March

The month of March at Hogwarts is typically wet and windy. In the first couple of books, March is all but skipped over.

March birthdays:

March 1 = Ron Weasley (1980)
March 9 = Sybill Trelawney (WW)
March 10 = Remus Lupin (1960)
March 27 = James Potter (1960)

During Harry’s years at Hogwarts:

1992

• 23rd – Hermione begins prepping for exams

1994

• 8pm every Thursday evening: Harry practices the Patronus Charm with Lupin

1995

• 5th – Rita’s article about Hermione, Krum, and Harry appears in Witch Weekly
• 6th – The Trio meets Sirius in a cave near Hogsmeade
• 8th – Nifflers in Care of Magical Creatures, Hermione begins getting hate mail
• 11th – Hex-defection in Defense Against the Dark Arts

1996

• 8th – Trelawney is sacked, Firenze is hired to teach Divination
• 10th – first Divination lesson with Firenze

1997

• 1st – Ron is poisoned on his birthday
• 8th – Luna memorably commentates a Quidditch match, Harry ends up in the hospital wing where he asks Kreacher and Dobby to tail Malfoy
• 10th – Fourth lesson with Dumbledore: Harry sees Riddle visiting Hepzibah Smith and see Riddle asking for the Defense Against the Dark Arts position at Hogwarts
• 17th – Apparition Lessons in Hogsmeade
• 24th – Easter Holidays begin

1998

mid-month –

• Ted, Dirk Cresswell, and Gornuk are killed
• Trio listens to Potterwatch and are captured by Snatchers. Death of Wormtail.
• Dobby is killed by Bellatrix. Harry buries the elf on a bluff overlooking Shell Cottage and the sea.
• Voldemort recovers the Elder Wand from Dumbledore’s tomb
• At Shell Cottage, Griphook agrees to help the Trio break into Gringotts

On JKRowling’s original website:

• Wizard of the Month, March 2005: Mungo Bonham
• Wizard of the Month, March 2006: Daisy Dodderidge
• 31st – The W.O.M.B.A.T. test Grade 1 appeared on 31 March 2006 (JKR-W1).