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|name=Harry Potter's seventeenth birthday party
 
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|location=[[The Burrow]], [[Devon]], [[England]]
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|location=[[The Burrow]], [[Ottery St. Catchpole]], [[Devon]], [[West Country]], [[England]], [[Great Britain]]
 
|date=[[31 July]], [[1997]]
 
|date=[[31 July]], [[1997]]
 
|participants=*[[Harry Potter]]
 
|participants=*[[Harry Potter]]
*The [[Weasley family]]
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*[[Weasley family]]
 
*[[Hermione Granger]]
 
*[[Hermione Granger]]
*The [[Delacour family]]
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*[[Delacour family]]
 
*[[Rubeus Hagrid]]
 
*[[Rubeus Hagrid]]
 
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{{dialogue a-b|Molly|...I’ve been wanting to ask you how you want to celebrate your birthday, Harry. Seventeen, after all, it’s an important day...|Harry|I don’t want a fuss. Really, Mrs. Weasley, just a normal dinner would be fine... It’s the day before the wedding...please, don’t go to loads of trouble.|[[Molly Weasley]] and [[Harry Potter]] on his birthday party|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows}}
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{{dialogue a-b|Molly Weasley| ''[...]'' I’ve been wanting to ask you how you want to celebrate your birthday, Harry. Seventeen, after all, it’s an important day...|Harry Potter|I don’t want a fuss. Really, Mrs. Weasley, just a normal dinner would be fine... It’s the day before the wedding...please, don’t go to loads of trouble.|Molly and Harry on his birthday party|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows}}
   
A party was held at [[the Burrow]] in [[Devon]], [[England]] for '''[[Harry Potter]]'s seventeenth birthday''' on [[31 July]], [[1997]]. The party took place days after the [[Order of the Phoenix]] removed Harry from his [[Dursley family|relatives]]' [[4 Privet Drive|home]], [[Battle over Little Whinging|battling]] [[Death Eaters]] in the process, and the day before the [[Wedding of William Weasley and Fleur Delacour|wedding]] of [[William Weasley|Bill Weasley]] and [[Fleur Delacour]] was held at the Burrow. The party was interrupted by the arrival of [[Minister for Magic]] [[Rufus Scrimgeour]], who wanted Harry to support the [[British Ministry of Magic|Ministry of Magic]] during the [[Second Wizarding War]].
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A party was held at the[[the Burrow| Burrow]] in [[Devon]], [[England]] for '''[[Harry Potter]]'s seventeenth birthday''' on [[31 July]], [[1997]]. The party took place days after the [[Order of the Phoenix]] removed Harry from his relatives' home, battling [[Death Eaters]] in the process and the day before the [[Wedding of William Weasley and Fleur Delacour|wedding]] of [[William Weasley|Bill Weasley]] and [[Fleur Delacour]] was held at the Burrow. The party was interrupted by the arrival of [[Minister for Magic]] [[Rufus Scrimgeour]], who wanted Harry to support the [[British Ministry of Magic|Ministry of Magic]] during the [[Second Wizarding War]].
   
==Background==
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==History==
{{main|Battle over Little Whinging}}
 
[[File:Seven Potters.jpg|thumb|left|200px|The [[seven]] Potters.]]
 
[[Harry Potter]] lived with his maternal relatives, the [[Dursley family]], after his [[James Potter I|father]] and [[Lily Evans|mother]] were murdered by [[Tom Riddle|Lord Voldemort]] on [[31 October]], [[1981]]. Because his aunt [[Petunia Dursley]] is the older sister of Harry's mother, whose [[love|loving]] sacrifice protected him from Voldemort's [[Killing Curse]], Harry was protected by ancient [[magic]] while he lived with his aunt. This protection would expire when Harry became an adult in the [[wizarding world]], on his seventeenth birthday of [[31 July]], [[1997]]. The [[Order of the Phoenix]] and the [[Death Eaters]] were both aware of this. Thus, the Death Eaters manipulated the [[British Ministry of Magic|Ministry of Magic]] to cut off Harry's means of transportation away from [[4 Privet Drive]], and the Order made a plan to remove Harry on [[27 July]].
 
