Memories of events prior to Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

Memory Engrams Before 1980
Y	M	D	Dow	A	Memory	Description	Bk	Pg
-382				=	Ollivanders Opens	Ollivanders begins selling wands in Diagon Alley in 382 BC (computer doesn't handle BC dates!)	1	0
0	0	0	gvn	p	Uprising of Ulfric the Eager	Nothing else is known about the event except that it was 'important' enough to be taught about by professor Binns in his first year History of Magic course. Hermione mentioned that she learned about it.	1	263
	0	0	bef	<	Barnabus tried to teach trolls to dance ballet	Barnabus foolishly attempted to train trolls to dance the ballet and was clubbed. He became known as Barnabus the Barmey. A Tapestry was made depicting the event and hangs in Hogwarts Castle.	5	390
993	0			c	Hogwarts Founded	Hogwarts was founded "over 1000 years ago" (from the sorting hat in year 1) by Godric Gryffendor, Rowena Ravenclaw, Helga Huffelpuff and Salazar Slytherin	1	0
1289	0			=	International Warlock Convention	A tangential reference was made to the convention	2	0
1400	0	0	gvn	=	Witch Burnings of the 14th Century	During the wizard hysteria of the 14th century witches and wizards were burned. This was largely ineffective as a simple freezing charm could counteract the flames. Wendolin the Weird was burned 47 times in various disguises.	3	2
1473	0			=	World Cup Quidditch Match	The World Cup Quidditch match during which all of the 700 types of fouls were actually committed during the game.	1	181
1492	10	31		=	Nearly-Headless Nick beheading	Sir Nicholas was beheaded. The date was given on his 500th death day party cake. He was hit nearly 45 times w/ a blunt axe.	1	123
1560	1	1	gvn	=	Mungo Bonham born	(per JKRs web) He became a famous wizard healer having founded St. Mungo's Hospital	0	0
1612				g	Goblin Rebellion	This was described in Binn's class, History of Magic, The goblin headquarters was at the Hogshead Inn in Hogsmead.	3	0
	1	1	gvn	=	Urquhart Rackharrow appointed healer at St Mungo's	A vicious looking wizard, Urquhart became healer and invented the entrail-expelling curse. His portrait is hanging in St Mungo's during HPs time.	5	487
1637				=	Werewolf code of conduct	The werewolf code of conduct was established	1	263
1692				c	Gryffendors suffer massive quidditch defeat	The Gryffendor Quidditch team suffered defeat so badly it wouldn't be matched for 300 years (in HPs 2 year)	2	109
1709				=	Dragon breeding outlawed	Dragon breeding outlawed by the warlocks convention.	1	230
1722	1	1	gvn	=	Dilys Derwent appointed St Mungo's Healer	Was healer at St Mungo's from 1722 - 1741 when she became a headmistress at Hogwarts. One of her portraits hangs in the Headmasters office another in St Mungo's	5	483
1741	9	1	gvn	=	Dilys Derwent appointed Headmistress of Hogwarts	Famous healer appointed headmistress of Hogwarts from 1741 to 1768	5	483
1750				g	Dept of Magical Games and Sports established			0
1844			gvn	p	AD born	JKR AD ~ 150 from book 5	5	0
1855	9	1		p	AD enters hogwarts - Gryffendor	calc from other probable dates	5	0
1862				p	AD sits NEWTS w/ Grizelda Marchbanks	Calc from other probabl dates	5	0
	6	15		c	AD graduated from Hogwarts	Calc from other probable dates	5	0
1875				=	Decree - Underage Sorcery	Decree for Reasonable Restriction of Underage Sorcery established	5	140
1925	7	15	prb	p	Mrofin Gaunt hexed Tom Riddle with hives	In the early hours of the morning when Tom Riddle was out for a ride on the mountainside around his Little Hangelton home Morfin's sister Merope "made eyes" at Muggle Tom so "pure-blood" Morfin hexed him.	6	200
	7	15	prb	p	Bob Ogden arrested Marvolo and Morfin Gaunt	(the same day in bright Summer sun) The head of magical law enforcement arrested Marvolo and Morfin Gaunt after being attacked when trying to serve a summons on Morfin. Marvolo got 6 months in Azkaban; Morfin (with previous record) got 3 years.	6	213
	10	4	sun	p	MM Born	Minerva McGonagall born; JKR MM ~ 70 y/o from book 5		0
	12	31	cal	c	Merope Gaunt bewitched Tom Riddle with love potion	Being left alone Merope's magical abilities improved. Pining for the handsome Tom Riddle she used a love potion to win him away from Cecelia his girlfriend. They eloped, probably to London, before Marvolo returned from Azkaban & 1yr before son born.	6	200
