The following events occurred in the year 1997:

Events

• 1 March: Ron Weasley celebrates his seventeenth birthday and accidentally consumes a Love Potion Romilda Vane intended for Harry Potter. He then drinks poisoned mead Draco Malfoy had intended for Albus Dumbledore, but Harry saves him with a bezoar.^{[citation needed]}
• 20 April: The acromantula Aragog passes away. Rubeus Hagrid removes his corpse from the Forbidden Forest to prevent the other acromantulas from cannibalizing it.^{[citation needed]}
• 21 April:^[1]
  • Harry Potter and Horace Slughorn attend Aragog's funeral with Rubeus Hagrid.^{[citation needed]}
  • Harry consumes Felix Felicis and successfully gets Professor Slughorn's memory of discussing Horcruxes with Tom Riddle.^{[citation needed]}
• 22 April: Harry Potter and Albus Dumbledore view the memory recently procured from Horace Slughorn and discover the truth of Voldemort's multiple Horcruxes.^{[citation needed]}
• May:
  • Harry Potter and Ginny Weasley begin dating.^{[citation needed]}
• June:
  • Harry and Dumbledore retrieve the fake locket Horcrux from a cave and learn of the existence of "R.A.B.".^{[citation needed]}
  • Draco Malfoy smuggles several Death Eaters into Hogwarts and the Battle of the Astronomy Tower ensues.^{[citation needed]}
  • Severus Snape kills Albus Dumbledore and flees with the Death Eaters.^{[citation needed]}
  • Dumbledore's funeral is held at Hogwarts. Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger commit to the hunt for Lord Voldemort's Horcruxes with Harry. Harry breaks up with Ginny because he believes they are not safe together.^{[citation needed]}
• June or July: Remus Lupin and Nymphadora Tonks marry. Several Death Eaters escape from Azkaban.^{[citation needed]}
• July: Voldemort and his Death Eaters hold a meeting at Malfoy Manor. Charity Burbage is murdered.^{[citation needed]}
• 27 July: The Battle of the Seven Potters occurs when Voldemort makes an attempt on Harry Potter's life; Alastor Moody is killed in battle as well as Harry's owl, Hedwig.^{[citation needed]}
• 31 July: Harry turns seventeen and a birthday party is held for him at the Burrow. Minister for Magic Rufus Scrimgeour interrupts the celebration to discuss Dumbledore's will with Harry, Ron, and Hermione.^{[citation needed]}
• 1 August:
  • Bill Weasley and Fleur Delacour marry at the Burrow.^{[citation needed]}
  • The Ministry of Magic is taken over by Lord Voldemort; Scrimgeour is murdered and Pius Thicknesse is installed as puppet Minister under the Imperius Curse.^{[citation needed]}
  • The Burrow and other residences affiliated with the Order of the Phoenix are attacked by Death Eaters.^{[citation needed]}
  • Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, and Hermione Granger are attacked by Death Eaters Antonin Dolohov and Thorfinn Rowle on Tottenham Court Road, and escape to 12 Grimmauld Place.^{[citation needed]}
• 1 September: Neville LongbottomLuna LovegoodGinny Weasley returned to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry to restart Dumbledore's Army to escape the Carrows and Severus Snape.^{[citation needed]} Death Eaters hunt for Harry Potter during the Raid on the Hogwarts Express.
• 2 September: Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, and Ron Weasley infiltrate the Ministry of Magic in order to steal Salazar Slytherin's Locket from Dolores Umbridge, freeing several prosecuted Muggle-borns in the process.^{[citation needed]}
• October or November: After a row with Harry, Ron leaves Harry and Hermione and goes to stay at Shell Cottage. Neville Longbottom, Luna Lovegood, and Ginny Weasley attempt to steal Godric Gryffindor's Sword.^{[citation needed]}
• 24 December: Harry and Hermione are attacked at Godric's Hollow by Nagini and narrowly escape Voldemort.^{[citation needed]}
• 28 December: Ron returns to his friends and destroys the locket Horcrux with Godric Gryffindor's Sword.^{[citation needed]}
• 30 December: There is an attempted ambush of Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, and Ron Weasley at Xenophilius Lovegood's house.^{[citation needed]}

Deaths

• Alastor Moody^{[citation needed]}
• Albus Dumbledore^{[citation needed]}
• Aragog^{[citation needed]}
• Bathilda Bagshot^{[citation needed]}
• Cassandra Vablatsky^{[citation needed]}
• Charity Burbage^{[citation needed]}
• Gibbon^{[citation needed]}
• Gregorovitch^{[citation needed]}
• Hedwig^{[citation needed]}
• Montgomery boy^{[citation needed]}
• Rufus Scrimgeour^{[citation needed]}

Behind the scenes

• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is first published in the UK, launching the Harry Potter novel series which will run for the next decade.^{[citation needed]}

External links

• 1997 on Wikipedia

See also

• Dating conventions

Notes and References