Harry Potter Timeline

Harry is born

Jul 31, 1980

The Life and Times of Harry Potter

Period: Jul 31, 1980 to Sep 1, 2017

Parents murdered by Voldemort

Oct 31, 1981

Harry survives

Baby Harry arrives at Privet Drive

Nov 1, 1981

Delivered via Hagrid

Harry's 11th Birthday

Jul 31, 1991

Or, Hagrid fetches Harry for Hogwarts.

Hogwarts acceptance letters arrive

Aug 24, 1991

No post on Sundays. Or is there.

Harry meets Ron and Co.

Sep 1, 1991

Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger, Draco Malfoy, Neville Longbottom, etc.

Harry's First Quidditch match

Nov 13, 1991

circa mid-November

Harry discovers the Mirror of Erised

Dec 25, 1991

Sees parents for the first time.

Quirrell/Voldemort Showdown

May 3, 1992

The scar. It burns.

Harry Triumphs Over Voldemort

May 3, 1992

Back to the Dursleys'

Jun 10, 1992

For now.

Harry's 12th Birthday

Jul 31, 1992

Make a wish, Harry.

Weasleys' Rescue Harry

Aug 3, 1992

Courtesy of the flying Ford Anglia.

Chamber of Secrets is reopened

Sep 8, 1992

This is a problem.

The Basilisk Petrifies its First Victim!

Oct 31, 1992

No one liked Mrs. Norris anyway.

Hermione is Petrified

May 8, 1993

Penelope Clearwater too, but that is rather irrelevant.

Harry and Ron Discover the Chamber of Secrets

May 29, 1993

Secrets. Secrets. Secrets.

Harry Defeats Ghost-Voldemort

May 29, 1993

Harry kills the Basilisk and uses its fang to stab Tom Riddle's Diary. He saves Ginny's life, destroys the spirit-like form of Voldemort, and Lockhart's memory is wiped when Obliviate backfires with Ron's broken wand. Oh, and Harry's only 12. Time to reevaluate your life.

Sirius Black Escapes Azkaban

Jul 30, 1993

Just in time!

Harry's 13th Birthday

Jul 31, 1993

Or, Aunt Marge comes for a visit.

Harry Explodes Aunt Marge

Aug 7, 1993

Harry blows up Aunt Marge and runs away on the Knight Bus. He hides out in the Leaky Cauldron until Ron and Hermione can meet him.

Ron and Hermione Meet with Harry

Aug 31, 1993

The trio meets in Diagon Alley.

Hogwarts is Surrounded by Dementors

Sep 1, 1993

Just in time for school to start. Also, Harry meets Remus Lupin.

Sirius Black breaks into Hogwarts

Oct 31, 1993

Slashes the Fat Lady in pursuit of Peter Pettigrew

First "Trip" to Hogsmeade

Dec 18, 1993

Harry sneaks in with the help of the Marauder's Map and the Invisibility cloak.

Buckbeak's Hearing

Apr 20, 1994

sentenced to death

Pettigrew Revealed

Jun 6, 1994

He was Scabbers all along!

Black Escapes, Lupin Leaves

Jun 7, 1994

Sirius Black escapes via Buckbeak. Snape lets Lupin's secret slip and he resigns. Gryffindor wins House Cup and Quidditch Cup.

Hogwarts School Year Ends

Jun 11, 1994

Year Four Begins

Sep 1, 1994

Mad-Eye Moody Demonstrates Unforgivables

Sep 4, 1994

Crucio on a spider.

Durmstang and Beauxbatons Arrive for Triwizard Selection

Oct 30, 1994

Brutes and beauts.

Triwizard Champions Selected

Oct 31, 1994

Cedric Diggory. Viktor Krum. Fleur Delacour. And HARRY POTTER!

First Task

Nov 24, 1994

Snatch the golden egg from the clutches of a dragon.

Yule Ball

Dec 25, 1994

Green monster.

Second Task

Feb 24, 1995

Harry rescues Ron from the merpeople.

Third Task

Jun 24, 1995

Voldemort kidnaps Harry and Cedric. Cedric is killed. Harry and Voldemort duel. Harry wins.

Cedric Dies; Harry Defeats Voldemort

Jun 24, 1995

Harry's 15th birthday

Jul 31, 1995

Getting old.

Harry and Dudley Attacked by Dementors

Aug 2, 1995

Harry drives them away. Ministry reacts.

Harry Flees to Grimmauld Place

Aug 7, 1995

Black's residence. Order of the Phoenix introduced.

First Day of Class

Sep 1, 1995

Dolores Umbridge introduced.

Harry Begins Detention with Umbridge

Sep 2, 1995

I must not tell lies.

Harry and Hermione Found the DA

Oct 5, 1995

Also, first Hogsmeade weekend.

DA is found out

Apr 13, 1996

Dumbledore takes the fall and makes a dramatic escape.

Harry Tries to Rescue Sirius

Jun 10, 1996

Harry is interrupted by visions of Black's torture and flees along with Hermione, Ron, Neville, Ginny, and Luna.

Sirius Dies

Jun 11, 1996

Battle of Dept. of Mysteries

Jun 15, 1996

DA and the Order vs. Death Eaters

Second War Begins

Jul 5, 1996

Voldemort makes a reappearance.

Harry is taken to the Burrow

Jul 13, 1996

for protection purposes.

Harry Recieves Half-Blood Prince's Potions Book

Sep 2, 1996

Passing with flying colors.

Penseive Lessons

Sep 7, 1996

with Dumbledore, naturally.

Slughorn's Christmas Party

Dec 20, 1996

Romantic tension, naturally.

Slughorn Gives Up His Memory

Apr 21, 1997

Thanks to Felix Felices

Harry and Dumbledore Retrieve Fake Horcrux

Jun 4, 1997

From inside Voldemort's sea cave.

Battle of the Tower

Jun 14, 1997

Dumbledore is killed by Snape.

Dumbledore's Funeral

Jun 15, 1997

Harry and Ginny are no more. Harry pledges to find the seven horcruxes.

Harry's 17th Birthday

Jul 31, 1997

Snape is Headmaster

Sep 1, 1997

That's Headmaster Snape to you.

The Trio Flees

Sep 2, 1997

Ron, Hermione, and Harry flee Hogwarts and go into hiding to find Horcruxes.

Ron Leaves

Dec 12, 1997

He storms off after arguing with Harry.

Ron Returns

Dec 26, 1997

Saves Harry's life and destorys the locket Horcrux.

Trio Captured by Death Eaters

Mar 23, 1998

Taken to Malfoy Manor. Hermione is tortured by Bellatrix.

Horcruxes Accumulated

Apr 7, 1998

Breaking into Gringotts

May 1, 1998

Trio breaks into Gringotts, steals Hufflepuff's Cup, loses Gryffindor's sword, and escapes on a dragon.

Battle of Hogwarts

May 2, 1998

Horcruxes are destroyed; Snape, Fred, Lupin, Tonks, and Colin die; Harry sacrifices himself for the world but survives and kills Voldemort

Harry's 18th Birthday

Jul 31, 1998

Potter and Weasley Children Go to Hogwarts

Sep 1, 2017

Ron, Hermione, Ginny, and Harry send their children off for their first day at Hogwarts.