Albus Dumbledore and Harry Potter's Horcrux Hunt

"There are no more Horcruxes."

- Harry Potter to Lord Voldemort

A mission was given to Harry Potter in June of 1997 hunt down all of Voldemort's Horcruxes that Albus Dumbledore started in August of 1996 after he destroyed Marvolo Gaunt's ring at the Gaunt Shack. These are the chain of events that up to Voldemort's death at the Battle of Hogwarts.

Tom Riddle's Diary
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in 1993, a Horcrux led Harry to the Chamber of Secrets by capturing Ginny Weasley. Harry arrived there and, after using Godric Gryffindor's sword to kill Slytherin's Basilisk, took a basilisk fang and stabbed the diary Horcrux. Basilisk venom is one of the few things that can destroy a Horcrux, since phoenix tears are its only cure.

Marvolo Gaunt's Ring
"I was tempted"

- Albus Dumbledore on why he put on Gaunt's ring

in 1996, Albus Dumbledore made it to the Gaunt Shack. He accidentally put on the ring and was cursed. He survived, with the help of Severus Snape, but hadonly a year to live. He managed to stab the ring with the basilisk-venom-inpregnated sword of Godric Gryffindor.