   
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=== Background ===
The Order used [[Polyjuice Potion]] to disguise six members as Harry, so that [[seven]] teams of two would fly away from [[Little Whinging]] to divert anyone if they were attacked. The group was [[Battle over Little Whinging|attacked]] by at least thirty Death Eaters and Voldemort himself.<ref name="DH4">''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]'', Ch. 4</ref> Harry was brought to safety at [[the Burrow]], but [[Alastor Moody]] and Harry's owl [[Hedwig]] were killed in the process.<ref name="DH5">''Deathly Hallows'', Ch. 5</ref>
 
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{{Main|Battle of the Seven Potters}}
   
 
[[File:Seven_Potters.jpg|thumb|left|233x233px|The [[seven]] Potters]][[Harry Potter]] lived with his maternal relatives, the [[Dursley family]], after his [[James Potter I|father]] and [[Lily Evans|mother]] were murdered by [[Tom Riddle|Lord Voldemort]] on [[31 October]], [[1981]]. Because his aunt [[Petunia Dursley]] is the older sister of Harry's mother, whose [[love|loving]] sacrifice protected him from Voldemort's [[Killing Curse]], Harry was protected by ancient magic while he lived with his aunt. This protection would expire when Harry became an adult in the wizarding world, on his seventeenth birthday of [[31 July]], [[1997]]. The [[Order of the Phoenix]] and the [[Death Eaters]] were both aware of this. Thus, the Death Eaters manipulated the [[British Ministry of Magic|Ministry of Magic]] to cut off Harry's means of transportation away from [[4 Privet Drive]], and the Order made a plan to remove Harry on [[27 July]].
==Birthday celebrations==
 
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===Presents in the morning===
 
 
The Order used [[Polyjuice Potion]] to disguise six members as Harry, so that seven teams of two would fly away from [[Little Whinging]] to divert anyone if they were attacked. The group was [[Battle of the Seven Potters|attacked]] by at least thirty Death Eaters and Voldemort himself.<ref name="DH4">''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]'', Ch. 4</ref> Harry was brought to safety at [[the Burrow]], but [[Alastor Moody]] and Harry's owl [[Hedwig]] were killed in the process.<ref name="DH5">''Deathly Hallows'', Ch. 5</ref>
{{dialogue a-b|Molly|Arthur told me to wish you a happy seventeenth, Harry. He had to leave early for work, but he'll be back for dinner. That's our present on top... It's traditional to give a wizard a watch when he comes of age...|Hermione|Happy birthday, Harry! It's not much, but I hope you like it.|[[Molly Weasley]] and [[Hermione Granger]] giving Harry his presents|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows}}
 
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=== Birthday celebrations ===
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==== Presents in the morning ====
 
{{dialogue a-b|Molly Weasley|Arthur told me to wish you a happy seventeenth, Harry. He had to leave early for work, but he'll be back for dinner. That's our present on top... It's traditional to give a wizard a watch when he comes of age...|Hermione Granger|Happy birthday, Harry! It's not much, but I hope you like it.|Molly and Hermione giving Harry his presents|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows}}
   
 
When Harry awoke on the morning of his seventeenth birthday, he immediately used [[magic]], [[Summoning Charm|summoning]] his glasses. [[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]] gave him his present right away, not wanting [[Molly Weasley|his mother]] to see it. It was a copy of ''[[Twelve Fail-Safe Ways to Charm Witches]]'', a book that Ron had been given previously by his older brothers [[Fred and George Weasley|Fred and George]]. Ron found it extremely useful for dealing with girls.
 
When Harry awoke on the morning of his seventeenth birthday, he immediately used [[magic]], [[Summoning Charm|summoning]] his glasses. [[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]] gave him his present right away, not wanting [[Molly Weasley|his mother]] to see it. It was a copy of ''[[Twelve Fail-Safe Ways to Charm Witches]]'', a book that Ron had been given previously by his older brothers [[Fred and George Weasley|Fred and George]]. Ron found it extremely useful for dealing with girls.
   
