1994

1994 is a notable year in the Harry Potter book series.

Events

January

• c. 6 January: Students return to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry after Christmas for the new term.
• c. 7 January: Harry tells Wood he received a Firebolt which Professor McGonagall has confiscated. Wood, desperate to win the Inter-House Quidditch Cup, tells him to get it back.
• c. 8 January: The new term begins. Professor Lupin decides on a date for Harry's first anti-Dementor lessons. Hermione implies she knows why Lupin often looks unwell. She leaves without telling when Harry and Ron argue with her for getting the Firebokt confiscated.
• Thursday: Harry attends Lupin's first anti-Dementor lesson. He teaches Harry the Patronus Charm. Harry hears his mother dying while he faints along with his father's voice for the first time. Lupin tells Harry he was a friend of James and admits that they knew Sirius Black. Harry produces a non-corporeal Patronus.
• c. 10 - 15 January: Slytherin narrowly beats Ravenclaw during their Quidditch match which is good news for Gryffindor. If Gryffindor beats Ravenclaw, they will be in second place for the Quidditch Cup. Wood begins training the team 5 days a week to prepare.
• c. 15 - 31 January: Harry only has one day a week to do homework with anti-Dementor lessons every Thursday and Quidditch training the other five days. Harry and Ron notice Hermione is struggling her homework because she is taking far too many subjects. Wood fails to get Harry's new broomstick back off Professor McGonagall.

February

• c. 4 February: Harry struggles to produce more than a non-corporeal Patronus during his anti-Dementor lessons. Lupin tells Harry about the Dementor's Kiss and Harry finds out it is the fate that awaits Sirius when the Ministry of Magic catch him.
  • Professor McGonagall lets Harry have the Firebolt back. Ron finds out Scabbers is missing. He blames Crookshanks for eating him so he falls back out with Hermione.
• c. 7 February: Ron and Hermione will not speak to each other. Hermione falls out with Harry. Ron goes with Harry for his final Quidditch practice. Harry realises the Grim is watching him again.
• c. 8 February: Gryffindor defeats Ravenclaw. A huge party takes place in the Gryffindor common room.
• c. 9 February: Professor McGonagall stops the Gryffindor party at 1am.
  • Black finds the passwords for the common room. He breaks in while everyone is sleeping and tries to kill Scabbers. Ron wakes up and starts screaming. Sirius runs away and a search party is set up.
  • Security at Hogwarts is improved. The other students keep asking Ron about the attack but he starts elaborating the truth.
  • Neville Longbottom is punished for losing the passwords.
• c. 10 - 11 February: The Fat Lady returns back to her portrait after Cadogan let Black in. Neville keeps having to wait for someone else to open the door to the common room, which is now protected by security trolls.
• c. 12 February (Tuesday): Augusta Longbottom sends Neville a Howler. Harry and Ron meet Hagrid for lunch and he encourages them to be friends with Hermione again.
  • Harry and Ron read a notice about the next Hogsmeade trip. Hermione tells them off for wanting to go when Harry is not meant to. They fall out with her again.
• c. 15 February (Saturday): Harry sneaks into Hogsmeade. He pelts Draco with dirt by the Shrieking Shack under the Cloak of Invisibility. Draco notices Harry's head bouncing in the air and he tells Professor Snape.
  • Snape catches Harry with the Marauder's Map but Lupin takes it.
  • Buckbeak is sentenced to death by the Committee for the Disposal of Dangerous Creatures.
• Mid - late February: Harry, Ron and Hermione find it impossible to spend time with Hagrid because of the tight school security.

March

• Mid - late March: Hermione punches Draco for taunting Hagrid. Later on, she forgets to go to Charms. She argues with Professor Trelawney in Divination when she tells Harry he is going to die again. Hermione calls Trewlawny a fraud and walks out of Divination for good.

March - April

• Late March - early April: Homework is piled on the third-years and Hermione is getting very stressed. Oliver Wood starts holding Quidditch practice every day to win the Inter-House Quidditch Cup.

