1996
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The following events occurred in the year 1996:
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- January:
- Broderick Bode is strangled to death by a Devil's Snare while in St Mungo's.
- Ten Death Eaters, including Bellatrix Lestrange, escape from Azkaban prison in a mass breakout.
- February 14 – Harry Potter and Cho Chang have their first date in Hogsmeade. Afterwards, Harry is interviewed by Rita Skeeter for The Quibbler, as arranged by Hermione Granger and Luna Lovegood.
- April:
- Dumbledore's Army is discovered after Marietta Edgecombe informs Dolores Umbridge about the organisation. Albus Dumbledore takes the fall and leaves Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
- Fred and George Weasley depart from Hogwarts, jinxing Inquisitorial Squad members on their way and leaving a Portable Swamp behind, and open Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes in Diagon Alley.
- May:
- Gryffindor versus Ravenclaw at the Last Quidditch Match of the School Year.
- June 17:
- Dolores Umbridge is attacked in the Forbidden Forest by centaurs when she calls them "filthy half-breeds."
- Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger, Neville Longbottom, Ginny Weasley and Luna Lovegood thwart Lord Voldemort's plans to steal the prophecy and the Battle of the Department of Mysteries ensues.
- The Order of the Phoenix comes to their assistance; various Death Eaters are captured and Sirius Black is murdered by Bellatrix Lestrange.
- Minister for Magic Cornelius Fudge is forced to accept Voldemort has returned and Umbridge is removed from Hogwarts.
- The Second Wizarding War officially begins.
- July:
- Rufus Scrimgeour replaces Fudge as Minister for Magic.
- Draco Malfoy begins his duties as a Death Eater.
- Narcissa Malfoy has Severus Snape take an Unbreakable Vow to help her son with the task Lord Voldemort assigned him – to kill Albus Dumbledore.
- Mr. Ollivander mysteriously disappears.
- December 20 – Horace Slughorn, new Potions professor at Hogwarts, holds a Christmas party for his favourite students and other associates.
- Christmas holidays – Minister for Magic Rufus Scrimgeour tries to convince Harry Potter to work with the Ministry of Magic, but Harry confirms his loyalty to Albus Dumbledore.
[edit] Deaths
- Mrs. Abbott
- Broderick Bode
- Amelia Bones
- Sirius Black
- Igor Karkaroff
- Emmeline Vance
- Florean Fortescue
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[edit] See also
| 20th century : 1990s |
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| 1990 - 1991 - 1992 - 1993 - 1994 - 1995 - 1996 - 1997 - 1998 - 1999 |