The boys then headed downstairs for breakfast, where Mrs. Weasley and [[Fleur Delacour's father|Monsieur]] and [[Apolline Delacour]] all wished Harry a happy birthday. Harry also received a variety of presents, including [[Fabian Prewett's watch|a watch]] from Mrs. Weasley that had once belonged to her late brother [[Fabian Prewett]], which he hugged her in thanks for. [[Hermione Granger]] then entered the kitchen with her gift for Harry, a new [[Sneakoscope]]. [[William Weasley|Bill Weasley]] and [[Fleur Delacour]] gave him an [[enchanted razor]], the Delacours gave him chocolates, and Fred and George gave him an enormous box of merchandise from their [[Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes|joke shop]].<ref name="DH7">''Deathly Hallows'', Ch. 7</ref>
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The boys then headed downstairs for breakfast, where Mrs. Weasley and [[Delacour sisters' father|Monsieur]] and [[Apolline Delacour]] all wished Harry a happy birthday. Harry also received a variety of presents, including [[Fabian Prewett's watch|a watch]] from Mrs. Weasley that had once belonged to her late brother [[Fabian Prewett]], which he hugged her in thanks for. [[Hermione Granger]] then entered the kitchen with her gift for Harry, a new [[Sneakoscope]]. [[William Weasley|Bill Weasley]] and [[Fleur Delacour]] gave him an [[enchanted razor]], the Delacours gave him chocolates, and Fred and George gave him an enormous box of merchandise from their [[Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes|joke shop]].<ref name="DH7">''Deathly Hallows'', Ch. 7</ref>
   
===Harry and Ginny===
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==== Harry and Ginny ====
{{dialogue a-b-a|Ginny|I couldn't think what to get you... I didn't know what would be useful. Nothing too big, because you wouldn't be able to take it with you. So then I thought, I'd like you to have something to remember me by, you know, if you meet some [[veela]] when you're off doing whatever you're doing.|Harry|I think dating opportunities are going to be pretty thin on the ground, to be honest.|There's the silver lining I've been looking for.|[[Ginevra Weasley|Ginny Weasley]] and [[Harry Potter]] in her room|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows}}
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{{dialogue a-b-a|Ginny Weasley|I couldn't think what to get you... I didn't know what would be useful. Nothing too big, because you wouldn't be able to take it with you. So then I thought, I'd like you to have something to remember me by, you know, if you meet some [[veela]] when you're off doing whatever you're doing.|Harry Potter|I think dating opportunities are going to be pretty thin on the ground, to be honest.|There's the silver lining I've been looking for.|Ginny and Harry right before she gives him a kiss for his birthday present|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows}}
   
 
[[File:Harry_en_Ginny.jpg|thumb|231x231px|Ginny giving Harry is birthday present]]
After breakfast, [[Ginevra Weasley|Ginny Weasley]] approached Harry and asked to speak to him alone in her bedroom. Although Ron did not like the idea, Hermione pulled him away, and Harry followed Ginny into her room. There, Ginny said that she did not know what to get him for his birthday, and then kissed Harry as she had never kissed him before. They were interrupted by Ron and Hermione; the former angrily reminded Harry that he had broken up with Ginny and that he should not be "messing her around". Harry regretfully agreed that it would not happen again.<ref name="DH7"/>
 
[[File:Harry_en_Ginny.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Harry and Ginny.]]
 
   
 
After breakfast, [[Ginevra Weasley|Ginny Weasley]] approached [[Harry]] and asked to speak to him alone in her bedroom. Although Ron did not like the idea, Hermione pulled him away, and Harry followed Ginny into her room. There, Ginny said that she did not know what to get him for his birthday, and then kissed Harry as she had never kissed him before. They were interrupted by Ron and Hermione; the former angrily reminded Harry that he had broken up with Ginny and that he should not be "messing her around". Harry regretfully agreed that it would not happen again.<ref name="DH7" />
===Dinner===
 
