The following events occurred in the year 1991:

Events

• Harry Potter finishes at his Muggle Primary School, at the age of ten. ^{[citation needed]}
• Charlie Weasley and Nymphadora Tonks graduate from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. ^{[citation needed]}
• A Wizardry Budget is leaked and makes Daily Prophet headlines.
• 23 June: For Dudley Dursley's eleventh birthday, his parents, cousin Harry Potter, and Piers Polkiss go to the zoo. Harry speaks Parseltongue for the first time to a boa constrictor. ^{[citation needed]}
• 24 July: Harry Potter receives his first Hogwarts letter. Vernon and Petunia Dursley burn it. Harry's bedroom is moved from the Cupboard under the stairs to Dudley's second bedroom.
• 31 July: Quirinus Quirrell breaks into Gringotts Wizarding Bank, but fails to steal the Philosopher's Stone. Harry, on his eleventh birthday, goes to Diagon Alley for the first time with Rubeus Hagrid.
• 1 September: Harry Potter and his classmates – including Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger, Neville Longbottom, and Draco Malfoy – begin at Hogwarts. ^{[citation needed]}
• 12 September: Harry Potter becomes the youngest Seeker in a century for the Gryffindor Quidditch team. ^{[citation needed]}
• 31 October: During the Halloween feast at Hogwarts, a mountain troll is let loose by Professor Quirrell, who looks for the Philosopher's Stone. Harry Potter and Ron Weasley save Hermione Granger from the troll, and the three become friends. ^{[citation needed]}
• November: Harry plays his first Quidditch match. ^{[citation needed]}
• 25 December: Harry receives his late father's Invisibility Cloak from Albus Dumbledore as a Christmas present. He also finds the Mirror of Erised and sees his family for the first time.^[1]

Individuals that started at Hogwarts

Gryffindor

• Bem
• Lavender Brown^[1]
• Fay Dunbar
• Seamus Finnigan ^[1]
• Hermione Granger ^[1]
• Kellah
• Neville Longbottom ^[1]
• Parvati Patil ^{[citation needed]}
• Harry Potter ^[1]
• Dean Thomas ^{[citation needed]}
• Ronald Weasley ^[1]

Hufflepuff

• Ernie Macmillan ^[1]
• Hannah Abbott ^[1]
• Justin Finch-Fletchley ^[1]
• Leanne ^{[citation needed]}
• Megan Jones ^[1]
• Susan Bones ^[1]
• Wayne Hopkins ^[1]
• Zacharias Smith

Ravenclaw

• Anthony Goldstein ^[1]
• Kevin Entwhistle ^[1]
• Lisa Turpin ^[1]
• Mandy Brocklehurst ^[1]
• Michael Corner ^[1]
• Morag MacDougal ^{[citation needed]}
• Padma Patil ^{[citation needed]}
• Stephen Cornfoot ^[1]
• Sue Li ^[1]
• Terry Boot ^{[citation needed]}

Slytherin

• Blaise Zabini ^[1]
• Daphne Greengrass ^{[citation needed]}
• Draco Malfoy ^[1]
• Gregory Goyle ^[1]
• Millicent Bulstrode ^[1]
• Pansy Parkinson ^[1]
• Theodore Nott ^[1]
• Tracey Davis ^[1]
• Vincent Crabbe ^[1]
• Another girl^{[citation needed]}

Unknown

• Lily Moon ^[1]
• Oliver Rivers ^[1]
• Runcorn ^{[citation needed]}
• Sally-Anne Perks ^[1]
• Emma Vane

Individuals who graduated from Hogwarts

• Charles Weasley^{[citation needed]}
• Nymphadora Tonks^{[citation needed]}

Births

• Two little witches: twin sisters to unnamed wizarding couple.^{[citation needed]}

Deaths

• Arcturus Black III^{[citation needed]}
• Magenta Comstock^{[citation needed]}
• Perpetua Fancourt^{[citation needed]}
• Tilly Toke^{[citation needed]}

Behind the scenes

• 17 February: Bonnie Wright, the actress who portrays Ginny Weasley in the Harry Potter films, is born.^{[citation needed]}
• 16 August: Evanna Lynch, the actress who portrays Luna Lovegood in the Harry Potter films, is born.^{[citation needed]}
• 18 October: Toby Regbo, the actor who portrays a Young Albus Dumbledore in the Harry Potter films is born.^{[citation needed]}
• 13 January: Genevieve Gaunt, the actress who portrays Pansy Parkinson in the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, is born.^{[citation needed]}

External links

• 1991 on Wikipedia

See also

• Dating conventions

Notes and references