2 September

September 2 is the 245th day of the year (246th in leap years). There are 120 days remaining.

Later, in Potions, Harry gets the Half-Blood Prince´s book and wins a bottle of Felix Felicis after producing a Draught of Living Death.
 * The Hogwarts term starts on this day; class schedules are given out at breakfast.
 * 1991 - Harry Potter and Ronald Weasley get into trouble with Argus Filch, who thinks they're trying to break into the forbidden Third Floor Corridor.
 * 1992 - Ronald Weasley receives a Howler from his mother, because he stole the Flying Ford Anglia.
 * 1993 - At 9 a.m., Harry Potter, Ronald Weasley and Hermione Granger have their first Divination Class. Hermione had Muggle Studies and Arithmancy simultaneously. On the later morning, they had Transfiguration. After lunch Rubeus Hagrid teaches his first lesson of Care of Magical Creatures, where Draco Malfoy is injured by Buckbeak.
 * 1994 - The fourth-years have Herbology, where they learn about Bubotubers. They also had Care of Magical Creatures, where they learn about Blast-Ended Skrewts, and Divination, where they learn Astrology. The Daily Prophet publishes Rita Skeeter's article about Arthur Weasley and Alastor Moody. Later Bartemius Crouch Jr (as Alastor Moody) transforms Draco Malfoy a ferret.
 * 1995 - Potions Class with Snape; the fifh-year class produce a Draught of Peace. Later, in D.A.D.A., Harry gets detention by Dolores Umbridge.
 * 1996 - In the morning the sixth-years have D.A.D.A. class: Severus Snape tries to jinx Harry Potter, Harry retaliates and gets detention.
 * 1997 - Harry, Ron and Hermione infiltrate the Ministry of Magic and narrowly escape with the Salazar Slytherin's Locket. Harry Potter has a vision and sees Voldemort learning that a boy stole the thing he wants from Gregorovitch.