Marauders Era Timeline

By Kat Reagan

  • Marlene is born (f)

    • Marlene is born to Ivor and Eugenia McKinnon
    • Marlene is a Virgo
    • She is born into a wealthy house and is technically royalty
    • She lives down the street from the Potters
    • She has a 2 older brothers Matthew (1954) and Mason (1951)

  • Sirius is born

    • Sirius is born to Walburga and Orion Black
    • Sirius is a Scorpio
    • Sirius has a younger brother (Regulus)

  • Lily Evans is Born

    • Lily Evans is born to (unknown parents)
    • Lily is an Aquarius
    • Lily has an older sister (Petunia)
    • Lives in a lower middle class area, she is friends with Snape who lives in her area
    • very close with her sister until shes 10/11

  • Remus is born

    • Remus is born to Hope and Lyall Lupin
    • Remus is a Pisces

  • James Potter is Born

    • James is born to Euphemia and Fleamont Potter
    • James is an Aries
    • very happy childhood, lived near the McKinnons and Pettigrews
    • His parents were elderly and could not have other children so he was super spoiled
    • his family is regarded as blood traitors but technically pureblood

  • Dorcas Meadows is born (f)

    • D is born to (Unknown parents)
    • Dorcas has a younger sister (Elizabeth)
    • Dorcas is an Aries

  • Mary MacDonald is born (f)

    • mary is born to (unknown parents)
    • she has an older sister Marlorie MacDonald (1958) who is a muggle
    • she is a muggle-born -Mary is a Gemini

  • Peter is born (f)

    • Peter is born to (Unknown Parents)
    • Peter is a Leo

  • Regulus is born

    • Regulus is born to Walburga and Orion Black
    • Regulus is a Cancer
    • Regulus has an older brother (Sirius)

  • Remus is bitten (f)

  • Eugenia Jenkins is elected as minister of magic

    Jenkins dealt competently with pure-blood riots during Squib Rights marches in the late sixties but left when voldy rose to power

  • Andromeda and Ted get married

    no one from the black family attends the wedding and she is promptly burned off the family tree (married on a Saturday)

  • Bridge over Troubles Water by Simon and Garfunkel is released

    Best selling record of the 70's in Britain

  • Let It Be by the Beatles is released

    This is the Beatles last studio album (the Beatles were a staple of Remus' childhood)

  • Diana Ross by Diana Ross is released

    Her first album without the Supremes
    Ain't no mountain high enough

  • Kiln House by Fleetwood Mac is released

    not popular they probs wouldn't have of this album

  • Everything is Everything by Diana Ross is released

    I'm still waiting hits number 1 in the UK

  • Total Lunar Eclipse

  • Where I'm Coming From by Stevie Wonder is released

    13th overall studio album so Stevie Wonder was already a huge artist

  • The Man who Sold the World is released by David Bowie

  • I Feel the Earth Move is released by Carole King

    Lily loved this song

  • What's Going On by Marvin Gaye is released

  • Blue by Joni Mitchell is released

    lily is a joni mitchell fan

  • Surrender by Diana Ross is released

    top 10 in the uk

  • Total Lunar Eclipse

  • First Year Schedules (hc)

    Griff sched
    M: Flying (morning), Herbology, Free Period
    T: double potions, Charms, Astronomy
    W: Flying (morning), DADA, Transfiguration
    Th: Charms, Herbology, DADA, Free Period
    F: Tranfiguration, study period must be ina classroom or library, afternoon off
    Sly:
    M: Flying (morning), Double potions
    T: Herbology, DADA, Transfiguration, Free Period
    W: Flying (morning), Charms, Transfiguration
    Th: DADA, herbology, Charms, free period
    F: Charms, study period, afternoon off

  • Sort Ceremony 1st Year

    • James and Sirius both get sorted into Gryffindor and they sit together at the dinner that night
    • after dinner, they are put into their new rooms and S + J meet P and R they instantly hit it off
    • Lily is sad that she and Severus got separated but likes her new roommates: Mary, and Marlene

  • Future Games by Fleetwood Mac

    not very popular they probs wouldn't have heard it

  • First Full Moon at Hogwarts

    sunday
    - Remus sneaks out of the dorm to meet Pomfery saying that he has to study and everyone else is weirded out because its the 4th day of school but let it go because he is muggle born
    - The other boys go to sleep
    - James wakes up in the night to see Remus not there

  • James Confronts Remus After First Full Moon (hc)

    • The day after the full moon at breakfast James asks Remus where he was
    • Remus claims he got back late and slept in the common room as to not wake the others
    • James tells him he can just come in next time because it's 'his room too'
    • Sirius notices Remus limping but doesn't mention it because he doesn't want to embarrass him

