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Marauders 1997

The Marauders in the 1970s

The 1970s was the time of Lord Voldemort's first rise to power. Though Muggles, of course, remain oblivious to the war, this time is remembered by the wizarding world as a violent time of terror and bloodshed.

Voldemort's followers, the Death Eaters, tortured and murdered many Muggles and Muggle-borns for sport. Due to extensive use of the Imperius Curse, it was hard to tell who was on which side and many who served Voldemort later claimed to have been under the influence of the Imperius Curse.

Barty Crouch Snr, the head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, fought the Death Eaters with an iron fist, often sending innocent people to Azkaban without a trial.

This was also the time period when James Potter, Sirius Black, Peter Pettigrew, Remus Lupin, Lily Evans, and Severus Snape were attending Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

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  1. This happened sometime between Lily and James leaving Hogwarts in June 1977, and Harry Potter being born on 31 July 1980
  2. 2.0 2.1 Harry Potter: The Exhibition (see this image)
  3. Scholastic Chat with J.K. Rowling (16 October 2000)
  4. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 14 (Snape's Grudge) - Severus Snape states that James Potter felt "rules were for lesser mortals, not Quidditch Cup winners".
  5. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)
  6. 6.00 6.01 6.02 6.03 6.04 6.05 6.06 6.07 6.08 6.09 6.10 6.11 6.12 6.13 6.14 6.15 6.16 6.17 6.18 Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery
  7. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 3 (The Advance Guard) - "'You're an Auror?' said Harry... 'Yeah,' said Tonks... 'I only qualified a year ago'"
    Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 29 (Careers Advice) - "'...Auror training takes an additional three years...' [said Professor McGonagall]
    Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix begins in 1995, so Tonks must have finished Hogwarts in 1991, putting her birthdate in 1972 or 1973.
  8. In the original version of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter 11 (Quidditch), Flint was stated to be a sixth-year. But in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 9 (Grim Defeat) (that was set in the 1993–1994 school year), he was still attending the school when he should have graduated the year prior in the 1992–1993 school year. J. K. Rowling, when asked in interview from February 2000, originally corrected the error by just saying that he had to take the year again. However, she then had the error corrected in the present version of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone to say that Flint was a fifth-year in the 1991–1992 school year. From that, it can be worked out that he started Hogwarts in September 1987, graduated in 1994 and was born in Sep 1975 to Aug 1976.
  9. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter 9 (The Midnight Duel) - "But Wood turned out to be a person, a burly fifth year boy..."
  10. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Alicia was part of the Gryffindor Quidditch team when Harry Potter started Hogwarts in 1991. In the 1996–1997 school year, Harry realised Katie Bell was the only remaining member of the original team still at Hogwarts. This means Alicia left in July 1996, since she was still part of the team in the 1995–1996 school year. Therefore, Alicia would have been born between September 1977 and August 1978 to have left Hogwarts in 1996.
  11. Adrian is mentioned to be part of the Slytherin Quidditch team from the 1991–1992 school year to the 1995–1996 school year meaning he had to be two years above Harry Potter and therefore born between September 1977 to August 1978.
  12. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Cho is a year above Harry Potter when he was in his third year meaning she was born between September 1978 to August 1979.
  13. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, it is stated Eddie was in his sixth year during the 1995–1996 school year and therefore started Hogwarts in September 1990.
  14. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Cormac is a year above Harry Potter in the 1996–1997 school year meaning he was in his seventh year then and therefore born between September 1978 and August 1979.
  15. Katie was still attending Hogwarts in the 1996 to 1997 school year. She was also part of the Gryffindor Quidditch team in the 1991–1992 school year. Therefore, she was in her second year then. This means she was born between September 1978 and August 1979.
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