1926	1	15	gvn	p	Marvolo Gaunt returned from Azkaban & found note	After serviing his 6 months sentence Marvolo Gaunt returned from Azkaban only to find Merope's note of elopment with the muggle Tom Riddle. He disowned her, never spoke of her, and died sometime afterward.	6	200
	4	9	cal	c	Tom Riddle still under bewitchment & conceives son	(calc EDC of 12/31) Merope maintained the "captivity" of Tom for several months until becoming pregnant caused her great introspection and possibly remorse. In love with him she probably decided that she would renounce "witchhood" to keep him.	6	200
	6	1	prb	p	Tom Riddle abandoned Merope	Realizing she was pregnant Merope stopped using magic on Tom - possibly thinking he would have fallen in love with her by then, or honor familial obligations. He became angry and left back to his parents claiming to have been "hoodwinked."	6	199
	12	20	prb	p	Merope Sold Locket to Caractacus Burke	(before Christmas) Being destitute, alone and in rags - and apparantly either lost or not using her magical abilities - she sold a last remaining possesson Slytherin's heavy gold locket. Burke "stole" if from her for $10 Galleons condemning her to death.	6	261
	12	31	fri	=	Merope went into labor & went to an orphanage	In labor alone and feeling desperately ill Merope went for help at an orphanage on New Years eve. Attendant Cole helped her deliver within 1 hour. She died within another hour hoping baby had his fathers looks. Named Tom for father, Marvolo for her father	6	263
1927	1	1	sat	c	Tom Marvolo Riddle Born	(He talked to Dippet in June and chamber opened in his 5th year) (mother came in "new years eve, delivered w/in the hour and died in another hour)	6	263
1928	7	15	gvn	c	Morfin Gaunt returned home from Azkaban	Having served his 3 year sentence he returned home to his cabin finding his father and sister dead. His sisters "ex" husband lived across the valley with his parents.	6	200
	12	12	wed	c	Rubeus Hagrid Born	In 3rd year when chamber opened and expelled	2	0
1931				c	Giantess Fridwulfa abandoned family	Giants aren't the motherly type. She left when Hagrid was about 3 years old.	2	0
1935	9	1	sun	p	AD became Transfiguration teacher at Hogwarts	He was established at Hogwarts before Tom Riddle was 11 and entered.	0	0
1936	9	1	thu	p	MM enters Hogwarts - Gryffendor	Calc from other probable dates	2	0
1938	9	1	thu	=	1938 - 39 School Year Begins	The Hogwarts school year always begins on Sept 1st - and in the books its always a Monday.		0
	9	1	wed	c	TR Enters Hogwarts	TR (LV) enters hogwarts; age 11; calculated from other dates	2	0
	10	1	prb	p	Riddle's Gang formed	Tom Riddle gathered a mottley group of students wanting: protection, glory or cruelty. During his seven years "nasty incidents" occurred without satisfactory linkage to this group. Eventually became the Death Eaters.	6	362
1939	9	1	fri	=	1939 - 40 School Year begins	Hogwarts school year always begins on Sept 1st and it seems to always be a Monday.	0	0
	9	1	fri	c	RH enters Hogwarts	RH enters hogwarts- age 11- (calculated from other dates) and begins learning to perform magic.	2	0
1940	9	1	gvn	=	1940- 41 School Year Begins	Hogwarts school year begins on sept 1st		0
1941				p	RHs father died	Before he died he requested that AD look after him. Hagrid was grateful that he "never saw me expelled."	2	0
	9	1	mon	=	1941 - 42 School year begins	Hoqwarts school year begins Sept 1st - no matter what day of the week		0
1942	9	1	tue	=	1942 - 43 School Year begins	Hogwarts school year begins on Sept 1st, and its always a Monday		0
	9	1	mon	c	TR made prefect	TMR was made prefect at the beginning of the year the chamber of secrets was opened	2	0
	10	1	prb	p	Tom Riddle abandon's search for father	After exhaustive search of old school records Riddle accepted his father not a wizard, dropped his name forever and assumed moniker "Lord Voldemort." He began investigating his mothers line & found Salazar Slytherin's line in an old book.	6	362
	10	31	fri	c	Chamber of Secrets opened	"Opened 50 years ago -(from Y11). The chamber, built by Salazar Slytherin, was opened by Tom Riddle, his last living heir, using Parseltongue after a 5 year search for it's whereabouts.	2	0
1943	6	12	sat	p	MM Graduates from Hogwarts	calc from other probable dates	2	0