  • Royston Idlewind is appointed International Director of the International Confederation of Wizards Quidditch Committee

    James would have had a bunch of strong (negative) reactions to this appointment
    "he is met with the wizarding world's dislike and distrust after issuing the statement that the only thing he disliked about Quidditch was the crowds"

  • Marlene turns 12

  • James becomes bald (hc)

    Snape charms James to be bald because he is 'too vain about his hair.' Literally heartbreaking for James even though it grows back by the end of the day. Snape admits to it in private but there is no proof however this starts the pranks

  • First Year Quidditch Trials (hc)

    James forces the other boys to come with him to watch the trials and claims that he will 'be on the team next year for sure.'
    Captain: M.G. McGonagall 7(s)
    Chasers: Fabian Fenwick 4, Eliza Mallory 7, Alice Fortescue 7
    Beaters: Maxwell Conway 6, Victoria Randall 2,
    Keeper: Matthew McKinnon 6
    Alternates: Vihaan Talsania 5, Samuel Sholto 3 (left that year)

  • The first prank <3 (hc)

    James and Sirius at the same time decide to get back at Snape for his transgressions against James. James tries to put a dung bomb in Snapes bag at breakfast and Sirius puts a vomiting potion in his pumpkin juice at breakfast. They run into each other under the Slytherin table. They are obviously caught and given detention and Peter has to join them because he tries to excuse their actions. When they get back to the dorm R tells them how stupid the prank was and has a better one ready to go.

  • The call of the Ravens (hc)

    R's first prank involvement, they charmed like 25 small creatures into ravens randomly quoting Edgar Allen Poe and they followed random people around for different intervals (Snape all day). Snapes just happened to be very aggressive and pecked him all day.
    Couldn't be proven to be them but everyone knew

  • Full moon 2

    Monday

  • Imagine by John Lennon is released in the UK

  • Full moon 3

    Tuesday

  • Sirius turns 12

  • 1st year Gryffindor v slytherin match

  • 1st year Ravenclaw vs Hufflepuff Match (f)

    Ravenclaw wins, R skips due to the moon but everyone else goes
    Second game of 1st year
    Saturday

  • Full moon 4

    thursday

  • Wild Life by Wings is released

  • Hunky Dory by David Bowie is released

  • Gang celebrates Christmas at Hogwarts (hc)

    P gives chocolate to r, 2 posters of muggle bands (who he doesn't know) to s, and candy to j
    J gives books to r, record player to s, and shrinkable chess set to p
    R gives candy to P, Let it Bleed by the Rolling Stones and Abbey Road by the Beatles to S, a book of pick-up lines and Monopoly to J, and chocolate to L
    S gives everyone their favorite candy and matching jackets that say 'trouble makers' (he's a bad gift giver)

  • Christmas Break Year 1 starts

  • Christmas Break Year 1 ends

  • Cows on the roof (hc)

    PJS decide that they want to put cows on the roof but R thinks that's stupid and a little cruel so refuses to help. They do actually get cows up there but S+P are caught out of bed late (J is under the cloak) and are sent to detention. R is not surprised at all but SP are beyond betrayed that J was not caught with them and shuns him for like... 6 hours
    (Monday night)

  • Changes by David Bowie is released

  • Full moon 5

    Sunday

  • Lily turns 12

  • Exile on Main St by the Rolling Stones is released

    S hears a 5th year listening to this in their dorm and immediately falls in love with it and all things rock and roll. Goes back to the dorm to tell the gang about it and is shocked that R already knows what it is and he kinda starts to crush on him a little but more importantly falls in LOVE with being 'punk rock.'

  • 1st year ravenclaw v slytherin match

  • Full moon 6

    Monday

  • Music of My Mind is released

  • Bare Trees by Fleetwood Mac is released

  • Remus turns 12

  • 1st year hufflepuff v gryffindor match

  • 1st year easter break starts

    maraders didn't go home because it was james' birthday (and theres a full moon and sirius wasn't invited home)

  • James turns 12

  • Full moon 7

    Wednesday

  • The first april fools

    Every students hair was turned red, gold, or a mix. it happened during easter break so it wasn't that big of a deal but still fun!

  • Dorcas turns 12 (f)

  • 1st year easter break ends

  • Full moon 8

    friday

  • 1st year hufflepuff v slytherin match

  • All the Young Dudes by Mott and the Hopple is released

    do i need to say it?

