1992

The following events occurred in **1992**:

* Harry overhears Severus Snape arguing with Quirinus Quirrell in the corridor near the library.

### March

* Around mid-March: Hermione begins drawing up study schedules.

### Easter Holidays

* Harry, Ron, and Hermione run across Hagrid in the library studying about raising ***dragon***s and visit his hut to see his ***dragon egg***.

### April

* Norberta hatches.
* One week later: Norberta grows three-times in length.

### May

* c. 24 May: Harry overhears Quirrell arguing with Lord Voldemort, and assumes that Snape is threatening Quirrell again.
* c. 25 May: Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, Ron Weasley, and Draco Malfoy serve detention in the Forbidden Forest with Rubeus Hagrid. They spot a dead unicorn and Harry encounters Lord Voldemort for the first time since his infancy.

### June

* c. 4 June: Harry, Ron, and Hermione go on a quest to keep the Philosopher's Stone from Professor Quirrell, This results in Harry killing Quirrell. This left Harry pleased that he got the stone, but that joy lasted briefly as Voldemort leaves said physical world as a flying entity, flying through a shocked Harry and knocking him out with the stone still in his hand as a final act of revenge.
* c. 7 June: 3 days since he confronted Voldemort, Harry wakes up in the Hospital Wing.

### July

* 31 July:
	+ Harry Potter's twelfth birthday; he is visited by Dobby. He receives a warning from the ***Improper Use of Magic Office***.

### August

* 3 August: Harry is rescued from 4 Privet Drive by Ron and Fred and George Weasley, and they go to The Burrow.
* 19 August: Harry, Hermione, and the ***Weasleys*** shop in Diagon Alley. In ***Flourish and Blotts***, they meet Gilderoy Lockhart and Lucius Malfoy. Lucius slips an old school diary of Tom Riddle’s into Ginny Weasley's cauldron. He also starts a fight with Arthur Weasley.

### September

* 1 September: Ginny Weasley, Luna Lovegood, Colin Creevey and Harper begin at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Harry and Ron miss the Hogwarts Express and fly a car to school.
* 2 September: Ron Weasley receives a Howler from his mother.
* 5 September: The Chamber of Secrets is opened by Ginny Weasley, under the influence of Tom Riddle’s diary.
* Draco Malfoy becomes the Seeker of Slytherin Quidditch team.

### October

* 31 October: Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington's five-hundredth Deathday Party was held and the basilisk petrifies Mrs Norris.

### November

* 7 November: The rogue bludger breaks Harry's arm at the Gryffindor vs Slytherin Quidditch match (1992), and Professor Lockhart accidentally erases all the bones from it.
* 8 November: Colin Creevey is petrified by the basilisk.

### Winter

* A secret passage behind a mirror on the fourth floor caves in, forcing Fred and George to stop using it. It formerly led to Hogsmeade.

### December

* The week before Christmas: The British Ministry of Magic conducts a raid on Malfoy Manor, but fails to find anything.
* 10 December: Hermione Granger steals ingredients for Polyjuice Potion from Snape's office.
* 17 December: At the first meeting of the Duelling Club, Harry Potter speaks Parseltongue and many suspect that he is the Heir of Salazar Slytherin.
* 18 December: Justin Finch-Fletchley and Nearly-Headless Nick are petrified by the basilisk.
* 25 December: Hermione Granger finishes brewing Polyjuice Potion. Harry Potter and Ron Weasley use it to take on the appearances of Gregory Goyle and Vincent Crabbe, respectively, while Hermione accidentally turned partially into a Millicent Bulstrode's cat.

### Quidditch

* August: The Chudley Cannons were ninth in the British and Irish Quidditch League.

### Individuals who started at Hogwarts

#### Gryffindor

* Colin Creevey
* Ginny Weasley

## Deaths

* 4 June: Quirinus Quirrell
* Nicolas Flamel
* Perenelle Flamel
* Cassiopeia Black
* Cygnus Black III
* Lucretia Prewett (née Black)

## Behind the scenes

* **15 March**: ***Anna Shaffer***, who played ***Romilda Vane***, is born.
* **25 August**: ***Angelica Mandy***, who played ***Gabrielle Delacour***, is born.
* **30 September**: ***Ezra Miller***, who played ***Credence***, is born.
* **15 December**: ***Alexander Watson***, who played an extra twice, is born.

## Notes and references

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2. ↑ Template:PS - "“Hermione, the exams are ages away.” “Ten weeks,” Hermione snapped." Exams are commonly in early June.
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5. ↑ Template:PS - "The following morning, notes were delivered to Harry, Hermione, and Neville at the breakfast table. They were all the same: Your detention will take place at eleven o’clock tonight."
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13. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Prisoner Of Azkaban* (film) "“knows about these four –’ he pointed them out, ‘– but we’re sure we’re the only ones who know about these. Don’t bother with the one behind the mirror on the fourth floor. We used it until last winter, but it’s caved in – completely blocked"
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21. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Order Of The Phoenix* (film) Ginny says "Luna’s in my year, but in Ravenclaw.” According to Template:COS, Ginny started Hogwarts in September 1992 so Luna would have done too
22. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince* (film) "No idea, but it’s great for us,” said Ginny brightly. “They’re playing Harper instead; he’s in my year and he’s an idiot"
23. ↑ According to *Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince* (film), Montgomery was five when he died in April so he would be born between April 1991 and April 1992
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25. ↑ 25.0 25.1 Template:PS "They have enough Elixir stored to set their affairs in order and then, yes, they will die"
26. ↑ 26.0 26.1 Black Family Tapestry