{{dialogue a-b|Hagrid|Seventeen, eh! Six years ter the day since we met, Harry, d'yeh remember it?|Harry|Vaguely. Didn't you smash down the front door, give Dudley a pig's tail, and tell me I was a wizard?|[[Harry Potter]] and [[Rubeus Hagrid]] at dinner|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows}}
 
   
 
==== Dinner ====
For Harry's celebratory dinner, [[Fred and George Weasley|Fred and George]] bewitched a number of purple lanterns with "17" on them to hang above the kitchen and Hermione conjured purple and gold streamers to be draped around the trees and bushes, and turned a crabapple tree to gold. [[Charlie Weasley]], [[Rubeus Hagrid]], [[Remus Lupin]], and [[Nymphadora Tonks]] also joined everyone for dinner. Mrs. Weasley baked a cake in the form of a [[Golden Snitch]], sized bigger like a beach ball, and Hagrid gave Harry his gift of a [[Mokeskin pouch|pouch]].
 
 
{{dialogue a-b|Rubeus Hagrid|Seventeen, eh! Six years ter the day since we met, Harry, d'yeh remember it?|Harry Potter|Vaguely. Didn't you smash down the front door, give Dudley a pig's tail, and tell me I was a wizard?|Harry and Hagrid at dinner|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows}}
   
 
For Harry's celebratory dinner, [[Fred Weasley|Fred]] and [[George Weasley|George]] bewitched a number of purple lanterns with "17" on them to hang above the kitchen and Hermione conjured purple and gold streamers to be draped around the trees and bushes, and turned a crabapple tree to gold. [[Charles Weasley]], [[Rubeus Hagrid]], [[Remus Lupin]], and [[Nymphadora Tonks]] also joined everyone for dinner. Mrs. Weasley baked a [[Harry Potter's birthday cake from Molly Weasley|cake]] in the form of a [[Golden Snitch]], sized bigger like a [[beach-ball]], and Hagrid gave Harry his gift of a [[Mokeskin pouch|pouch]].
Before the dinner could get started, however, [[Arthur Weasley]]'s [[Patronus Charm|Patronus]] arrived to warn the guests that [[Minister for Magic]] [[Rufus Scrimgeour]] was accompanying him to the Burrow. Remus and Tonks quickly left, since the two had recently [[Wedding of Remus Lupin and Nymphadora Tonks|married]] and the [[British Ministry of Magic|Ministry of Magic]] had [[anti-werewolf legislation]] in effect. Arthur and Scrimgeour arrived shortly afterward, and the latter requested a private word with Harry, Ron, and Hermione.<ref name="DH7"/>
 
   
 
Before the dinner could get started, however, [[Arthur Weasley]]'s [[Patronus Charm|Patronus]] arrived to warn the guests that [[Minister for Magic]] [[Rufus Scrimgeour]] was accompanying him to the Burrow. Remus and Tonks quickly left, since the two had recently [[Wedding of Remus Lupin and Nymphadora Tonks|married]] and the [[British Ministry of Magic|Ministry of Magic]] had [[anti-werewolf legislation]] in effect. Arthur and Scrimgeour arrived shortly afterward, and the latter requested a private word with Harry, Ron, and Hermione.<ref name="DH7" />
===Dumbledore's will===
 
{{dialogue a-b-a|Scrimgeour|Sorry to intrude. Especially as I can see that I am gate-crashing a party. Many happy returns.|Harry|Thanks.|I require a private word with you. Also with Mr. Ronald Weasley and Miss Hermione Granger.|[[Rufus Scrimgeour]] interrupts the party|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows}}
 
   
 
==== Dumbledore's will ====
Once in the sitting room, Scrimegour wanted to speak to each of them individually, but Harry refused. Scrimgeour then explained to them that they had all been bequeathed items in [[Albus Dumbledore]]'s [[Albus Dumbledore's will|will]]. To Harry, Dumbledore had left the first Snitch he ever caught as well as [[Godric Gryffindor's Sword]]. To Ron, he left a [[Deluminator]], and to Hermione, a first edition of ''[[The Tales of Beedle the Bard]]''. The Ministry had held the will and its contents under the [[Decree for Justifiable Confiscation]] for 31 days, as they suspected that Dumbledore was attempting to communicate secret information to the trio. Scrimgeour suspiciously questioned all three of them, but ultimately turned over all the objects but the Sword, which he argued did not belong to Dumbledore and was not his to give. Scrimgeour also attempted to convince Harry to support the Ministry for the second time, and again, Harry turned him down, reminding him that he did not agree with the Ministry's methods, such as their cover-up of the [[Azkaban escapes#1997|recent break-out]] of [[Azkaban]] prisoners. Scrimgeour left in a fury.
 