  • 1st yaer gryffindor v ravenclaw match

  • Mary turns 12 (f)

  • Full moon 9

    sunday

  • Eagles by The Eagles is released

    Witchy woman is on the album
    top 10 hit in the us and uk

  • Put Stinky Cheese in Snapes Sock Drawer (hc)

    Snape accused them (specifically James) of doing it but there was no proof and it was thought impossible for students to get into other houses' common rooms let alone dorm other students dorms (they did it with the help of the house elves who P befriended)

  • Dancing in the moonlight by King Harvest is released

    reached no 14 on the uk top 100 in septemeber and that was only half because of mwpp

  • Some Time in New York City by John Lennon is released

  • The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars by David Bowie is released

  • 1st year Herbology and Potions Final

  • 1st year Charms and Astronomy Final

  • 1st year DADA and Tranfiguration FInal

  • 1st Year Leaving Feast

  • First year ends

    remus goes on the train with the despite being asked if he want to stay for the moon the next day because he doesn't want to seem suspicious (its not a good time for him)

  • Full moon 10

    monday

  • Summer Full Moon

  • Peter turns 12 (f)

  • The Godfather Premieres in the UK

  • Summer Full Moon

  • 2nd year schedules

    2nd Year
    Monday: Herbology, DADA, Charms, Free Period
    Tuesday: Transfiguration, (elective), double potions
    Wednesday: Herbology, DADA, Charms, (elective 2)
    Thursday: Transfiguration, (elective), Potions, Free Period
    Friday: Charms,(elective 2) Afternoon off
    James/Sirius/Peter: Astronomy and flying
    Remus: Astronomy and Arithmancy
    Lily: Arithmancy and Magic Theory
    Marlene: Flying and Magic Theory
    Mary: Astronomy and Magic Theory
    Dorcas: Ancient Runes and Flying

  • Year 2 starts

    Regulus is sorted into Slytherin and S is pretty upset but wont say why
    Peter brings a fish names Gus

  • Marlene turns 13 (f)

  • Second Year QuidditchTrials (hc)

    Captain: Maxwell Conway 7 (B)
    Chasers: James Potter 2, Fabian Fenwick 5, Sophiana Ridley 3
    Beaters: Victoria Randall 3
    Keeper: Matthew McKinnon 7
    Seeker: Vihaan Yalsania 6 (left the year after)
    Alternates: Sirius Black 2, Lydia Cohen 5

  • Full moon 11

    saturday

  • Could Gus be a Werefish? (hc)

    S+J try to get R to bite Gus to turn him into a werefish (this is where the idea that they should tranform over water the first time they become animagi comes from)

  • Full moon 12

    Sunday

  • Talking Book by Stevie Wonder is released

  • Sirius turns 13

  • 2nd year ravenclaw v slytherin match

  • For the Roses by Joni Mitchell is released

  • Full moon 13

    Sunday

  • The gang find out about Remus (hc)

    They figure it out (SJP have been trying to figure out whats p with their friend for like 6 months)
    There is a lot of tension but then they have the convo of how they all have things that are kind of problematic and how if anyone is a danger to the student population its Sirius. (Peter is the one to actually figure it out)

  • 2nd year hufflepuff v gryiffindor match

  • No Secrets by Carly Simon is released

    you're so vain is on this album (this was a group favorite for years)

  • Gus (the fish) dies (hc)

    They are all very sad and hold a funeral but its lowkey a miracle it lived as long as it did because it died from being overfed but not before being transfigured 4 times, petrified twice, and almost bitten by R to see if it would turn into a werefish

  • Trouble Man by Marvin Gaye is released

  • Full moon 14

    Wednesday

  • Start of Christmas Break

  • Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. by Bruce Springsteen is released

    the marauders dont hear this album till years later when born to run (1975) became super popular

  • End of Christmas Break yr 2

    S comes back fully beaten up (like black eye, new scars and shit) from his family. Everyone sees it and the gang is very concerned but no one knows what up.

  • Full moon 15

    Thursday

  • Lily turns 13

  • Full moon 16

    Saturday

  • 2nd year slytherin v gryffindor match

  • Penguin by Fleetwood Mac is released

  • Dark Side of the moon by pink floyd is released

  • Flitwicks room is filled with bananas (hc)

    This one was just kind of stupid but R was in on it so they wouldn't have been caught except J bragged that it was them to L who ratted on him, but no one else admitted it and J said it was just him so he got detention by himself

  • Remus turns 13

  • 2nd year ravenclaw v hufflepuff match

  • Full moon 17

    Tuesday

  • James turns 13

  • Dorcas turns 13 (f)

  • Aladdin Sane by David Bowie is released

  • 2nd year easter break starts

    at least remus stays behind because of the moon

  • Full moon 18

    Tuesday

  • Desperado by The Eagles is released

  • 2nd year easter break ends

  • Glitter Bomb! (hc)

    Spring-loaded glitter bomb exploded in the conference room during a staff meeting covering every faculty member. Not punished/ caught mostly because Dumbledore found it delightful.
    (Glitterbombs were a new thing that James got for his birthday and he wanted to try them out so bad but R wouldn't let him do it in the dorm)

