The following events occurred in 1961:

EventsEdit

• Arthur Weasley starts at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.^{[citation needed]}
• Molly Prewett starts at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.^{[citation needed]}

BirthsEdit

• Regulus Black to Orion and Walburga Black.^{[citation needed]}
• Dirk Cresswell^{[citation needed]}