Timeline of Relevent Events

Birth of Salazar Slytherin

Birth of Armand Malfoy

Property Awarded to Armand Malfoy

The Malfoy name comes from old French and translates as ‘bad faith’. Like many other progenitors of noble English families, the wizard Armand Malfoy arrived in Britain with William the Conqueror as part of the invading Norman army. Having rendered unknown, shady (and almost certainly magical) services to King William I, Malfoy was given a prime piece of land in Wiltshire, seized from local landowners, upon which his descendants have lived for ten consecutive centuries.

Birth of Linfred Stinchcombe

Linfred of Stinchcombe, a locally well-beloved and eccentric man, whose nickname, ‘the Potterer’, became corrupted in time to ‘Potter’.

His eldest son marries the oldest granddaughter of Ignotus Peverell.

Birth of Ignatia Wildsmith

(1227 – 1320) The witch who invented Floo powder.

Death of Ignatia Wildsmith

Birth of Daisy Dodderidge

First landlady of the Leaky Cauldron.

Birth of Nicholas Mimsy-Porpington

Court Attendance of Nicholas Mimsy-Porpington

Death of Daisy Dodderidge

Birth of Mnemone Radford

Mnemone is best known as the developer of Memory Modification Charms. From this we know they were developed at least slightly before this time.

Birth of Ralston Potter

Birth of Urquhart Rackharrow

Death of Mnemone Radford

The International Statute of Secrecy

While it seems to have actually taken several years to be fully ratified, passed, and enforcement begun, histories generally date it from this year. See more

MACUSA established

Mrs. Rowling would have The Magical Congress of the United States of America, known to American witches and wizards by the abbreviation MACUSA, established here.

Death of Urquhart Rackharrow

The Ministry of Magic established.

The Ministry of Magic established. It seems clear that the Wizarding world was already in hiding. It is also notable that the Wizengamot predates the Ministry, as the first Minister was “Previously head of the Wizengamot.”

Ulick Gamp elected Minister of Magic

Damocles Rowle elected Minister of Magic

Perseus Parkinson elected Minister of Magic

Another bigot, the public pushed back.

Birth of Corvus Lestrange

Eldritch Diggory elected Minister of Magic

Albert Boot elected Minister of Magic

Basil Flack elected Minister of Magic

Goblin rebellion

Hesphaestus Gore elected Minister of Magic

Death of Corvus Lestrange

Maximilian Crowdy elected Minister of Magic

Birth of Levina Monkstanley

Poreus Knatchbull elected Minister of Magic

Unctuous Osbert elected Minister of Magic

Artemisia Lufkin elected Minister of Magic

First female Minister for Magic.

Birth of Licorus Black

Grogan Stump elected Minister of Magic

Josephina Flint elected Minister of Magic

Claimed the telegraph interfered with wand performance.

Birth of Misapinoa Black

Ottaline Gambol elected Minister of Magic

Birth of Cygnus Black

Birth of Arcturus Black

Radolphus Lestrange elected Minister of Magic

Hortensia Milliphutt elected Minister of Magic

Birth of Sirius Black

Birth of Phineus Nigellus Black

Evangeline Orpington elected Minister of Magic

Birth of Elladera Black

Death of Cygnus Black

Death of Sirius Black

Priscilla Dupont elected Minister of Magic

Dugald McPhail elected Minister of Magic

Faris Spavin elected Minister of Magic

Birth of Laurena Kama

Birth of Griselda Marchbanks

Death of Licorus Black

Birth of Sirius Black II

Birth of Corvus Lestrange IV

Birth of Clarisse Tremblay

Birth of Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore

Birth of Arcturus Black II

Birth of Aberforth Dumbledore

Birth of Belvina Black

Birth of Cygnus Black II

Birth of Theseus Scamander

Birth of Fleamont Potter

As the wiki states, in the Fantastic Beasts movie, Fleamont is mentioned in a 1926-11-29 Daily Prophet edition as a Potioneer. He is most likely post-Hogwarts at this time.

Death of Arcturus Black

Birth of Newton Artemis Fido Scamander

Birth of Leta Lestrange

Death of Laurena Kama

Death of Ariana Dumbledore

Death of Eduardus Limette Black

Death of Kendra Dumbledore

Birth of Arcturus Black III

Birth of Corvus Lestrange V

Death of Corvus Lestrange V

Venusia Crickerly elected Minister of Magic

Birth of Queenie Goldstein

Birth of Lycoris Black

Birth of Regulus Black

Archer Evermonde elected Minister of Magic

Birth of Pollux Black

Henry Potter elected Minister of Magic

Birth of Callidora Black

Callidora will marry Harfang Longbottom. She is apparently alive as of Mrs. Rowling’s book timeline.

