1991

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

## Events

* **7 January:** Altair Black turns eleven years old.
* **2 February:** Melania Black, wife of Arcturus Black III, and grandmother of Aquila and Altair Black, dies aged 89 of dragon pox in Ilminster, Somerset, England.
* **6 February:** Maisie Cattermole turns ten years old.
* **18 February:** Members of the Black family attend the funeral of Melania Black.
* **27 February:** Arcturus Black III, Head of the Noble and Most Ancient House of Black, and grandfather of Altair and Aquila Black, dies aged 90 of dragon pox in Ilminster, Somerset, England. Orion Black becomes Head of the House of Black, while Tarry becomes the Heir Apparent. Unbeknownst to the Blacks (although slightly suspected by Orion), Sirius Black III has become the Heir of the House in Azkaban Prison.
* **1 March:** Ronald Weasley turns eleven years old.
* **7 March:** The funeral of Arcturus Black III is held in Tisbury, Wiltshire, England.
* **14 March:** Ophelia Brown turns ten years old.
* **25 March:** A will reading of the last wishes of Arcturus Black III is conducted. He leaves his only male child, Orion Black, everything that he owns. His eldest child and only daughter, Lucretia, the widow of Ignatius Prewett, was left a small property and a small amount of money.
* **6 May:** Alfred Cattermole is born to Mary Cattermole and Reginald Cattermole in Evesham, Worcestershire, England.
* **5 June:** Draco Malfoy turns eleven years old.
* **23 June:** Dudley Dursley's eleventh birthday takes place; 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.
* **2 July:** Harry Potter and Dudley Dursley finish at St. Grogory's Primary School.
* **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. Altair Black does not receive a Hogwarts letter. Tarry and Aquila are invited to Malfoy Manor by Narcissa Malfoy to celebrate, but Walburga informs the Malfoys that both of their children are sick and cannot come.
* **31 July:** Harry Potter turns eleven years old. He is visited in the Hut-on-the-Rock by Rubeus Hagrid, who tells Harry of his wizard heritage.
* **1 August:** Harry Potter is taken to Diagon Alley by Rubeus Hagrid for the first time. On the same day, Narcissa Malfoy and Lucius Malfoy take their son, Draco, shopping for supplies. They end up meeting for the first time in the robe shop of Madam Malkin’s.
* **11 August:** Ginny Weasley turns ten years old.
* **21 August:** Narcissa Malfoy attempts to visit the Black family at 12 Grimmauld Place, but is turned away.
* **30 August:** Orion Black murders his eleven-year-old son, Altair Black, inside the study at 12 Grimmauld Place in front of his wife and young daughter.
* **31 August:** The Ministry, along with the Malfoy family, are led to believe that Altair Black has died of dragon pox. His death is covered up by Orion and Walburga whose beliefs are that nobody should know that he was a squib.
* **1 September:** Harry Potter, Ronald Weasley, Hermione Granger, Neville Longbottom, and Draco Malfoy (among others) leave for Hogwarts for the very first time. Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Neville are sorted into Gryffindor House during the school’s Sorting Ceremony.
* **2 September:** A little after midnight, Altair Black is buried in Aquila’s grandfather Pollux’s makeshift grave that was originally created for Regulus, on the grounds of the Summer House in Castle Gate, Cornwall.
* **7 September:** Lucius and Narcissa Malfoy finally tell their son Draco of Tarry’s death, at the end of his first week at school.
* **12 September:** Harry Potter becomes the youngest Seeker in a century for the Gryffindor Quidditch team after Draco Malfoy challenges him to catch Neville Longbottom’s remembrall, which he stole.
* **31 October:** During the Halloween feast at Hogwarts, a mountain troll is let loose by Professor Quirrell, who looks for the Sorcerer's Stone. Harry Potter and Ron Weasley save Hermione Granger from the troll, and the three become friends.
* **4 November:** Aquila Black turns eleven years old.
* **23 December:** Ginny Weasley, Arthur Weasley, and Molly Weasley visit Charlie Weasley in Romania for Christmas.
* **24 December:** Orion Black commits suicide in his study. Several disgruntled Ministry investigators arrive, including Edalbert Crimble. The incident makes the *Daily Prophet*.
* **25 December:** Back at Hogwarts, Harry Potter 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.
* **27 December:** The day after Boxing Day, Orion Black is quietly tucked into the family vaults at Tisbury. There is no large-scale funeral, but Aquila sees her uncle, Cygnus Black IV, on that day (he had made Black Manor his permanent residence).
* **30 December:** Walburga suffers a psychotic rage; it frightens Aquila so much that she begs to come stay with Narcissa.

## Hogwarts

### Individuals who Graduated from Hogwarts:

The following individuals completed their education at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in June of 1991.