 
{{dialogue a-b-a|Rufus Scrimgeour|Sorry to intrude. Especially as I can see that I am gate-crashing a party. Many happy returns.|Harry Potter|Thanks.|I require a private word with you. Also with Mr. Ronald Weasley and Miss Hermione Granger.|[[Rufus Scrimgeour]] interrupts the party|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows}}
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[[File:Scrimddwill.jpg|left|thumb|236x236px|Scrimgeour gives the first Snitch Harry caught, willed to him by Albus Dumbledore]]
 
Once in the sitting room, Scrimegour wanted to speak to each of them individually, but Harry refused. Scrimgeour then explained to them that they had all been bequeathed items in [[The Last Will and Testament of Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore|Albus Dumbledore's will]]. To Harry, Dumbledore had left the first Snitch he ever caught as well as [[Godric Gryffindor's Sword]]. To Ron, he left a [[Deluminator]], and to Hermione, a first edition of ''[[The Tales of Beedle the Bard]]''. The Ministry had held the will and its contents under the [[Decree for Justifiable Confiscation]] for 31 days, as they suspected that Dumbledore was attempting to communicate secret information to the trio. Scrimgeour suspiciously questioned all three of them, but ultimately turned over all the objects but the Sword, which he argued did not belong to Dumbledore and was not his to give. Scrimgeour also attempted to convince Harry to support the Ministry for the second time, and again, Harry turned him down, reminding him that he did not agree with the Ministry's methods, such as their cover-up of the [[Azkaban escapes#1997|recent break-out]] of [[Azkaban]] prisoners. Scrimgeour left in a fury.
   
Afterwards, everybody ate dinner quickly, and Harry, Ron, and Hermione met once everyone had gone to bed to discuss what had happened.<ref name="DH7"/> It was not until much later that they realised the full significance of Dumbledore's will, and how it assisted them in their search for the [[Horcrux]]es and knowledge of the [[Deathly Hallows]].
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Afterwards, everybody ate dinner quickly, and Harry, Ron, and Hermione met once everyone had gone to bed to discuss what had happened.<ref name="DH7" /> It was not until much later that they realised the full significance of Dumbledore's will, and how it assisted them in their search for the [[Horcrux]]es and knowledge of the [[Deathly Hallows]].
   
 
==Attendees==
 
==Attendees==
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*[[Harry Potter]]
 
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*[[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]]
 
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Ron-Weasley-harry-potter-and-the-deathly-hallows.jpg|[[Ron Weasley]]
*[[Hermione Granger]]
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293px-Hermionedhface.jpg|[[Hermione Granger]]
*[[Ginevra Weasley|Ginny Weasley]]
 
*[[Fred Weasley]]
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Ginny-Weasley.jpg|[[Ginny Weasley]]
*[[George Weasley]]
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PHELPS2-1.jpg|[[Fred Weasley]]
*[[Charlie Weasley]]
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250px-PHELPS2.jpg|[[George Weasley]]
*[[William Weasley|Bill Weasley]]
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Charlie1.jpg|[[Charlie Weasley]]
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Bill-Weasley-harry-potter-and-the-deathly-hallows-movies-17182060-1919-2560.jpg|[[Bill Weasley]]
*[[Fleur Delacour]]
 
*[[Arthur Weasley]]
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FLEUR1.jpg|[[Fleur Weasley]]
*[[Molly Weasley]]
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ARTHUR1.jpg|[[Arthur Weasley]]
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MOLLY1.jpg|[[Molly Weasley]]
*[[Fleur Delacour's father|Monsieur Delacour]]
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Monsieur Delacour.jpg|[[Delacour sisters' father|Monsieur Delacour]]
*[[Apolline Delacour]]
 