May

• c. 18 May (Friday): Wood sends the Gryffindor Quidditch team to bed early because they have important match to play in the morning.
• Saturday (c. 19 May): Harry wakes up early and looks out the window. He discovers Crookshanks walking with the Grim. Gryffindor win the match and the Quidditch Cup.
• c. 25 - 29 May: Examinations approach and everyone focuses on studying. Hagrid sends a letter to Harry, Ron and Hermione telling them Buckbeak's execution is set for 6 June.

June

• 2 June - 6 June: Examinations are held.
• 6 June: Harry, Ron and Hermione spend time with Hagrid in the build-up up to Buckbeak's execution later that day. Ron finds Scabbers alive but Black appears and tries to get him. Ron will not let go so he is dragged into the Shrieking Shack. Harry and Hermione follow.
  • Sirius Black tells Harry, Ron and Hermione the truth - that he is innocent, Peter is guilty and that he is Scabbers. He and Lupin transform Scabbers into Peter Pettigrew. Harry persuades them to take Peter to Cornelius Fudge so he will get the Dementor's Kiss.
  • Lupin transforms a vicious werewolf after he forgots to take his Wolfsbane Potion. Harry and Sirius get attacked by Dementors. They are saved by a person with a stag Patronus on the other side of the lake, which Harry decides is his dead father, James. Peter escapes.
  • Cornelius Fudge has Sirius locked up and plans to give him the Dementor's Kiss. Hermione and Harry go back in time. They save Buckbeak. Harry produces a stag Patronus to save himself and Sirius in the past. Sirius and Buckbeak go into hiding.
• 7 June: Harry, Ron and Hermione leave the Hospital Wing at noon while the other students are visiting Hogsmeade. Lupin decides to resign and he and Harry say goodbye. Gryffindor wins the House Championship.
• 8 June: Sirius sends Harry a letter. The summer holidays begin. Harry tells Vernon Dursley that he has a "dangerous" guardian who likes to check up on him daily.

July

• c. early July: Bertha Jorkins found out that Barty Crouch Snr. helps Barty Crouch Jnr. escape Azkaban and he keeps him locked up in his house. Bertha Jorkins finds out by accident. Crouch Snr. puts a powerful Memory Charm on her that permanently damages her brain.
  • Peter Pettigrew finds Bertha in Albania where he is searching for Voldemort. He forces her to go with him. They find Voldemort who unlocks her memory. She tells them about Barty Crouch Jnr. and the Triwizard Tournament which is being held at Hogwarts that year. Voldemort then kills her.
  • Voldemort and Peter help Barty Crouch Jnr. escape the imprisonment of his father. Crouch Snr. is put under the Imperius Curse.
  • Harry and Sirius send each other two letters. Harry's friends send him cakes in the summer.
• 31 July: Harry's friends send him birthday cards when he turns 14.
• c. late July: Percy Weasley passescthe Apparition exam and starts apparating down the stairs of The Burrow every day to show off.

August

• c. 15 August: Dudley Dursley is put on a diet durqing the summer by Vernon and Petunia Dursley. She finqds him sneaking doughnuts into the house. Dudley gets angry and throws a PlayStation out of the window.
• c. 16 August: Frank Bryce is murdered at Little Hangleton by Voldemort. Harry Potter is woken up by a "dream" of the murder. He sends Sirius Black two letters for advice about it.
  • The Weasley family send Harry an invitation to join them at the Quidditch World Cup.
• c. 17 August: Arthur, Fred, George and Ron arrive at Privet Drive around 5pm to collect Harry.
• c. 18 August: The final of the 422nd Quidditch World Cup takes place in England. Ireland defeats Bulgaria 170-140 even though Bulgarian Seeker, Viktor Krum catches the Snitch.
  • Death Eaters led by Barty Crouch Jnr. stage a riot at the World Cup and he conjures the Dark Mark into the sky.
• c. 19 August: Harry, Hermione and the Weasley family return back to The Burrow early by Portkey after the Quidditch World Cup final.
  • Rita Skeeter publishes an article about the event and criticises Arthur.
  • Arthur and Percy spend the day at work. Percy completes a report about cauldron thickness.
  • Harry tells Ron and Hermione about the "dream" he had the night Frank Bryce was killed.
• c. 19 - 30 August: Arthur and Percy spend a lot of time at work. Percy gets a substantial number of letters demanding compensation because of the World Cup.
• 31 August: Harry, Ron, Fred, George and Ginny prepare to head back to Hogwarts for the new school year.