Birth of Cassiopeia Black

Birth of Rolanda Hooch

Birth of Charis Black

Birth of Dorea Black

Retirement of Henry Potter

Lorcan McLaird elected Minister of Magic

Birth of Lucretia Black

Birth of Walburga Black

Death of Phineus Nigellus Black

Hector Fawley elected Minister of Magic

Voted out of office because he failed to take Gellert Grindelwald seriously.

Death of Misapinoa Black

Birth of Tom Marvolo Riddle

Death of Merope Gaunt

Death of Corvus Lestrange IV

Engagement of Leta Lestrange, Theseus Scamander

Death of Leta Lestrange

Birth of Rubeus Hagrid

Sixteen inches, oak - Rubeus Hagrid fact file

Birth of Eduardus Limette Black

Birth of Unknown Lestrange

The existance of this person is infered from the two sources, If Rodolphus and Rabastan Lestrange were in the same gang as Snape, then they are not the Lestrange who was a classmate of Riddle’s.

Birth of Lyall Lupin

Birth of Orion Black

The "Sacred Twenty-Eight" list is Published

Sometime in this decade the “Sacred Twenty-Eight” list is published

Death of Elladera Black

Occupation of Horace Eugene Flaccus Slughorn

Birth of Pomona Sprout

Birth of Minerva McGonagall

Fir and dragon heartstring, nine and a half inches, stiff - Minerva McGonagall fact file

Birth of Abraxas Malfoy

Birth of Cygnus Black III

The Rowling Index has Cirgnus, the HP Lexicon Cygnus. Of the two, Cirgnus is likely to be an OCR error as Cygnus and not Cirgnus has actual google results for stars and constelations.

Leonard Spencer-Moon elected Minister of Magic

Death of Cygnus Black II

Birth of Hope Howell

Graduation of Tom Marvolo Riddle

This was calculated from when he started.

Wilhelmina Tuft elected Minister of Magic

Birth of Arthur Weasley

Birth of Bellatrix Black

Death of Sirius Black II

Birth of Lucius Abraxas Malfoy

Eighteen inches, elm, dragon heartstring - Lucius Malfoy fact file

Birth of Narcissa Black

Death of Arcturus Black II

Death of Regulus Black

Ignatius Tuft elected Minister of Magic

Marriage of Hope Howell, Lyall Lupin

Birth of Sirius Black III

Molly and Arthur caught by Apollyon Pringle

Sometime in the range 1963 to 1967, Molly and Arthur are caught out after curfew by then caretaker Apollyon Pringle. Arthur still has marks from the encounter, strongly suggesting that corporal punishment is still used at that time.

Squib Rights Marches during hte late 1960s.

At an unknown point during the Late 1960s, probably either 1968 or 1969, there were Squib Rights Marches. These were interuptped by pure-blood counter protesters who rioted.

Birth of Severus Snape

Birth of Lily J Evans

Ten and a quarter inches, willow - Lily Potter Fact File

Birth of Remus John Lupin

Cypress and unicorn hair, ten and a quarter inches, pliable - Remus Lupin Fact File.

Birth of James Potter

Arthur Weasley starts at Hogwarts

Arthur Weasley starts Hogwarts. A man named Ogg is game keepr. We do not know if ‘Ogg’ is a first or last name.

Birth of Regulus Arcturus Black

Death of Belvina Black

Nobby Leach elected Minister of Magic

Leach is listed as being a first-generation magical. The source blurb states that many pure-bloods resigned in protest over his appointment, and that he left office after contracting a “mysterious illness” about which there are a number of conspiracy theories.

Nobby Leach elected Minister of Magic

Birth of Cornelius Oswald Fudge

Birth of Rabastan Lestrange

Birth of Rodolphus Lestrange

Latest Possible Extent of Armando Dippet's tenure as Headmaster

Given Remus Lupin was bitten by Fenrir Greyback at age four, we can derive that Dumbledore must be Headmaster soon after this date.

Birth of Dolores Jane Umbridge

We know she is born on August 26th of an unknown year.

Death of Lycoris Black

Birth of Rufus Scrimgeour

Birth of Gwenog Jones

Eugenia Jenkins elected Minister for Magic

Eugenia Jenkins elected Minister for Magic at an unknown point during this year.

Eugenia Jenkins elected Minister of Magic

Despite dealing competently with the pure-blood riots in the late 60s, the public perception was that he was unequal to the task of dealing with Riddle. This ultimately cost him his position.