*[[Gabrielle Delacour]]
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Apolline Delacour.jpg|[[Apolline Delacour]]
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GABRIE.jpg|[[Gabrielle Delacour]]
*[[Rubeus Hagrid]]
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Rubeushagrid.PNG|[[Rubeus Hagrid]]
*[[Remus Lupin]]
 
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Remus Lupin Deathly Hallows promo image.jpg|[[Remus Lupin]]
*[[Nymphadora Tonks]]
 
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</gallery>
   
 
==Appearances==
 
==Appearances==
*''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]''
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]] ''{{1st}}
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1]]''
   
 
==Notes and references==
 
==Notes and references==
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Revision as of 19:04, 29 December 2015

Molly Weasley: " [...] I’ve been wanting to ask you how you want to celebrate your birthday, Harry. Seventeen, after all, it’s an important day..."
Harry Potter: "I don’t want a fuss. Really, Mrs. Weasley, just a normal dinner would be fine... It’s the day before the wedding...please, don’t go to loads of trouble."
— Molly and Harry on his birthday party[src]

A party was held at the Burrow in Devon, England for Harry Potter's seventeenth birthday on 31 July, 1997. The party took place days after the Order of the Phoenix removed Harry from his relatives' home, battling Death Eaters in the process and the day before the wedding of Bill Weasley and Fleur Delacour was held at the Burrow. The party was interrupted by the arrival of Minister for Magic Rufus Scrimgeour, who wanted Harry to support the Ministry of Magic during the Second Wizarding War.

History

Background

Seven Potters

The seven Potters

Harry Potter lived with his maternal relatives, the Dursley family, after his father and mother were murdered by Lord Voldemort on 31 October, 1981. Because his aunt Petunia Dursley is the older sister of Harry's mother, whose loving sacrifice protected him from Voldemort's Killing Curse, Harry was protected by ancient magic while he lived with his aunt. This protection would expire when Harry became an adult in the wizarding world, on his seventeenth birthday of 31 July, 1997. The Order of the Phoenix and the Death Eaters were both aware of this. Thus, the Death Eaters manipulated the Ministry of Magic to cut off Harry's means of transportation away from 4 Privet Drive, and the Order made a plan to remove Harry on 27 July.

The Order used Polyjuice Potion to disguise six members as Harry, so that seven teams of two would fly away from Little Whinging to divert anyone if they were attacked. The group was attacked by at least thirty Death Eaters and Voldemort himself.[1] Harry was brought to safety at the Burrow, but Alastor Moody and Harry's owl Hedwig were killed in the process.[2]

Birthday celebrations

Presents in the morning

Molly Weasley: "Arthur told me to wish you a happy seventeenth, Harry. He had to leave early for work, but he'll be back for dinner. That's our present on top... It's traditional to give a wizard a watch when he comes of age..."
Hermione Granger: "Happy birthday, Harry! It's not much, but I hope you like it."
— Molly and Hermione giving Harry his presents[src]

When Harry awoke on the morning of his seventeenth birthday, he immediately used magic, summoning his glasses. Ron Weasley gave him his present right away, not wanting his mother to see it. It was a copy of Twelve Fail-Safe Ways to Charm Witches, a book that Ron had been given previously by his older brothers Fred and George. Ron found it extremely useful for dealing with girls.

