe together. Several Death Eaters escape from Azkaban.
* Mid-July: Charity Burbage is murdered at a Death Eater meeting at Malfoy Manor. After reading about increasing attacks against Muggle-borns, Hermione places a Memory Charm on her parents to remove their memories of her, gives them new identities and arranges for them to "retire" to Australia permanently. The Dursleys pack up their home at Privet Drive and leave it for parts unknown at Harry's urging.
* 27 July: The Battle of the Seven Potters.
* 1 August: Voldemort takes over the Ministry of Magic, installing Pius Thicknesse as puppet Minister under the Imperius Curse. The Burrow and other residences affiliated with the Order of the Phoenix are attacked by Death Eaters.

## Para-canonical plot

(Non-canonical events that *complement* canon)

* 18 October: Death Eaters rampage through Knockturn Alley, destroying the shops of people not supporting Voldemort.
* 21 October: Jessie Tickes is made full partner of Jas. W. Tickes and Sons.
* 23 October: Jessie Tickes elected Chair of the Diagon Alley Chamber of Commerce.
* 26 October: Jessie Tickes acquires the property 93 Diagon Alley (housing Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes) in order to avoid the former landlord foreclosing and evicting the tenants.
* 28 October: First day of the Fall meeting of the Chronologie Mechanique in Bern, Switzerland. Jessie Tickes sits her mastery, alongside Paul Deroulede, Niels Nielsen VIII, Hans Prosser and Vladimir Selnikov, and passes it with high honours. It is not clear how long the meeting is, but she leaves the following Sunday (3 November), returning to London on Monday morning.
* 1 November: Muggle Madness Night at The Sticky Lick.
* July: Voldemort attacks and "conscripts" the Greengrass family; Daphne Greengrass escapes but is mauled by Greyback and becomes a werewolf. (Date uncertain: during the July full moon of 1997, so properly 19 or 20 July, but the author did not check the phases (at least for 1997) and counting the days in the story gives rather around 7-9 July.)

## Contra-canonical plot

(Non-canonical events that *contradict* canon)

## Deaths

* 1 November: Ms Price-Fortescue ("a few days before" Ms Fortescue-Price (see below) but the same weekend)
* 3 November: Ms Fortescue-Price (the night before Jessie Tickes' return from the Chronologie Mechanique meeting)
* 20 April: **Aragog**
* 30 June: **Albus Dumbledore**, **Gibbon**
* 27 July: **Hedwig (owl)**, **Alastor Moody**
* 1 August: **Rufus Scrimgeour**

### Date unknown

* **Hannah Abbott's mother**: September or October
* Mirabelle Bonnet: winter or early spring (contra-canonical)
* **Charity Burbage**: mid-July
* **Montgomery**: April

## Marriages

* Early July: **Remus Lupin** and **Nymphadora Tonks**
* 1 August: **Bill Weasley** and **Fleur Delacour** at the Burrow.

## References

1. ↑ *The Family Clock*, Chapter 8
2. ↑ *The Family Clock*, Chapter 13
3. ↑ *The Family Clock*, Chapter 17
4. ↑ *The Family Clock*, Chapter 23
5. ↑ *The Family Clock*, Chapter 27
6. ↑ *The Family Clock*, Chapter 28
7. ↑ *The Family Clock*, Chapter 31
8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 *The Family Clock*, Chapter 32
9. ↑ *The Family Clock*, Chapter 19
10. ↑ *The Power of Seven*, Chapter 57
11. ↑ *The Power of Seven*, Chapter 58
12. ↑ StarDate.org Moon Phase Calculator
13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 *The Code*, Chapter 20
14. ↑ *The Family Clock*, Chapter 1
15. ↑ *The Family Clock*, Chapter 6
16. ↑ *The Family Clock*, Chapter 10
17. ↑ *The Power of Seven*, Chapter 1
18. ↑ *The Power of Seven*, Chapter 2
19. ↑ *The Power of Seven*, Chapter 10
20. ↑ *The Power of Seven*, Chapter 21
21. ↑ *The Power of Seven*, Chapter 39
22. ↑ *The Power of Seven*, Chapter 46
23. ↑ *The Power of Seven*, Chapter 51
24. ↑ *The Power of Seven*, Chapter 53
25. ↑ *The Power of Seven*, Chapter 54
26. ↑ *The Power of Seven*, Chapter 58
27. ↑ *The Power of Seven*, Chapter 64
28. ↑ *The Power of Seven*, Chapter 65
29. ↑ *The Power of Seven*, Chapter 66
30. ↑ *The Power of Seven*, Chapter 68
31. ↑ *The Power of Seven*, Chapter 69
32. ↑ *The Power of Seven*, Chapter 70
33. ↑ *The Power of Seven*, Chapter 71
34. ↑ *The Power of Seven*, Chapter 72
35. ↑ *The Power of Seven*, Chapter 73
36. ↑ *The Power of Seven*, Chapter 74
37. ↑ *The Power of Seven*, Chapter 75
38. ↑ *The Power of Seven*, Chapter 76
39. ↑ *The Power of Seven*, Chapter 77
40. ↑ *The Power of Seven*, Chapter 78
41. ↑ *The Power of Seven*, Chapter 79
42. ↑ The Prisoner, Chapter 14
43. ↑ *The Family Clock*, Chapter 33