	6	13	sat	p	RH expelled	Hagrid was expelled in his 3rd year. His wand was broken and he is not supposed to do magic "strictly speaking." TR was in his 5th year. (Chamber opened "50 years ago - in hYr 11")	1	59
	9	1	wed	=	1943 - 44 School Year begins	Hogwarts school year begins on Sept 1st - a "Monday"		0
1944	7	1	prb	=	Tom M Riddle kills his father & grandparents	Tom M Riddle used Morfin's wand to kill his father and grandparents then modify Morfin's memory into confessing the killings. Riddle then stole Morfin's ring and wore it his final year at Hogwarts.	6	367
	7	1	prb	c	Tom M Riddle met Morfin Gaunt	In the summer after his sixth year Tom traced his lineage through Slytherin to the Gaunts. He went to the Gaunt Cabin, met Morfin and learned about his mother and that his father had abandoned her to live down in the valley.	6	367
	7	1	cal	c	Morfin Gaunt confesses killilngs	Morfin's memory was modified so he confessed to killing the Riddle's when the ministry questioned him. He knew details and his wand had performed the killing curses. He was sent again to Azkaban and died before Dumbledore could get him freed.	6	368
	9	1	wed	=	TR made head boy	Tom Riddle made Head Boy	2	234
1945				=	AD Defeats Grindelwald	AD defeats dark wizard Grindelwald- per chocolate frog card	1	0
	6	1	thu	c	TR sits NEWTS and Graduates	Calculated from other dates	2	0
	6	23	sat	c	LV graduated from Hogwarts	Tom graduated along with his "followers" including Lestrange and Avery	1	0
	7	2	prb	p	Riddle begins working at Borgin and Burkes	After being turned down by Headmaster Dippet for the DADA position at Hogwarts, Riddle began working at Borgin and Burkes where he displayed an extraordinary talent for getting people to part with their dark object.s	6	431
	9	1	sat	=	1945 - 46 School year begins	Hogwarts school year begins on Sept 1st - a "Monday"		0
1946	1	1	gvn	=	Broderick Bode born	49 years old at death by devils snare plant	5	543
1950	10	30	mon	c	Molly Weasley Born		2	0
1954				c	Lucius malfoy born	(41 y/o in book 5)	5	0
1956	9	1	cal	c	AD Became Headmaster	AD replaced Dippet as Headmaster. McGonagall replaced him as transfiguration teacher	0	0
	12	1	cal	c	MG appointed professor of transfiguration.	MG appointed as professor of transfiguration at Hogwarts	5	0
1959				c	LP JP SS PP SB RL Born	Lilly James Severous Peter Serious all same age and born this year; info JKR "Serius about 22 when went to Azkaban"	2	0
1965	9	1	wed	c	LM enters hogwarts	Calculated from other dates; entered at age 11
1970	6	30	bef	<	Fenrir Greyback bit Remus Lupin	Sometime before entering Hogwarts, Remus Lupin was bitten by the werewolf Fenrir Greyback who his father had offended.	6	335
	7	1	cal	c	Whomping Willow planted	Whomping willow planted at hogwarts - it agressively defends it's territory; planted in summer before RL entered Hogwarts	2	0
	9	1	tue	c	LM 6th year	Calculated from other dates		0
	9	1	tue	c	JP LP SS SB PP RL 11 Y/O begin Hogwarts	Entered age 11 - calculated from JKR information see note	2	0
	11	29	sun	c	Bill Weasley born	Info from JKR bill two years ahead of charlie	2	0
1971				p	LV begins looking for followers	Begins looking for followers ("about 20 years ago" from Hagrids explanations to HP)	1	54
	9	1	wed	c	LM 7th year at hogwarts	calculated from other dates		0
1973				c	Charlie Weasley born	Info from JKR charlie 3 years ahead of percy	2	0
1976				c	Percy Weasley Born	Info from JKR; percy 2 years ahead of fred and george; JRK date	2	0
1977	9	1	thu	c	Lily Evans and James Potter head boy and girl	Made head boy and girl in their Sr year; was probably when they stopped disliking each other; Calculated from JKR info see memo	1	55
	10	15	prb	c	Angelina Johnson Born		2	0
1978	4	1	sat	g	Fred and George Weasley Born	Info from JKR; F and G 2 years ahead of Ron	2	0
	6	17	sat	c	JP LP SB PP SS 18 y/o graduate from Hogwarts	Enter school sept of age 11; enter graduating year when 18; graduate in next chronological year. Info from JKR	2	0
	6	17	aft	>	Damocles Belby invented Wolfsbane Potion	Damocles Belby (Marcus' uncle) invented Wolfsbane Potion which is now used in ameliorating the monthly symptoms of Werewolfs. [sometime between when Lupin left school and began teaching]	6	144
1979	9	19	wed	=	HG born	Info from JKR; year calculated from age of Harry	1	0

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Memory Engrams Before 1980