1996

The following events occurred in the year 1996:

Events

The D.A. members fighting Death Eaters in the Department of Mysteries.

• 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 February: 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:
  • 16 June:
    • Dolores Umbridge and some aurors attack and attempt to arrest Hagrid, McGonagall attempts to defend Hagrid.
    • Minerva McGonagall is stunned severly by the aurors, Hagrid defeats the aurors, outwitts Umbridge and escapes from Hogwarts.
  • 17 June:
    • 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; the prophecy is destroyed and Sirius Black is murdered by Bellatrix Lestrange.
    • Voldemort duels Dumbledore and posseses Harry, but flees when the Ministry of Magic arrive.
    • Minister for Magic Cornelius Fudge is forced to accept Voldemort has returned and Umbridge is removed from Hogwarts.
    • The Second Wizarding War officially begins, according to the Ministry of Magic.

Severus Snape making the unbreakable vow.

• July:
  • Mr. Ollivander mysteriously disappears. The Brockdale Bridge and the Millennium Bridge are brought down by Death Eaters.
  • 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
  • Harry Celebrates his 16th Birthday at the Burrow the celebrations are marred by grisly tidings from Remus Lupin of more Dementor Attacks and Igor Karkaroff body was found in a shack up north.
  • 1 September the first meeting of the Slug Club takes place on the Hogwarts Express. Harry sneaks into Draco Malfoy's compartment and get's hit with a Full Body Blind Curse. Nymphadora Tonks rescues him and Severus Snape takes him to the Welcoming Feast.
• December:
  • 20 December: 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.

Individuals that Graduated from Hogwarts

• Roger Davies
• Angelina Johnson
• Lee Jordan
• Alicia Spinnet
• Patricia Stimpson
• Kenneth Towler
• Fred Weasley
• George Weasley

Deaths

• Mrs. Abbott
• Broderick Bode
• Amelia Bones
• Sirius Black
• Igor Karkaroff
• Emmeline Vance
• Florean Fortescue

Muggle events

• February 1996: South West Trains takes over the operation of trains through Surbiton station
• 1996 at Wikipedia

See also

• Dating conventions