1991

The following events occurred in the year **1991**:

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### June

* 23 June: Dudley Dursley's eleventh birthday; his parents take him, along with his cousin Harry Potter and best friend Piers Polkiss to the zoo. Harry speaks Parseltongue for the first time to a boa constrictor.

### July

* Harry and Dudley finish St. Grogory's Primary School. File:Diagon Alley-Hagrid and Harry.jpg
* Charlie Weasley and Nymphadora Tonks graduate from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
* 24 July: Harry Potter receives his letter, which Vernon and Petunia Dursley burn. Harry's bedroom is moved from the Cupboard Under the Stairs to Dudley's second bedroom.
* 30 July (Monday): The Dursley's and Harry row out and stay the night at the Hut-on-the-Rock.
* 31 July (Tuesday):
	+ Harry Potter's eleventh birthday; he is visited in the Hut-on-the-Rock by Rubeus Hagrid, who tells Harry of his wizard heritage and takes him to Diagon Alley for the first time the next morning.
	+ Quirinus Quirrell breaks into Gringotts Wizarding Bank, but fails to steal the Philosopher's Stone, which was already taken by Hagrid.

### August

* 19 August: Porpentina Scamander turns 90 years old.

### September

* 1 September: Harry and his classmates begin at Hogwarts.
* 12 September: Harry Potter becomes the youngest Seeker in a century for the Gryffindor Quidditch team.

### October

* 31 October: During the Hallowe'en feast at Hogwarts, a mountain troll is let loose by Professor Quirrell, who looks for the Philosopher's Stone. Harry Potter and Ron Weasley save Hermione Granger from the troll, and the three become friends.

### November

* 9 November: Harry plays his first Quidditch match.

### December

* 25 December: Harry receives his late father's Invisibility Cloak from Albus Dumbledore as a Christmas present. He also finds the Mirror of Erised and sees his family for the first time.

### Individuals that started at Hogwarts

#### Gryffindor

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* Lavender Brown
* Seamus Finnigan
* Hermione Granger
* Neville Longbottom
* Parvati Patil
* Harry Potter
* Dean Thomas
* Ronald Weasley
* Unidentified brown-haired Gryffindor girl
* Unidentified red-haired Gryffindor girl

#### Hufflepuff

* Hannah Abbott
* Susan Bones
* Justin Finch-Fletchley
* Wayne Hopkins
* Megan Jones
* Ernest Macmillan
* Leanne

#### Ravenclaw

* Terry Boot
* Mandy Brocklehurst
* Michael Corner
* Anthony Goldstein
* Sue Li
* Morag MacDougal
* Padma Patil
* Lisa Turpin

#### Slytherin

* Millicent Bulstrode
* Vincent Crabbe
* Tracey Davis
* Gregory Goyle
* Daphne Greengrass
* Draco Malfoy
* Theodore Nott
* Pansy Parkinson
* Blaise Zabini

#### Unknown

* Stephen Cornfoot (Hufflepuff or Ravenclaw)
* Kevin Entwhistle (Hufflepuff or Ravenclaw)
* Roger Malone (Hufflepuff or Ravenclaw)
* Lily Moon (Hufflepuff or Slytherin)
* Oliver Rivers (Hufflepuff or Ravenclaw)
* Sally-Anne Perks (Gryffindor, Hufflepuff or Slytherin)
* Sophie Roper (Gryffindor, Hufflepuff or Slytherin)
* Runcorn (Gryffindor, Hufflepuff or Slytherin)
* Sally Smith (Gryffindor, Hufflepuff or Slytherin)

### Individuals that graduated from Hogwarts

#### Gryffindor

* Ben Copper (possibly)
* Charles Weasley (possibly)
* Corey Hayden (possibly)
* Jae Kim (possibly)
* Thorin (possibly)
* Wilfred Levi Kidd (possibly)
* Unidentified Gryffindor Girl (possibly)

#### Hufflepuff

* Nymphadora Tonks (possibly)
* Penny Haywood (possibly)
* Diego Caplan (possibly)
* Chiara Lobosca (possibly)

