The following events occurred in the year 1991:
Harry Potter begins is magical education at Hogwarts
Events
Unknown
- 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.
June
- 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.[1]
July
- 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.
September
- 1 September: Harry Potter and his classmates – including Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger, Neville Longbottom, and Draco Malfoy – begin at Hogwarts.[2]
- 12 September: Harry Potter becomes the youngest Seeker in a century for the Gryffindor Quidditch team.
October
- 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. [3]
November
December
- 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.[5]
Individuals that started at Hogwarts
Gryffindor
Harry Potter and his classmates being sorted
- Bem
- Lavender Brown[5]
- Fay Dunbar
- Seamus Finnigan [5]
- Hermione Granger [5]
- Kellah
- Neville Longbottom [5]
- Parvati Patil [6]
- Harry Potter [5]
- Dean Thomas [6]
- Ronald Weasley [5]
Hufflepuff
- Hannah Abbott [5]
- Susan Bones [5]
- Justin Finch-Fletchley [5]
- Wayne Hopkins [5]
- Megan Jones [5]
- Leanne [citation needed]
- Ernie Macmillan [5]
- Oliver Rivers [5]
- Zacharias Smith
Ravenclaw
- Terry Boot [citation needed]
- Mandy Brocklehurst [5]
- Michael Corner [5]
- Stephen Cornfoot [5]
- Kevin Entwhistle [5]
- Anthony Goldstein [5]
- Sue Li [5]
- Morag MacDougal [citation needed]
- Padma Patil [citation needed]
- Lisa Turpin [5]
Slytherin
- Millicent Bulstrode [5]
- Vincent Crabbe [5]
- Tracey Davis [5]
- Gregory Goyle [5]
- Daphne Greengrass [citation needed]
- Draco Malfoy [5]
- Theodore Nott [5]
- Pansy Parkinson [5]
- Blaise Zabini [5]
- Another girl[citation needed]
Unknown
Individuals who graduated from Hogwarts
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
See also
| 20th century : 1990s |
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| 1990 · 1991 · 1992 · 1993 · 1994 · 1995 · 1996 · 1997 · 1998 · 1999 |
Notes and references
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - Chapter 2 (The Vanishing Glass)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - Chapter 7 (The Sorting Hat)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - Chapter 10 (Hallowe'en)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - Chapter 11 (Quidditch)
- ↑ 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 5.12 5.13 5.14 5.15 5.16 5.17 5.18 5.19 5.20 5.21 5.22 5.23 5.24 5.25 5.26 5.27 5.28 5.29 5.30 Pottermore (transcription available here)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone