1998

The Battle of Hogwarts

The year 1998 saw the climactic events in the struggle between Lord Voldemort and his Death Eaters against the Order of the Phoenix and Dumbledore's Army, and the end of the Second Wizarding War.

Events

March

• Voldemort, whilst searching for the Elder Wand, goes to Nurmengard and interrogates Gellert Grindelwald, but murders him in a fit of rage when he refuses to give the wand’s whereabouts, along with Bellatrix summoning him.
• Late March: The Skirmish at Malfoy Manor occurs after Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, and Hermione Granger are captured by Snatchers and Dobby comes to their rescue. Peter Pettigrew is killed in the skirmish and Harry, Ron, Hermione, Garrick Ollivander, Dean Thomas, Luna Lovegood, and Griphook arrive at Shell Cottage, where Dobby dies.

April

• April: Remus Lupin arrives at Shell Cottage to report that his son with Nymphadora Tonks has just been born.

May

• 

  Voldemort and his Death Eaters standing outside Hogwarts castle before Battle

  1 May: Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, and Ron Weasley break into Gringotts Wizarding Bank with the help of Griphook and obtain Helga Hufflepuff's Cup.
• Lord Voldemort learns that the trio are hunting down his Horcruxes. In a rage, he murders all those who reported the theft of his cup. He arranges his army to attack Hogwarts.
• 2 May: The Battle of Hogwarts occurs:
  • Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, and Ron Weasley return to Hogwarts and Neville Longbottom calls Dumbledore's Army and the Order of the Phoenix to arms.
  • Ron Weasley opens the Chamber of Secrets, and Hermione Granger destroys Helga Hufflepuff's Cup.
  • Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, and Hermione Granger locate Rowena Ravenclaw's Diadem in the Room of Requirement, and it is destroyed in a skirmish with Draco Malfoy, Vincent Crabbe, and Gregory Goyle by Fiendfyre. Crabbe is incinerated and dies when failing to control the cursed fire.
  • Antonin Dolohov kills Remus Lupin.
  • Bellatrix Lestrange kills Nymphadora Lupin.
  • Lord Voldemort kills Severus Snape, with Nagini in the Shrieking Shack.
  • Lord Voldemort inadvertently destroys the Horcrux in Harry.
  • Neville Longbottom kills Nagini, the last remaining Horcrux.
  • Molly Weasley kills Bellatrix Lestrange.
• Harry Potter defeats Lord Voldemort once and for all.
• The Second Wizarding War ends.
• Minerva McGonagall is appointed Headmistress of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
• Kingsley Shacklebolt is named Acting Minister for Magic.

Quidditch

• The 423rd Quidditch World Cup takes place. Malawi wins the Cup after defeating Senegal in the second-ever all-African final. In response to the riots that took place on the night of the 1994 final, security at this World Cup was tighter than ever before, and the Senegalese team mascots, Yumboes, ended up being arrested outside the stadium. The Yumboes responded to the arrest by stealing every bit of food within a ten-mile radius in revenge and vanishing into the night.
• Hogwarts Quidditch pitch was destroyed by Lord Voldemort's followers during the Battle of Hogwarts. The stands were burned down and Giants used the goal hoops as weapons.

Births

• Early March: Delphini to Lord Voldemort and Bellatrix Lestrange.
• April: Teddy Lupin to Remus Lupin and Nymphadora Tonks.
• 30 November: Egmont Elvert Hobday
• 6 December: Griselda Jorkins to Albert and Primrose Jorkins.

Deaths

• Before April:
  • Ted Tonks
  • Dirk Cresswell
  • Gornuk
  • Unidentified Muggle family
• Easter:
  • Peter Pettigrew
  • Dobby
  • Gellert Grindelwald
• 1 May:
  • Bogrod
  • Griphook
  • Unnamed goblin
  • Several Death Eaters
• 2 May:
  • Vincent Crabbe
  • Severus Snape
  • Fred Weasley
  • Scabior
  • Unidentified female Hogwarts teacher
  • Remus Lupin
  • Nymphadora Lupin
  • Lavender Brown
  • Colin Creevey
  • Nagini
  • Bellatrix Lestrange
  • Lord Voldemort
  • Fifty-some others; unnamed
  • Unnamed Death Eaters
• 27 November
  • Demetrius Prod

Behind the scenes

• 5 September: Helena Barlow, who played Rose Weasley, born.
• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is published (published as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in the United States).
• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is first published.
• Arthur Bowen, who played Albus Potter (and boy at chestnut stand in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince), was born.

External links

• 1998 on Wikipedia

See also

• Dating conventions