1965

The following events occurred in 1965:

Events

• Shortly before 10 March: Nearing his fifth birthday, Remus Lupin acquires lycanthropy after being attacked by werewolf Fenrir Greyback as retaliation for his father Lyall's description of werewolves as "soulless, evil, deserving nothing but death".
• The Ban on Experimental Breeding is enacted.
• The process of metrication (switching to metric measurements) begins in Muggle Great Britain. The wizarding community simply ignored the change.
• In the United States, Rappaport's Law was repealed, allowing wizards to interact with the No-Maj population as well as letting underage North American witches and wizards take their wands home from Ilvermorny during vacations.

Deaths

• Lycoris Black

Behind the scenes

• Michael Aston, who played a Wizard at Platform Nine and Three-Quarters in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, is born.
• 23 January: Sarah Bennett, who played a goblin in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film) and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, is born.
• 26 January: Miraphora Mina, a graphic artist who worked on all Harry Potter films, is born.
• April: Sonia Friedman, producer behind the Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (play), is born.
• 29 May: Peter Breitmayer, who played Gilbert Bingley in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (film), is born.
• 31 July: J. K. Rowling is born.
• 22 November: Mads Mikkelsen, who played Gellert Grindelwald in Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore, is born.