#### Ravenclaw

* Tulip Karasu (possibly)
* Andre Egwu (possibly)
* Talbott Winger (possibly)
* Badeea Ali (possibly)
* Victor Ketsueki (possibly)
* Unidentified Ravenclaw Boy (possibly)

#### Slytherin

* Merula Snyde (possibly)
* Barnaby Lee (possibly)
* Ismelda Murk (possibly)
* Liz Tuttle (possibly)
* Unidentified Slytherin Boy (possibly)

#### House unknown

* Jacob's sibling (possibly)
* Marina Sanchez (possibly)

## Deaths

* Arcturus Black III
* Magenta Comstock
* Perpetua Fancourt
* Tilly Toke
* Between 13 February, 1990, and 12 February, 1991: Pandora Lovegood

## Behind the scenes

* 13 January: Genevieve Gaunt, the actress who played Pansy Parkinson in Template:POA, is born.
* 17 February: Bonnie Wright, the actress who played Ginny Weasley in the *Harry Potter* films, is born.
* 20 March: Grace Bruce, who played a Snatcher, is born.
* 21 April: Frank Dillane, the actor who played young Tom Riddle in Template:HBP, is born.
* 14 May: Chessie Healy, who played a Gryffindor student in Template:COS and Template:HBP, is born.
* 3 June: Jamie Marks, who played Ernie Macmillan, is born.
* 16 June: Ryan Nelson, who played Michael Corner, is born.
* 16 August: Evanna Lynch, the actress who played Luna Lovegood in the *Harry Potter* films, is born.
* 7 September: Jennifer Veal, voice actor for Daisy Rabe, Zenobia Noke, and Sophronia Franklin in Template:HL, was born.
* 18 October: Toby Regbo, the actor who played a young Albus Dumbledore in the *Harry Potter* films and Template:COG, is born.

## See also

* Dating conventions

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## Notes and references

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1. ↑ Template:PS - see this image.
2. ↑ Template:PS
3. ↑ In Britain, students leave primary school for high school when they are eleven. Summer break starts in the middle of July and Harry wouldn't have turned eleven until the end of July, so he was only ten when he left. Harry would have left anyway, since he received his letter for Hogwarts after and started there shortly after his eleventh birthday.
4. ↑ Charlie Weasley was born in December 1972 according to both Template:JKRS and the fact he was just over seven years older than Ron who was definitively born in March 1980. This means he started Hogwarts in September 1984. Nymphadora said she was in the same year as Charlie at Hogwarts in Template:OOTP. Therefore, they both would have left in July 1991.
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Template:PS - "Monday. This reminded Harry of something. If it was Monday — and you could usually count on Dudley to know the days of the week, because of television — then tomorrow, Tuesday, was Harry’s eleventh birthday."
6. ↑ Template:PS
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10. ↑ 10.00 10.01 10.02 10.03 10.04 10.05 10.06 10.07 10.08 10.09 10.10 10.11 10.12 10.13 10.14 10.15 10.16 10.17 10.18 10.19 10.20 10.21 10.22 10.23 10.24 10.25 10.26 10.27 10.28 Template:WW
11. ↑ 11.00 11.01 11.02 11.03 11.04 11.05 11.06 11.07 11.08 11.09 11.10 11.11 Template:PS
12. ↑ 12.00 12.01 12.02 12.03 12.04 12.05 12.06 12.07 12.08 12.09 12.10 12.11 12.12 12.13 12.14 12.15 12.16 12.17 12.18 12.19 Template:HM
13. ↑ Template:HM
14. ↑ Template:HM
15. ↑ Template:HM
16. ↑ Template:OOTP Since Tonks says she "only qualified a year ago" to become an Auror and it is determined in Template:OOTP the training takes three years to complete, she could only have left school in September 1991, placing her date of birth in either late 1972 or 1973. Eleven years later is 1984.
17. ↑ Template:HM
18. ↑ Black Family Tapestry
19. ↑ Wizard of the Month
20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 Template:PM
21. ↑ In Template:OOTP, Luna says she was nine when her mother died. J.K. Rowling later confirmed that Luna's birthday was February 13th, meaning Pandora died between Luna's 9th and 10th birthday.
22. ↑ Template:Wikilink
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24. ↑ Jamie Marks profile on A&J Management website
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