  • Red Rose Speedway by Wings is released

  • 2nd year hufflepuff v slytherin

  • Nymphadora Tonks is born

  • Full moon 19

    Thursday

  • 2nd year gryffindor v ravenclaw

  • Mary turns 13 (f)

  • Calling all Nerds

    All of the library books were enchanted to fly around the Ravenclaw tower shouting ‘nerd’
    they got in massive trouble cause they did it pretty close to OWLS weeks

  • Full moon 20

    Friday

  • 2nd year elective 2 finals

  • 2nd year herbology/ dada finals

  • 2nd year charms/ transfig finals

  • 2nd year Elective 1/ potions finals

  • Touch Me in the Morning by Diana Ross is released

    All my love hits top 10 in the us and the uk

  • 2nd year leaving feast

  • 2nd Year ends

  • Queen by Queen is released

    peaked at #24 in the UK (unlikely they would have heard it)

  • Summer Full Moon

    Sunday

  • Peter turns 13 (f)

  • Innervisions by Stevie Wonder is released

  • Ministry of Magic defeats an appeal against house-elf slavery[

  • Summer Full Moon

    Tuesday

  • Let's Get It On by Marvin Gaye is released

  • 3rd year schedules

    3rd Year
    Monday: (elective 1) Transfiguration, Charms, Free Period
    Tuesday: Potions, DADA, (Elective 2) Divination
    Wednesday: Herbology, (elective 1) Charms, Transfiguration
    Thursday: DADA, (elective 2) Herbology, Free Period
    Friday: Potions, Divination, afternoon off
    J: Care of MC and Magic Theory
    P: Care of MC and Alchemy
    R: Ancient Runes and Arithmancy 2
    S: Care of MC and Muggle Studies
    Marlene: Muggle Studies and Magic Theory 2
    Mary: Care of MC and Alchemy
    Lily: Arithmancy 2 and Alchemy

  • Year 3 starts

  • Singing Squid (hc)

    The Giant Squid started singing at random times (all sorts of songs, really whatever song was in its heart) and no one could prove it was the marauders and no one knew how to reverse it so it stayed like that

  • Marlene turns 14 (f)

  • Full Moon 21

    Wednesday

  • 3rd Year Quidditch Trials (hc)

    Captain: Fabian Finwick 6 (C)
    Chasers: James Potter 3, Sophiana Ridley 4
    Beaters: Victoria Randall 4, Marlene McKinnon 3
    Keepers: Lydia Cohen 6
    Seeker: Joshua MacMillian 5
    Alternates: Sirius Black 3 Amber Randall 2

  • Goodbye Yellow Brick Road by Elton John is released

  • Full Moon 22

    Friday

  • Mystery to Me by Fleetwood Mac is released

  • Diana and Marvin by Diana Ross and Marvin Gaye is released

  • Mind Games by John Lennon is released

  • Sirius turns 14

  • The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle by Bruce Springsteen is released

    the marauders dont hear this till post 1975 when born to run breaks through

  • Full Moon 23

    Saturday

  • 3rd year hufflepuff v gryffindor match

  • The disappearance of Mrs. Norris (hc)

    The marauders drywalled her into a bathroom wall, they were not specifically caught/ it couldn't be proven but Filch for sure knew and hated them for the rest of their school careers

  • 3rd year ravenclaw v slytherin match

  • Band on the Run by Wings is released

  • The Last Time I Saw Him by Diana Ross is released

    not super popular on the charts but she had so many hits they might have bought the album anyways

  • Full Moon 24

    Monday

  • Christmas card (hc)

    James suggests that they send out a family Christmas card after learning about them from Mary, PSR are totally on board and they take a very serious family photo (mimicking a portrait done of the blacks) and they send it out to everyone including their own parent who are all very confused.

  • Start of Christmas Break yr 3

  • Mary shows Marlene Lily and Sirius Sheer Heart Attack by Queen (hc)

  • End of Christmas Break yr 3

  • Full Moon 25

    Tuesday

  • Court and Spark by Joni Mitchell is released

  • Lily turns 14

  • Run of the Squirrels (hc)

    They release 29 squirrels (numbered 1-31) in the building and create absolute chaos, no one is caught for it because of course no proof. (They were all fairly friendly it was just very odd)

  • Full Moon 26

    Thursday

  • 3rd year ravenclaw v gryffindor match

  • Waterloo by ABBA is realeased

    Lilys first introduction to ABBA (she loves them) (James notices)

  • Full Moon 27

    Friday

  • Queen II by Queen is released

    peaked at number 5 (maybe they would have heard it by now)

  • Lily figures out about Remus (hc)