September

• 1 September: Barty Crouch Jnr. kidnaps Alastor Moody in the early hours of the morning. He begins impersonating Moody with Polyjuice Potion. He tells the Ministry officials, including Arthur Weasley, who were alerted to the disturbance at the house that he was attacked by burglars.
  • Students of Hogwarts take the Hogwarts Express to start a new school year. Professor Dumbledore announces the Triwizard Tournament.
• 2 September: Rita Skeeter publishescan article about Arthur Weasley and what happened to Professor Moody. The fourth-year students have Herbology, Care of Magical Creatures and Divination. Draco Malfoy taunts Harry so "Professor Moody" transforms him into a ferret.
• 3 or 4 September: Neville Longbottom breaks six cauldrons in Potions.
• 5 September: The fourth-years have their first Defence Against the Dark Arts taught by "Professor Moody" who teaches them about the Unforgivable Curses.
  • Hermione Granger establishes the Society for the Promotion of Elfish Welfare.
  • Sirius finally sends a letter to Harry to say he was heading towards Hogwarts to be closer to him because of the number of troubling things happening.
• 6 September: Harry sends another letter to Sirius asking him not to risk getting caught and stay where he is. He lies by claiming he only imagined what happened to Frank Bryce.
• 7 September - c. 22 September: "Professor Moody" puts the Imperius Curse on fourth-year students. Harry impresses him by fighting the demand to jump on the desk.

September - October

• 23 September - 22 October: The teachers set the fourth-years lots of homework.

October

• 23 October: An announcement is put up in the Entrance Hall explaining that delegations from Durmstrang and Beaubaxtons will be arriving on 30 October.
• 24 - 29 October: The whole school talks about the Triwizard Tournament. The school prepares for the arrival of delegations from other wizarding schools.
• 30 October: The delegations arrive, including Viktor Krum from Durmstrang. Barty Crouch Snr. gives the students instructions about the Triwizard Tournament.
• 31 October: Students of age spend the day putting their names in the Goblet of Fire. Fred and George Weasley try to chest the age limit and fail.
  • Sirius Black sends Harry a letter telling him he is back in the country.
  • The champions are chosen for the Triwizard Tournament in the evening in front of everyone. Fleur Delacour, Viktor Krum and Cedric Diggory are picked for each school. However, the Goblet of Fire suddenly chooses a fourth champion: the underage Harry Potter. He persuades very few people that he did not sign up.