Retirement of Nobby Leach

Riddle is active in Britian

Riddle is sufficiently active that Dumbledore will state, upon his first downfall: “We’ve had precious little to celebrate for eleven years.”

Approximate birthday of William (Bill) Weasley.

This date is computed from other events.

Harry's parents and their friends start Hogwarts

James, Sirius, Remus,Lily and Snape are known to have started at the same time.

Lucius Malfoy as prefect

We do not know if he is a fifth, sixth, or seventh year prefect. We only know that he welcomes Snape to the Slytherin table during the Sorting.

Birth of William Arthur Weasley

Birth of Nymphadora Tonks

Death of Charis Black

Birth of Charlie Weasley

Birth of Septima Vector

Harold Minchum elected Minister of Magic

Elected to deal with the Riddle problem, he responded by placing more Dementors around Azkaban. This proved ineffective.

Birth of Bathsheda Babbling

Birth of Percy Ignatius Weasley

Death of Dorea Black

We do not know exactly when or why in 1977 she died.

End of the 1977-1978 school year.

end of Lily, James, Sirius Snape et al. end their seventh year at Hogwarts.

Birth of Fred Weasley

Birth of George Weasley

Death of Fleamont Potter

Death of Orion Black

We do not know exactly when or why in 1979 he died.

Death of Regulus Arcturus Black

Birth of Cormac McLaggen

Birth of Hermione Jean Granger

Dragon heartstring core, ten and three-quarter inches, vine wood - Hermione Granger fact file

Birth of Charity Burbage

Birth of Sybill Trelawney

We know she is born on March 9th of an unknown year.

Millicent Bagnold elected Minister of Magic

The third Minister to face the Riddle war, she also had to answer to the International Confederation of Wizards over breaches to the International Statute of Secrecy as the Wizarding world celebrated Riddle’s disappearance.

Birth of Ronald Bilius Weasley

Fourteen inch, willow and unicorn tail - Ron Weasley fact file

Birth of Terry Boot

Birth of Draco Lucius Malfoy

Hawthorn and unicorn hair. Ten inches precisely - Draco Malfoy fact file

Birth of Dudley Dursley

Birth of Neville Longbottom

thirteen inches, cherry, unicorn hair - Neville Longbottom fact file

Birth of Harry James Potter

Harry Potter born

We are told that there was little to celebrate for the eleven years prior.

Death of Lily J Evans

Occupation of Severus Snape

Snape started at Hogwarts in either fall of 1981 or possibly the spring of that year.

Professor Slughorn resigns.

We are told this was a few days after he heard of Riddle’s first fall, so presumably in November. This seems suggests that Snape started mid-year.

Birth of Luna Lovegood

Birth of Ginevra Molly Weasley

Death of Charlus Potter

Death of Hope Howell

Death of Unknown Bones

Death of James Potter

Hagrid arrives before Sirius

Hagrid is already holding Harry when Sirius arrives. It is because Sirius cannot get Hagrid to give Harry up that Sirius decides to go after Pettigrew.

Riddle attacks the Potters

Sirius intended to check on Pettigrew

The source text contradicts the mundane calendar and notes this is a Wednesday.

Dumbledore arrives at Privet Drive

Dumbledore arrives at “nearly Midnight” which means that Harry was found by Petunia on the Morning of the 2st.

Hagrid flies over Bristol.

Hagrid says he flew over Bristol. There is very very little of the West Country in which Godric’s Hollow could be located for Bristol to be between it and Surrey.
Instead, Bristol seems to indicate a detour to the north, or a point of origin in Wales.

Thursday Morning people are talking about the Potters.

• “Tiny old man” with a “squeaky voice that made passersby stare” - probably Flitwick.
• people with cloaks on street corners.

Death of Walburga Black

Birth of Gabrielle Delacour

Cornelius Fudge elected Minister of Magic

Death of Pandora Lovegood

Death of Pollux Black

Death of Arcturus Black III

Death of Cassiopeia Black

Death of Cygnus Black III

Death of Lucretia Black

Death of Quirinus Quirrell

Death of Cedric Diggory

Death of Sirius Black III

Rufus Scrimgeour elected Minister of Magic

Death of Abraxas Malfoy

Pius Thicknesse elected Minister of Magic

Birth of Florean Fortescue

Death of Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore

Death of Charity Burbage

Death of Gellert Grindelwald

Birth of Edward Remus Lupin

Kingsley Shacklebolt elected Minister of Magic

Death of Bellatrix Black

Death of Fred Weasley

Death of Nagini Unknown

Death of Nymphadora Tonks

Death of Remus John Lupin

Death of Severus Snape

Death of Tom Marvolo Riddle

Death of Vincent Crabbe

Death of Gareth Greengrass