The following events occurred in the year 1996:
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Events[edit | edit source]
- January:
- Broderick Bode is strangled to death by a Devil's Snare while in St Mungo's.[citation needed]
The D.A. members fighting Death Eaters in the Department of Mysteries.
- 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.[citation needed]
- 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.[citation needed]
- 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.[citation needed]
- May:
- Gryffindor versus Ravenclaw at the last Quidditch match of the school year.[citation needed]
- Hagrid introduced his half brother, Grawp to Harry and Hermione.
- June:
- 16 June:
- Dolores Umbridge and some Aurors attack and attempt to arrest Rubeus Hagrid, McGonagall attempts to defend Hagrid.[citation needed]
- Minerva McGonagall is stunned severely by the Aurors, Hagrid defeats the Aurors, outwitts Umbridge and escapes from Hogwarts and forced into hiding.[citation needed]
- 17 June and 18 June:
- Umbridge is attacked in the Forbidden Forest by centaurs when she calls them "filthy half-breeds."[citation needed]
- 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.[citation needed]
- 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.[citation needed]
- Voldemort duels Dumbledore and possesses Harry, but flees when the Ministry of Magic arrive.[citation needed]
- Minister for Magic Cornelius Fudge is forced to accept Voldemort has returned, Umbridge is removed from Hogwarts and Cornelius resigns from Minister for Magic.[citation needed]
- The Second Wizarding War officially begins, according to the Ministry of Magic.[citation needed]
- 16 June:
Severus Snape making the unbreakable vow.
- July:
- Mr. Ollivander mysteriously disappears. The Brockdale Bridge and the Millennium Bridge are brought down by Death Eaters.[citation needed]
- Rufus Scrimgeour replaces Fudge as Minister for Magic.[citation needed]
- Draco Malfoy begins his duties as a Death Eater.[citation needed]
- Narcissa Malfoy has Severus Snape take an Unbreakable Vow to help her son with the task Lord Voldemort assigned him: to kill Albus Dumbledore[citation needed]
- 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's body was found in a shack up north.[citation needed]
- Late Summer
- Rufus Scrimgeour sends a letter to Albus Dumbledore trying to get him to convince Harry Potter to become the Ministry of Magic's poster boy.
- September
- 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.[citation needed]
- December:
- 20 December: Horace Slughorn, new Potions professor at Hogwarts, holds a Christmas party for his favourite students and other associates.[citation needed]
- 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.[citation needed]
Individuals that started at Hogwarts[edit | edit source]
Hufflepuff[edit | edit source]
Individuals that graduated from Hogwarts[edit | edit source]
- Roger Davies[citation needed]
- Angelina Johnson[citation needed]
- Lee Jordan[citation needed]
- Alicia Spinnet[citation needed]
- Patricia Stimpson[citation needed]
- Kenneth Towler[citation needed]
Deaths[edit | edit source]
- Mrs. Abbott[citation needed]
- Broderick Bode[citation needed]
- Amelia Bones[citation needed]
- Sirius Black
- Igor Karkaroff[citation needed]
- Emmeline Vance[citation needed]
- Florean Fortescue
- Fox near Spinners End[citation needed]
External links[edit | edit source]
1996 on Wikipedia
See also[edit | edit source]
20th century : 1990s |
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1990 - 1991 - 1992 - 1993 - 1994 - 1995 - 1996 - 1997 - 1998 - 1999 |
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