January

January
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
25	26	27	28	29	30	31
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec

"New Year's Eve and bitter cold, snowing, you know. Nasty night."

— Description^[src]

January is the first month of the year. It is the first month of the year that contains thirty-one days.

Notable events[]

Date	Year	Events
4 January	1995	Rita Skeeter's article stating that Rubeus Hagrid was a half-giant was published. Hagrid went into hiding and was ashamed to be seen in public. This led to the trio and Dumbledore trying to cheer him up and reminding that they were still his friends.^[1]
5 January	1992	The Hogwarts Express returned to Hogsmeade Station bringing back the students who went home for Christmas. This was the second term of the 1991–1992 school year.
5 January	1994	Harry had his first lesson with Remus Lupin on the Patronus Charm. He succeeded in conjuring a non-corporeal Patronus in the form of a shield, an impressive feat for a thirteen-year-old wizard and managed to hold the boggart Dementor at bay.^[2]
6 January	1997	"This memory is everything... without it we are blind. Without it, we leave the fate of our world to chance. You have no choice. You must not fail." — Harry being assigned the task of retrieving the true memory from Slughorn^[src] Harry had his third lesson with Dumbledore. During this lesson Harry was assigned the task of retrieving the true memory from Professor Slughorn.^[3]
7 January	1996	The Hogwarts Express brought students back to Hogwarts School after the Christmas holidays. Harry, Ron, Hermione, Ginny, Fred, and George rode the Knight Bus to the Hogsmeade station. This was the second term of the 1995–1996 school year.^[4]
7 January	1997	Potions Master Horace Slughorn presented each of his sixth-year Potions students with a phial of this poison so that they could brew an adequate antidote under the principle of Golpalott's Third Law.^[5]
9 January	1960	Severus Snape was born to Tobias and Eileen Snape.
30 January	1960	Lily Evans was born to Mr and Mrs Evans.
26 January	1964	Gilderoy Lockhart was born.