1998

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The year 1998 saw the climactic events in the struggle between Lord Voldemort and his Death Eaters and the Order of the Phoenix and Dumbledore's Army, and the end of the Second Wizarding War.

Contents 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Muggle Events 5 See also

[edit] Events

• The 423rd Quidditch World Cup is scheduled for this year.
• Late March – The Battle of Malfoy Manor occurs after Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, and Hermione Granger are captured by Snatchers and Dobby comes to their rescue. Peter Pettigrew is killed in the skirmish and Harry, Ron, Hermione, Ollivander, Dean Thomas, Luna Lovegood, and Griphook arrive at Shell Cottage, where Dobby dies.
• April – Remus Lupin arrives at Shell Cottage to report that his son to Nymphadora Tonks has just been born.
• May 1 – Harry, Hermione and Ron break into Gringotts and obtain Helga Hufflepuff's Cup
• May 2 – The Battle of Hogwarts occurs:
  • Harry, Hermione, and Ron return to Hogwarts and Neville Longbottom calls Dumbledore's Army and the Order of the Phoenix to arms.
  • Ron opens the Chamber of Secrets and Hermione destroys Helga Hufflepuff's Cup.
  • Harry, Ron, and Hermione locate Rowena Ravenclaw's Diadem in the Room of Requirement, and it is destroyed in a skirmish with Draco Malfoy, Vincent Crabbe, and Gregory Goyle by cursed fire.
  • Lord Voldemort inadvertantly destroys the piece of his soul in Harry.
  • Neville kills Nagini, the last remaining Horcrux.
  • Harry Potter defeats Lord Voldemort once and for all.
  • The Second Wizarding War ends.
  • Kingsley Shacklebolt is named Acting Minister for Magic.

[edit] Births

• April - Teddy Lupin
• November 30 - Egmont Elvert Hobday
• December 6 - Griselda Jorkins

[edit] Deaths

• Before April:
  • Ted Tonks
  • Dirk Cresswell
  • Gornuk
• Easter:
  • Peter Pettigrew
  • Dobby
  • Gellert Grindelwald
• May 2:
  • Vincent Crabbe
  • Fred Weasley
  • Nymphadora Tonks
  • Remus Lupin
  • Colin Creevey
  • Severus Snape
  • Bellatrix Lestrange
  • Tom Marvolo Riddle (a.k.a. Lord Voldemort)
  • 50-some others; unnamed

[edit] Muggle Events

• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is first published. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is released (as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone) in the United States.
• April 10 (Good Friday) - the Belfast Agreement is signed between the Irish and British governments and most Northern Ireland political parties.
• June 10 - FIFA World Cup begins in France.
• August 7 - United States Embassy bombing in Africa kills more than 200 people.
• August 19 - American President Bill Clinton admits to having an affair with Monica Lewinsky.
• September 7 - Google is founded in California by Larry Page and Sergey Brin.
• October 29 - In South Africa, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission present its report.
• November 1 - the European Court of Human Rights is established.

[edit] See also

1990s 1995 1996 1997 - 1998 - Between 1998 and 2017 2017 After 2017