Harry Potter Timeline

This is the timeline for the book and movie series, as well as Fantastic Beasts and The Cursed Child. For the making of Harry Potter's timeline, see 'Harry Potter making timeline'.

1214: Ignotus Peverell is born on the 12th July.

1292: Ignotus Peverell dies on 19 May, passing down the Invisibility Cloak to his son.

1881: Albus Dumbledore is born.

1897: Newt Scamander is born.

1914: Newt Scamander leaves Hogwarts.

1926: Tom Marvolo Riddle is born.

1927: New Scamander publishes Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.

1928: Rubeus Hagrid is born.

1937: Minerva McGonagall starts at Hogwarts.

1938: Dumbeldore offers Tom Riddle a place at Hogwarts. He is sorted into Slytherin.

1940: Hagrid starts at Hogwarts.

1943: Tom Riddle opens the Chamber of Secrets, framing Hagrid.

1945: Dumbledore defeats Grindelwald.

1951: Rita Skeeter and Bellatrix Black are born.

1954: Lucius Malfoy is born.

1960: Lily Evans and James Potter are born.

1965: Remus Lupin is bitten by werewolf Fenrir Greyback.

1971: Lily Evans, James Potter, Remus Lupin, Sirius Black, Peter Pettigrew, and Severus Snape start Hogwarts.

1975: James Potter, Sirius Black and Peter Pettigrew become Animagi.

1976: In June, Severus Snape calls Lily Evans a mudblood, ending their friendship.

1980: On July 31, Harry Potter is born.

1981: On October 31, Voldermort attacks the Potter, killing Lily and James. His own curse turns on him when he tries to kill baby Harry. In November, Sirius Black is sent to Azkaban after apparently betraying the Potters and killing Peter Pettigrew and 12 muggles. Harry is taken to live with the Dursleys, also in November.

1991: On July 31, Harry Potter meets Hagrid and discovers he's a wizard. On September 1, he starts Hogwarts, and so do Ron Weasly, Hermionie Granger and Draco Malfoy. On December 25, he recieves his father's Invisibilty Cloak as an anonymous gift.

1992: In May, Hagrid has a dragon egg, which hatches and is sent to Charlie Weasly in Romania. In June, Harry Potter goes after the Philosopher's stone and defeats Voldermort and Quirrel. In July, he meets Dobby the House-Elf.

1993: In May, Harry defeats a basilisk and the first horcrux of Tom Riddle in the Chamber of Secrets. In August, he accidentally inflates his aunt, sees Sirius Black's animagus form for the first time and escapes to the Leaky Cauldron via the Knight Bus. In December, he recieves the Marauders' Map from Fred and George Weasly.

1994: In June, Harry discovers Sirius Black and finds out he's innocent, rescues him but loses Peter Pettigrew. In August, the Quidditch World Cup. There is Death Eater activity, and a Dark Mark in the sky.

1994: On October 31, Harry Potter is named the 'fourth' champion in the Tri-Wizard Tournament, to everyone's outrage.

1995: In June, the Third Tri-Wizard Task. Voldemort is reborn and the Death Eaters called. Harry Potter escapes with the dead body of Cedric Diggory. In August, Dementors come to Little Whinging and attack Harry Potter and Dudley Dursley. Kingsley Shacklebolt is convinced to join the Order of the Phoenix.

1996: In April, Dumbledore departs Hogwarts rather than be arrested, and Dolores Umbridge is named Headmistress in his place. In June, the Battle at the Ministry takes place, and Sirius Black is killed. Harry is told about the prophecy which states of Voldemort and himself that 'neither can live whilst the other survives'.

1997: In June, Harry goes to find a (as it turns out, fake) horcrux with Dumbledore. Dumbledore is killed by Snape after Death Eaters are let into Hogwarts by Draco Malfoy. In August, The Ministry falls to Voldermort's supporters on the day of Bill Weasly and Fleur Delacour's wedding. In September, Harry, Ron and Hermionie steal the locket horcrux from MOM. In December, Ron destroys the locket horcrux.

1998: In March, Harry, Hermionie and Ron are captured and taken to Malfoy Manor, where they are rescued by Dobby, who dies in the attempt. In April, Teddy Lupin is born and Harry is the godfather. In May, Harry, Ron and Hermionie break into Gringotts and escape with a horcrux on a dragon. Also in May, the Battle of Hogwarts takes place, Harry defeats Voldermort, Hermionie and Ron destroy a horcrux in the Chamber of Secrets, Neville Longbottom defeats Nagini, and Remus Lupin, Nympadora Lupin (nee Tonks) and Fred Weasly die. Delphini is born.

2000: Harry Potter and Ginny Weasly marry.

2003: James Sirius Potter is born.

2005: Albus Severus Potter, Rose Weasly and Scorpius Malfoy are born.

2007: Kingsley Shacklebolt becomes Minister for Magic and recruits Harry as an Auror.

2008: Lily Luna Potter and Hugo Weasly are born.

2015: On September 1, James Sirius Potter starts Hogwarts and is sorted into Gryffindor. Teddy Lupin is now in Hufflepuff and Head Boy.

2017: On September 1, Albus Severus Potter, Scorpius Malfoy and Rose Weasly start at Hogwarts. Albus and Scorpius are sorted into Slytherin whilst Rose finds herself in Gryffindor. Harry is now the Head of Magical Law Enforcement at MOM, Hermionie is Minister for Magic and Ron manages Weasly's Wizard Wheezes in Diagon Alley.