    Lily finds out for sure what she has suspected for months, that Remus is a werewolf. However she has the good sense to keep that shit to herself because it is none of her business, but she does start taking 2 sets of notes on full moons because she doubts PJS notes are up to par

  • 3 year slytherin v hufflepuff match

  • Remus turns 14

  • The Candy Conundrum

    The boys charmed Dumbledore so that for a week he left hard candies behind him in a trail where ever he went. They were not caught/ punished mostly because D found it delightful though filch was not thrilled for the extra mess

  • On the Border by The Eagles is released

  • James turns 14

  • American Graffiti premiers in the UK

    marauders watch this movie and learn about prom (they decide the have to do some prank idea with the very concept of a prom dress)

  • Dorcas turns 14 (f)

  • Full Moon 28

    Friday

  • 3rd year easter break starts

    at least remus stays behind

  • 3rd year easter break ends

  • 3rd year gryffindor v slytherin match

  • Full Moon 29

    Monday

  • 3rd year hufflepuff v ravenclaw match

  • Mary turns 14

  • Diamond Dogs by David Bowie is released

  • Full Moon 30

    Tuesday

  • Partial Lunar Eclipse

  • 3rd year elective/ transfig final

  • 3rd year charms/ potion final

  • 3rd year dada/elective 2 final

  • 3rd year divination/ herbology final

  • 3rd year leaving feast

  • Final Food Fight (hc)

    on the last day of school the marauders start a massive food fight during dinner to see if detention rolls over into the next year (it does) at the leaving feast fyi

  • 3rd Year ends

  • Summer Moon

    Thursday

  • Fufillingness' First Finale by Stevie Wonder is released

  • Peter turns 14 (f)

  • Summer Moon

    Thursday

  • Full Moon 31

  • Year 4 starts

  • Sheer Heart Attack by Queen is released

    peaked at #2 in the UK so they for sure heard it. Sirius got obsessed and Lily was also a big fan

  • Marlene turns 15 (f)

  • 4th Year Quidditch Trials (hc)

    Captain: Fabian Finwick 7 (C)
    Chasers: James Potter 4, Sophiana Ridley 5
    Beaters: Sirius Black 4, Marlene McKinnon 4
    Keepers: Victoria Randall 5
    Seeker: Joshua MacMillian 6
    Alternates: Amber Randall 3, Victor Malkin 2

  • Heroes Are Hard to Find by Fleetwood Mac is released

  • Walls and Bridges by John Lennon is released

  • Full Moon 32

    Tuesday

  • Killer Queen is released in the UK

    this was literally S's favorite song for like... 3 years. This was his shit, it was involved in at least 3 pranks

  • Full Moon 33

    Thursday (Also Halloween)

  • Sirius turns 15

  • 4th year ravenclaw v gryffindor match

  • 4th year hufflepuff v slytherin match

  • Full Moon 34

    Friday

  • Total Lunar Eclipse

  • A truly surprising surprise party (hc)

    Threw a surprise birthday party for Remus in class when it was not his birthday (streamers, balloons, Fleetwood Mac playing from seemingly nowhere, Merlin Impersonator, and a mine)
    (was to cheer R up after a particularly hard moon)
    R: I will admit I was surprised

  • Crime of the Century is released by Supertramp

    big hit in the uk and hit no 4 on the hot 100
    this brought mwpp's attention to this album and it quickly became a favorite of all of them (specifically p)

  • Marauders Christmas Card goes out (year 4) (hc)

    They take a family photo which includes Lilys cat felix which Lily is pissed about

  • start of christmas break yr 4

    S is not invited home for the break so he stays at school despite James suggestion he come home with him. R stays because there is a winter moon and that cant be really handled well at home (they might share a drunken kiss who knows)

  • Winter Break Moon

    Sunday

  • End of Christmas Break yr 4

  • Full Moon 35

    Monday

  • Lily turns 15

  • Gryffindor Valentines Day Party (hc)

  • Rock 'n' Roll by John Lennon is released

  • Revenge of the Wererabbit

    After the DADA prof is an asshole to remus about being a werewolf the marauders take it upon themselves to convince the 1st years that the DADA prof is a were-rabbit and several of them totally buy it

  • Young Americans by David Bowie is released

    Sufferagete city

  • 4th year ravenclaw v hufflepuff match

  • Full Moon 36

    Wednesday

  • 4th year gryffindor v slytherin

  • Remus turns 15

  • 4th year easter break starts

  • Full Moon 37

    Thursday

  • James turns 15

  • easter egg hunt

    since theyre at hogwarts marauders host an easter egg hunt for all the students who are there

  • Dorcas turns 15 (f)

  • 4th year easter break ends

  • ABBA by ABBA is released

    Includes SOS, Mama Mia, and I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do

