1997

The following events occurred in the year 1997:

Events

 * June: Draco Malfoy smuggles several Death Eaters into Hogwarts and the Battle of Hogwarts ensues. Severus Snape murders Albus Dumbledore and flees with the Death Eaters.


 * July:The Death Eaters kill Alastor Moody as part of an attempt to capture Harry Potter.
 * Minister for Magic Rufus Scrimgeour is killed as the Death Eaters take over the Ministry and install Imperius-Cursed Pius Thicknesse as their puppet Minister.

Deaths

 * Albus Dumbledore
 * Gibbon
 * Alastor Moody
 * Rufus Scrimgeour

Real-world events

 * The United Kingdom hands sovereignty of Hong Kong to China.
 * Princess Diana dies in road accident.
 * The film Titanic is released and becomes the highest grossing film in history.
 * Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is first published.