Changes: 1981

Revision as of 17:39, 17 December 2014

The following events occurred in the year 1981:

31 October:
- Lord Voldemort kills James and Lily Potter, but his Killing Curse rebounds off infant Harry Potter, causing the Dark Lord to lose physical form and Harry to gain a lightning-shaped scar and become a Horcrux.^{[citation needed]}
- The First Wizarding War ends.^{[citation needed]}
- Horace Slughorn's fish dies.^{[citation needed]}
1 November:
- Sirius Black is arrested for the murder of Peter Pettigrew and twelve Muggles. In reality, Pettigrew faked his death and went into hiding. Black is sentenced to Azkaban, without a trial.^{[citation needed]}
- Vernon and Petunia Dursley (née Evans) reluctantly become Harry James Potter's guardians when he is brought to 4 Privet Drive by Albus Dumbledore, Rubeus Hagrid, and Minerva McGonagall.^{[citation needed]}
Horace Slughorn retires from his post at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.^{[citation needed]}
Severus Snape is appointed the new Potions Master at Hogwarts.^{[citation needed]}
Bellatrix, Rodolphus, and Rabastan Lestrange, and Barty Crouch Jr. are arrested for the torture of Alice and Frank Longbottom. The Longbottoms are committed to St. Mungo's and their infant son Neville is taken into the care of his paternal grandmother, Augusta Longbottom.^{[citation needed]}

↑ It is never stated what year Smith is in, but the fact that he was still attending Hogwarts for the 1997–1998 school year means that he could not have been above Harry Potter. Smith fleeing from the Battle of Hogwarts also suggests that he was probably not under-age at the time, since under-age wizards and witches were instructed to leave. However, Smith's fleeing could simply be indicative of his fear at the time, and some under-age students did participate in the battle, such as Colin Creevey.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 In Lily's letter to Sirius in Deathly Hallows you can work out that the McKinnons died around about July or early August in 1981 and as we know that Marlene McKinnon and her family died two weeks after the photo of the Order was taken, all the rest of the members of the Order who died (or disappeared) must have died some time inbetween July and October 31st in 1981.

20th century : 1980s
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 ==Births==
+* [[11 August]]: [[Ginevra Weasley|Ginny Weasley]] to [[Arthur Weasley|Arthur]] and [[Molly Weasley]].{{Fact}}
-* [[Colin Creevey]] to [[Muggle]] parents [[Colin Creevey's father|Mr.]] and Mrs. Creevey (presumably){{Fact}}
+* [[Colin Creevey]] to [[Muggle]] parents [[Colin Creevey's father|Mr.]] and Mrs. Creevey
 * [[Luna Lovegood]] to [[Xenophilius Lovegood]] and [[Luna Lovegood's mother|Mrs. Lovegood]] (presumably){{Fact}}
+* [[Zacharias Smith]] (uncertain)<ref>It is never stated what year Smith is in, but the fact that he was still attending Hogwarts for the [[1997–1998 school year]] means that he could not have been above [[Harry Potter]]. Smith fleeing from the [[Battle of Hogwarts]] also suggests that he was probably not under-age at the time, since under-age wizards and witches were instructed to leave. However, Smith's fleeing could simply be indicative of his fear at the time, and some under-age students did participate in the battle, such as [[Colin Creevey]].</ref>
-* [[11 August]]: [[Ginevra Weasley|Ginny Weasley]] to [[Arthur Weasley|Arthur]] and [[Molly Weasley]].{{Fact}}
 ==Deaths==