  • Full Moon 38

    Friday

  • 4th year ravenclaw v slytherin match

  • 4th year hufflepuff v gryffindor

  • Mary turns 15 (f)

  • Full Moon 39

    Sunday

  • Venus and Mars by Wings is released

  • One of These Nights by the Eagles is released

  • 4th year DADA/ elective 1 final

  • 4th year charms/ herbology final

  • 4th year transfiguration/ elective 2 final

  • 4th year elective 3/ potions final

  • 4th year leaving feast

  • 4th year ends

    remus doesn't go back on the train because it'll be easier for him to tranform at school

  • summer moon

    Monday
    remus is at hogwarts

  • Fleetwood Mac (1975) (aka the White Album) by fleetwood mac is released

  • Summer Moon

    Wednesday

  • Peter turns 15 (f)

  • Sirius runs away to the Potters (f)

    Sirius shows up at James house covered in blood and literally on the verge of death. James had begged S to come to his place dozens of times but everyone was shocked to find him there. S tried to convince Reg to come with him but he told him he couldn't but he understood why he had to leave. Took the night bus. E+F immediately adopted him and already had a room that he sometimes stayed in. They decorated it for him the next week.

  • Summer Moon

    Thursday

  • Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen is released

    this was a massive breakthrough and they for sure would have heard it. James LOVES this album

  • Year 5 starts

  • Marlene turns 16 (f)

  • 5th Year Quidditch Trials (hc)

    Captain: Joshua MacMillian 7 (s)
    Chasers: James Potter 5, Sophiana Ridley 6, Victor Malkin 3 (left the next year)
    Beaters: Sirius Black 5 (until prank) then, Victoria Randall 6, Marlene McKinnon 5
    Keepers: Victoria Randall 6 until prank then Amber Randall 4
    Alternates: Declan O’Connor 2, Margret Gairola 3, Amber Randall 4 until prank

  • Full Moon 41

    Saturday

  • prefect bathroom mishaps

    marauders changed the prefects bathroom password to "getting cleans is almost a fun as getting dirty" to punish the staff for making one of them a prefect. it took a couple of weeks to figure out how to change passwords and how to make them so long

  • Mystical Mist

    marauders filled the hallways with fog to give it a more "spooky vibes" to fit the festive season
    it took 2 days for every point of mist to be stopped

  • Full Moon 42

    Monday

  • Sirius turns 16

  • 5th year hufflepuff v raven claw match

  • Harold Minchum is elected as minister of magic

    He was supposed to be a super competent person but ended up being terrible at his job and corruption festered

  • The End of The World As We Know It

    Sent everyone into a seer-related trance during Divination that predicted everyone only had one day to live before the world ended
    With the help of Sybil, Marlene, Pandora, Mundo, and Benjy they all collectively faked a seer trance where they all predicted the end of days and that the world would end tomorrow. Severely freaking out the divination teacher, was actually Marlene's idea and was revenge for a terrible assignment.
    it was also kind of commentary on the election happening that day

  • Full Moon 43

    Tuesday

  • Total Lunar Eclipse

  • A Night at the Opera by queen is released

  • 5th year gryffindor v slytherin match

  • The Hissing of Summer Lawns by Joni Mitchell is released

    one of lilys favorites (shes a big fan of confessional song writing)
    she got it for Christmas that year

  • Crisis? What Crisis? by Supertramp is released in the UK

    another big hit for mwpp
    sister moonshine, another man's woman, poor boy, and two of us

  • Full Moon 44

    Thursday

  • Start of Christmas Break yr 5

    S thinks that he is going to stay at school for the break but J is like "mom is gonna be pissed if you don't come home."

  • Sirius's first real christmas (f)

    he gets lots of presents and one anonymous one from Reg. he is really happy and he calls E mom for the first time, they both cry

  • End of Christmas Break yr 5

  • Full Moon 45

    Saturday

  • Station to Station by David Bowie is released

  • Lily Turns 16

  • Valentines Party (marlenes outed) (hc)

    There is a rager becuase its an excuse to have a party and its a SATURDAY! Some 7th year tries to hook up with Marlene and won't take no for an answer and she finally gets away bc her friends defend her, his friend (LOUDLY) announces that its not his fault because she a d**** anyways. Marlene is shocked and is like 'how did you know' and he's like 'im not an idiot, 5 years here and you haven't even kiss a bloke? plus you're on the quidditch team? and everyone knows that you look at Dorcas' ass'

  • Full Moon 46

    Sunday
  • Period: to

    56 guys ask Snape out (hc)

    Snape makes some homophobic comments about Marlene (who got outed) so the marauders' bribe/ convince 56 guys to ask him out for a week.