* Ben Copper
* Kirstie Davies
* Penny Haywood
* Frances Mallory
* Maud Prewett
* Merula Snyde
* Rowan Tofty
* Nymphadora Tonks
* Charles Weasley

### Individuals that Started at Hogwarts:

The following individuals began their education at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry on 1 September, 1991.

* Hannah Abbott (Hufflepuff)
* Terrence Boot (Ravenclaw)
* Amanda Brocklehurst (Hufflepuff)
* Lavender Brown (Gryffindor)
* Millicent Bulstrode (Slytherin)
* Michael Corner (Ravenclaw)
* Stephen Cornfoot (Ravenclaw)
* Vincent Crabbe (Slytherin)
* Tracey Davis (Slytherin)
* Fay Dunbar (Gryffindor)
* Kevin Entwhistle (Hufflepuff)
* Justin Finch-Fletchley (Hufflepuff)
* Seamus Finnigan (Gryffindor)
* Anthony Goldstein (Ravenclaw)
* Hermione Granger (Gryffindor)
* Daphne Greengrass (Slytherin)
* Gregory Goyle (Slytherin)
* Megan Jones (Hufflepuff)
* Sue Li (Ravenclaw)
* Neville Longbottom (Gryffindor)
* Isobel MacDougal (Ravenclaw)
* Morag MacDougal (Slytherin)
* Ernest Macmillan (Hufflepuff)
* Draco Malfoy (Slytherin)
* Lily Moon (Ravenclaw)
* Theodore Nott (Slytherin)
* Pansy Parkinson (Slytherin)
* Padma Patil (Ravenclaw)
* Parvati Patil (Gryffindor)
* Sally-Anne Perks (Hufflepuff)
* Harry Potter (Gryffindor)
* Salome Smith (Hufflepuff)
* Zacharias Smith (Hufflepuff)
* Dean Thomas (Gryffindor)
* Lisa Turpin (Ravenclaw)
* Ronald Weasley (Gryffindor)
* Blaise Zabini (Slytherin)

## News

* **2 February:** Melania E. Black (née Macmillan) has died at the age of 89 in Somerset, leaving behind her beloved husband, Arcturus Black III, a son, Orion Black, 61, and three grandchildren.
* **27 February:** Arcturus Black III, Head of the Noble and Most Ancient House of Black, passes away aged 89 years in Somerset, England. The Headship is inherited by his eldest son, Orion Black, age 61, therefore elevating his grandson, Altair Black, age eleven, to Heir.
* **7 September:** *"Altair Black, the eleven year old Heir to the House of Black, has died of dragon pox, the family confirms. The news comes just months after the death of his grandparents earlier in the year. He is the latest victim to be claimed in an outbreak which seems to have lingered since late 1989. The family asks for privacy at this time. . . ."*
* **25 December:** *"Orion Black, Head of the Noble and Most Ancient House of Black, has reportedly taken his own life this Christmas Eve. . . Ministry officials were called to the residence to report the suicide at approximately half past seven in the evening. 'No foul play has been suspected,' said Ministry Law Enforcement investigator Edalbert Crimble, 'An unfortunate scene to come to pass on Christmas Eve.' The 61 year old Black is best known for being the father of notorious mass murderer Sirius Black, who to this day remains in Azkaban Prison for his crime of murdering twelve muggles and one wizard, Peter Pettigrew, O.M., Third Class, who is by all counts a hero. . . 'We can only speculate as to why he did it,' to put it in the words of Edalbert Crimble, 'Terrible, terrible thing, really unfortunate. . .' Apart from his wayward oldest son, Black also leaves behind a wife and a young daughter. . . A deep dive into Orion Black's life reveals all, ladies and gentleman- head to page 5 for 'Mysterious Circumstances, Black as Blood? Skeeter investigates'."*

## Births

* **6 May:** Alfred Cattermole to Mary Elizabeth Cattermole and Reginald Cattermole in Evesham, Worcestershire, England.

## Deaths

* **6 January:** Alban Goshawk is dead at the age of 86 in King's Lynn, Norfolk, England.
* **2 February:** Melania E. Black (née Macmillan) passes away at the age of 89 in Somerset.
* **27 February:** Arcturus Black III, Head of the Noble and Most Ancient House of Black, died in Somerset. He had been 89 years old.
* **12 June:** Maurice Abbott, aged 89, dies in Barnstaple, Devon, England.
* **30 August:** Altair Black, aged 11, dies of dragon pox in the London Borough of Islington.
* **11 October:** Lyall Lupin, aged 62, passes away in the city of Cardiff in Glamorgan, Wales. He is united with his late wife, Hope, in death, but leaves behind a grown son, Remus, who currently resides in Yorkshire.