The boys then headed downstairs for breakfast, where Mrs. Weasley and Monsieur and Apolline Delacour all wished Harry a happy birthday. Harry also received a variety of presents, including a watch from Mrs. Weasley that had once belonged to her late brother Fabian Prewett, which he hugged her in thanks for. Hermione Granger then entered the kitchen with her gift for Harry, a new Sneakoscope. Bill Weasley and Fleur Delacour gave him an enchanted razor, the Delacours gave him chocolates, and Fred and George gave him an enormous box of merchandise from their joke shop.[3]

Harry and Ginny

Ginny Weasley: "I couldn't think what to get you... I didn't know what would be useful. Nothing too big, because you wouldn't be able to take it with you. So then I thought, I'd like you to have something to remember me by, you know, if you meet some veela when you're off doing whatever you're doing."
Harry Potter: "I think dating opportunities are going to be pretty thin on the ground, to be honest."
Ginny Weasley: "There's the silver lining I've been looking for."
— Ginny and Harry right before she gives him a kiss for his birthday present[src]
Harry en Ginny

Ginny giving Harry is birthday present

After breakfast, Ginny Weasley approached Harry and asked to speak to him alone in her bedroom. Although Ron did not like the idea, Hermione pulled him away, and Harry followed Ginny into her room. There, Ginny said that she did not know what to get him for his birthday, and then kissed Harry as she had never kissed him before. They were interrupted by Ron and Hermione; the former angrily reminded Harry that he had broken up with Ginny and that he should not be "messing her around". Harry regretfully agreed that it would not happen again.[3]

Dinner

Rubeus Hagrid: "Seventeen, eh! Six years ter the day since we met, Harry, d'yeh remember it?"
Harry Potter: "Vaguely. Didn't you smash down the front door, give Dudley a pig's tail, and tell me I was a wizard?"
— Harry and Hagrid at dinner[src]

For Harry's celebratory dinner, Fred and George bewitched a number of purple lanterns with "17" on them to hang above the kitchen and Hermione conjured purple and gold streamers to be draped around the trees and bushes, and turned a crabapple tree to gold. Charles Weasley, Rubeus Hagrid, Remus Lupin, and Nymphadora Tonks also joined everyone for dinner. Mrs. Weasley baked a cake in the form of a Golden Snitch, sized bigger like a beach-ball, and Hagrid gave Harry his gift of a pouch.

Before the dinner could get started, however, Arthur Weasley's Patronus arrived to warn the guests that Minister for Magic Rufus Scrimgeour was accompanying him to the Burrow. Remus and Tonks quickly left, since the two had recently married and the Ministry of Magic had anti-werewolf legislation in effect. Arthur and Scrimgeour arrived shortly afterward, and the latter requested a private word with Harry, Ron, and Hermione.[3]

Dumbledore's will

Rufus Scrimgeour: "Sorry to intrude. Especially as I can see that I am gate-crashing a party. Many happy returns."
Harry Potter: "Thanks."
Rufus Scrimgeour: "I require a private word with you. Also with Mr. Ronald Weasley and Miss Hermione Granger."
Rufus Scrimgeour interrupts the party[src]
File:Scrimddwill.jpg

Scrimgeour gives the first Snitch Harry caught, willed to him by Albus Dumbledore

Once in the sitting room, Scrimegour wanted to speak to each of them individually, but Harry refused. Scrimgeour then explained to them that they had all been bequeathed items in Albus Dumbledore's will. To Harry, Dumbledore had left the first Snitch he ever caught as well as Godric Gryffindor's Sword. To Ron, he left a Deluminator, and to Hermione, a first edition of The Tales of Beedle the Bard. The Ministry had held the will and its contents under the Decree for Justifiable Confiscation for 31 days, as they suspected that Dumbledore was attempting to communicate secret information to the trio. Scrimgeour suspiciously questioned all three of them, but ultimately turned over all the objects but the Sword, which he argued did not belong to Dumbledore and was not his to give. Scrimgeour also attempted to convince Harry to support the Ministry for the second time, and again, Harry turned him down, reminding him that he did not agree with the Ministry's methods, such as their cover-up of the recent break-out of Azkaban prisoners. Scrimgeour left in a fury.

Afterwards, everybody ate dinner quickly, and Harry, Ron, and Hermione met once everyone had gone to bed to discuss what had happened.[3] It was not until much later that they realised the full significance of Dumbledore's will, and how it assisted them in their search for the Horcruxes and knowledge of the Deathly Hallows.

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Notes and references

  1. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Ch. 4
  2. Deathly Hallows, Ch. 5
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Deathly Hallows, Ch. 7