  • Hotel California by The Eagles is released

    S likes it cause rock and roll and so does J because he thinks it fun

  • 5th year gryffindor v hufflepuff

  • Remus turns 16

  • 5th ravenclaw v slytherin

  • Full Moon 47

    Tuesday

  • I Want You by Marvin Gaye is released

  • Wings at the Speed of Sound by Wings is released

  • James turns 16

  • Dorcas turns 16 (f)

  • 6th year easter break starts

  • 5th year start of easter break

  • Full Moon 48

    Wednesday

  • 6th year easter break ends

  • 5th year end of easter break

  • 5th ravenclaw v gryffindor

  • Full Moon 49

    Thursday

  • Aftermath of The Prank (fanon date)

    im not even gonna write about it cause it'll make me cry. anyways. moving on.

  • 5th slythin v hufflepuff

  • Mary turns 16 (f)

  • Snapes worst memory

    everyone is lashing out

  • 5th year revision day

    5th years get day off to revise for owls (friday before OWLS week)

  • Full Moon 50

    Saturday

  • Charms OWL

  • Care of Magical Creatures OWL

  • Potions OWL

  • Astronomy OWL

  • Tranfiguration OWL

  • Muggles studies/ ancient runes OWL

  • History of Magic OWL

  • Arithmacy/ Divination OWL

  • Defense Against the Dark Arts OWL

  • 5th year leaving feast

  • 5th year ends

    Sirius writes R apology letters literally every day of the summer, J ignores him the whole summer. E talks to S and tells him that he needs to make amends and it might take a while but he is not irredeemable. E+F are very sad to see their boys fighting.

  • Summer Moon

    Sunday

  • Peter turns 16 (f)

  • Summer Moon

    Tuesday

  • Arrival by ABBA is realeased

    Dancing Queen is on the album and it quickly becomes Lily, Dorcas, and Sirius's favorite song

  • Year 6 starts

  • Full Moon 51

    Wednesday

  • Marlene turns 17 (f)

  • Children of the World by the Bee Gees was released

  • 6th Year Quidditch Trials (hc)

    Captain: Victoria Randall 7 (b)
    Chasers: James Potter 6, Declan O’Connor 3, Sophiana Ridley 7
    Beaters: Marlene McKinnon 6
    Keepers: Amber Randall 5
    Seeker: Margret Gairola 4
    Alternate: Aarav Sharma 3, Lila Kent 2 (left the next year)

  • Songs in the Key of Life by Stevie Wonder is released

  • Singing Squid Stops (hc)

    For McGonagalls birthday they finally stop the enchantment that made the giant squid sing, she was very pleased with her gift.

  • Full Moon 52

    Friday

  • Sirius turns 17

  • Full Moon 53

    Sunday

  • 6th year slytherin v hufflepuff match

  • Hejira by Joni Mitchell is released

  • 6th year gryffindor v ravenclaw match

  • Full Moon 54

    Monday

  • A Day at the Races by Queen is released

  • Filled McGonagall's office and classroom with catnip

    S joked about it being a 'nippy' morning, James talked about things needing to be nipped in the bud. They made cat puns all day (Peter too) and by the time class had come around (its a friday) R was about ready to turn them in. But McGonagall wasn't even there... she had to take a leave because she was so fucking high and R thought that was hilarious. They never got caught but they did have to study in a classroom full of slytherins for that class period which they all viewed as a punishment.

  • christmas break yr 6

  • Potters New Years Party (f)

    JSEP host and marlene and peter are there (ofc) but L makes a surprise appearance claiming that she was going to come visit Marlene anyways. J nearly faints
    (secret jily new years kiss)

  • End of Christmas Break yr 6

  • Full Moon 55

    Wednesday

  • Low by David Bowie is released

  • Alphard Black dies (f)

    He dies and leaves his fortune to S, who finds out and is kinda sad that one of the 3 family members that might not murder him on sight has died, but he realizes that he is rich again and he's pretty happy about that.

  • Lily turns 17

  • Full Moon 56

    Friday

  • Rumors by Fleetwood Mac released

    this was R's favorite album of all time, had some iconic hits like dreams, the chain, go your own way and landslide

  • 6th year gryffindor v hufflepuff match

  • Full Moon 57

    Saturday

  • Remus turns 17

  • 6th year ravenclaw v slytherin match

  • James turns 17

  • The Great Portkey Fiasco of 1977 (hc)

    All door knobs, quills, forks, serving spoons, individual pieces of candy, and left shoelaces turned into a portkey to somewhere in the school known as their best April fools prank

  • Dorcas turns 17 (f)

  • Full Moon 58

    Monday

  • The Clash is released by The Clash

    sirius likes this album alot because it makes him feel very punk rock but remus thinks it just makes him basic

  • marauders go to The Rumors tour at the rainbow theatre in london

    they all say theyre going to James' for easter but they lied
    at the rainbow theatre
    tickets were $8-15

