1997/98

The **1997/98** scholastic year is the year starting on 1 Sep 1997 and ending on 31 Aug 1998. 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 1997 and 1998. Events with more uncertain dates may be found in the decade 1990s or the century 1900s.

## Canon plot

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Main article: **1998** at *The Harry Potter Wiki*
* 1 September: School starts. Snape's appointment as headmaster is announced.
* 2 September: Harry, Hermione and Ron infiltrate the Ministry of Magic.
* Early October: Ron goes to Shell Cottage. Neville, Luna and Ginny attempt to steal the Sword of Gryffindor.
* Start of Christmas holidays: Luna is captured by Death Eaters and locked up in Malfoy Manor.
* 24 December: Nagini attacks Harry and Hermione in Godric's Hollow.
* 28 December: Ron returns; Salazar Slytherin's locket is destroyed.
* 30 December: Ambush at the Lovegood house.
* Around Easter (12 April): Skirmish at Malfoy Manor. Harry, Hermione and Ron are captured by Snatchers but eventually rescued by Dobby, along with Luna and several other prisoners. The news of this interrupts Voldemort as he interrogates Gellert Grindelwald in Nurmengard, with the result that he kills him instead. The Weasley family goes into hiding.
* Middle of April: Neville hides in the Room of Requirement, joined by other DA members over the next two weeks.
* 1 May: Harry, Hermione and Ron break into Gringotts, obtaining Helga Hufflepuff's cup.
* 2 May: Battle of Hogwarts.
* After the battle: Kingsley Shacklebolt is named Acting Minister for Magic
* Before the start of the next school year: Minerva McGonagall is appointed headmistress of Hogwarts

## Births

### Date unknown

* **Teddy Lupin**: April
* Victoire: late March to early May (conceived in the late first half of July 1997)

## Deaths

* 2 September: **Mykew Gregorovitch**
* 1 May: **Bogrod**, **Griphook**
* 2 May: **Lavender Brown**, **Vincent Crabbe**, **Colin Creevey**, **Bellatrix Lestrange**, **Nagini**, **Remus Lupin**, **Nymphadora Lupin**, **Scabior**, **Severus Snape**, **Voldemort**, **Fred Weasley**

### Date unknown

* **Bathilda Bagshot**: between July and 24 December
* **Dirk Cresswell**: March (reported on Potterwatch)
* **Dobby**: late March or early April (Easter was 9-13 April)
* Lewis Gibson: February or early March (reported on Potterwatch in early-to-mid March)
* **Gornuk**: March (reported on Potterwatch)
* Matthew Greenweed: February or early March (reported on Potterwatch in early-to-mid March)
* **Gellert Grindelwald**: late March or early April (Easter was 9-13 April)
* Grace Hartwood: February or early March (reported on Potterwatch in early-to-mid March)
* Samantha Jones: February or early March (reported on Potterwatch in early-to-mid March)
* Maypenny: Late December
* Dominic McGrath: February or early March (reported on Potterwatch in early-to-mid March)
* **Julie Parkes**: before 24 December
* **Peter Pettigrew**: late March or early April (Easter was 9-13 April)
* Annabelle Snowbloom: February or early March (reported on Potterwatch in early-to-mid March)
* **Ted Tonks**: March (reported on Potterwatch)

## References

1. ↑ *The Power of Seven*, Chapter 50
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 *Isolation*, Chapter 29