November

• Unknown: Barty Crouch Snr. disappears.
• 1 November: Harry is shunned by nearly everyone. He falls out wity Ron who is upset Harry didn't him how to cheat. Hermione believes Harry is telling the truth. They try to figure out who actually put Harry's name in and why. Harry sends Sirius another letter telling him what happened.
• 2 November: Harry keeps getting shunned. Hagrid also believed Harry and tells him Dumbledore does too.
• c. 3 - 6 November: Harry anxiously waits for Sirius to send a letter back. He finds out he had very little support at school.
• c. 6 November: Harry loses focus while studying and gets extra homework in Charms.
  • Draco shows Harry the "Support Cedric Diggory" badges he has made. Harry and Draco have a duel which puts Gregory Goyle and Hermione Granger in the Hospital Wing. Harry and Ron both get detention for the incident.
  • The champions attend the Weighing of the Wands with Garrick Ollivander. They have an interview with Rita Skeeter. Sirius sends a letter to Harry to arrange a meeting to talk about the tournament.
• 7 - 20 November: Rita Skeeter publishes a special article about the Triwizard Tournament which focuses mainly on Harry's life story rather than anything else. It bringd him more negative attention at the school.
• 21 November: Hogsmeade is open for visitors. Harry spends the day under the Invisibility Cloak. Hagrid asks Harry to gather at the Hut at 12am that night. Harry sneaks out at 11pm.
• 22 November: Between 12 and 1am, Hagrid shows Harry the dragons the champions will face in the first task of the Triwizard Tournament. Harry finds out he will have to find a way around a dragon to win.
  • Both Olympe Maxime and Igor Karkaroff find out about the dragons too. Harry works out that Cedric is the only one who doesn't know what the first task is.
  • Harry talks to Sirius in the Gryffindor common room at 1am. Harry informs him about the tournament. He tells Harry that Karkaoff is a former Death Eater and they suspect he put Harry's name in the tournament. Harry and Ron have an argument.
  • Harry tells Hermione about Karakoff and the first task of the tournament. They research ways to defeat dragons. Harry has an uneasy sleep that night.
• 23 November: Harry tells Cedric that they will have to face dragons in the first task. "Professor Moody" advises Harry on what to do in the first task, telling Harry flying is his strength that he should use when facing the dragon. Hermione helps Harry learn the Summoning Charm in order to summon a broomstick during the task.
• 24 November: The first task of the Triwizard Tournament is held. The champions have to get a golden dragon egg. Harry Potter and Viktor Krum tie for the first place, Cedric is second and Fleur gets third place.
  • Ron apologises to Harry. He tells Ron everything he has found out about Karkaoff since they stopped speaking. Harry sends Sirius another letter and Gryffindor students throw Harry a party.
• 25 November: Dobby and Winky start working in the Hogwarts kitchens.
• 25 November - 30 November: Fourth-year Care of Magical Creatures students lose a substantial number of Blast-Ended Strewts and have only ten left.

December

• 1 December (Wednesday): Hagrid has a Care of Magical Creatures lesson where the fourth-years lose control of the Strewts. Rita Skeeter judges Hagrid's teaching. She manipulates him into giving an interview on Friday.
  • Harry finds out that Dobby and Winky are now working in the school kitchens when Hermione takes him and Ron take them there.
• 2 December (Thursday): Professor McGonagall announces there will be a Yule Ball during fourth-year Transfiguration. She tells Harry that the champions have to bring a partner to dance in front of the school.
• 3 December (Friday): Harry is asked to go to the ball by a third-year Hufflepuff girl but he says no. Hagrid has an interview with Rita Skeeter.
• 4 December: Two other girls ask Harry to go to the Yule Ball but he says no to both.
• 5 December - mid December: Life substantially improves for Harry after he gains popularity and support.
• Monday 13 - Wednesday 16 December: The final week of term begins.
  • Hagrid's interview still hasn't been published by Rita Skeeter.
  • In the final Care of Magical Creatures lesson, Hagrid tells Harry what he and Rita spoke about.
  • Schoolwork lightens up except for Transfiguration, Potions and Defence Against the Dark Arts.
• Thursday 17 December: Hermione tells Harry he needs to start researching for the second task and work out how to open the golden egg he caught.
  • Fred Weasley asks Angelina Johnson to the Yule Ball and she says yes. Fred and George send another letter to get supplies for their new shop, Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes.
  • Friday 18 December: The fourth years have an antidote exam in Potions which Harry fails.
    • Harry asks Cho Chang to go to the Yule Ball but she says no because she has a partner, Cedric Diggory. He and Ron find a partner each by asking Parvati and Padma Patil.
• 19 - 24 December: Fred and George Weasley's latest product, Canary Creams are a huge success. Hermione Granger won't tell anyone who her partner is for the Yule Ball.
  • Sirius sends a letter to congratulate Harry on completing the first task but advises him to stay alert because they still don't know who put him in the tournament or why.
• 25 December: The Yule Ball takes place. Cedric tells Harry how to open the golden egg which has a clue for the second task. Harry, Ron and Hermione finds out that Hagrid is a half-giant.
• 26 December: The students wake up late the day after the Yule Ball. Harry, Ron and Hermione talk about Hagrid being a half-giant.

Notes and sources

Timeline
For a general timeline of the Harry Potter universe, click here. Please go to one of the pages below for the events that happen in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone to Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998