  • Even In The Quietest Moments by Supertramp is released in the UK

    give a little bit, lover boy

  • Full Moon 59

    Tuesday

  • 6th year ravenclaw v hufflepuff match

  • The Slaying of Sirius Black (hc)

    James fake murdered Sirius in the dining hall (very elaborate) and for the rest of the year they referred to Sirius as if he were a ghost (This is very annoying to L)

  • 6th year gryffindor v slytherin match

  • Mary turns 17 (f)

  • Full Moon 60

    Wednesday

  • Time's Up by the Buzzcocks is released

    Another S favorite, very punk rock, S, R, Marlene, and Dorcas all go to a concert of theirs that summer (dates tbd)

  • 6th year leaving feast

  • 6th year ends

  • Summer Moon

    Friday

  • Summer Moon

    Saturday

  • James and Lily recieve their Head Boy/ Girl letters

    they hear that the other one will be their counter part and they start exchanging letter

  • Peter turns 17 (f)

  • Summer Moon

    Sunday

  • 1977 Sorting Shock (hc)

    Marauders charm the sorting hat to speak only in Swahili, all four of them are given the 'earliest detentions in Hogwarts history'

  • year 7 starts

  • Petunia and Vernon get married

    Lily is so upset that petunia planned her wedding for right after she had left for school. Petunia has spent the summer planning her wedding and told Lily that she did not want her involved at all.

  • marlene turns 18 (f)

  • 7th Year Quidditch Trials (hc)

    J is freaked out to be hosting and M gives him all sorts of shit for it, J offers S a spot on the team but S declines
    Captain: James Potter 7 (c)
    Chasers: Declan O’Connor 4, Magret Gaiola 5
    Beaters: Marlene McKinnon 7, Aarav Sharma 4
    Keepers: Amber Randall 6
    Seeker: Elijah Hughes 3
    Alternate: Eliana Hughes 3, Selma Shafiq 2

  • Baby It's Me by Diana Ross is released

    top 10 in the uk and the us

  • Petunia and Vernon move into 4 Privet Drive

    the date is a hc but it did happen that year
    Lily's mom has to give her the address

  • Full Moon 61

    Tuesday

  • The Stranger by Billy Joel is released

    This is the marauders' SHIT
    The song only the good die young is on this album and it is their song
    They at one point in the year charm all of the owls to sing 'only the good die young
    (Also has Movin' Out which S unironically listens to a lot)

  • Full Moon 62

    Thursday

  • 'Nevermind the Bollocks' by the Sex Pistols is Released

    S loves the album and P likes is quite a bit too, J cannot get into it at all and L hates it

  • News of the World by Queen is released

  • Sirius turns 18

  • 7th year slythrin v ravenclaw match

  • Saturday Night Fever by the Bee Gee's is released

    peak disco core, all the girls loved this (minus D) and J was also super into it
    Stayin Alive was an iconic war anthem

  • Full Moon 63

    Friday

  • 7th year hufflepuff v gryffindor match

  • Saturday Night Fever (the movie) came out

    everyone watched this movie together

  • Don Juan's Reckless Daughter by Joni Mitchell is released

  • gryffindor girls wrapping room (hc)

    The marauders break into LMM's dorm and wrap everything they own as a 'Christams gift'

  • Start of christmas break yr 7

  • Winter Break Moon

    Sunday (also christmas)

  • End of Christmas Break yr 7

  • Out of the Blue by Electric Light Orchestra is released in the UK

    Mr. Blue Sky
    J/L loved this album and this song (song of early H childhood)

  • Full Moon 64

    Tuesday

  • Lily turns 18

  • Full Moon 65

    Thursday

  • 7th year slytherin v hufflepuff

  • Remus turns 18

  • 7th year gryffindor v ravenclaw

  • 7th year easter break starts

  • Full Moon 66

    Friday

  • James turns 18

  • London Town by Wings is released

  • The Day of Anxiety (f)

    april fools but no pranks were pulled because they wanted to save the big finish for the end of the year but the lack of action sent 3 people to the infirmary for anxiety attacks and mcgongall actually yelled at them for that and also it was the end of easter break they just did not have time

  • 7th year easter break ends

  • Dorcas turns 18 (f)

  • Full Moon 67

    Sunday

  • 7th year raven hufflepuff

  • 7th year slytherin v gryffindor

  • Full Moon 68

    Monday

  • Mary turns 18 (f)

  • Darkness on the Edge of Town by Bruce Springsteen is released

    James and Lily eagarly awaited this album (because its great)

  • Last Full Moon at Hogwarts

    Tuesday

  • The gang watches grease (hc)

    • Li hears about Grease from a friend shes writing to at home
    • its the friday after finals and everyone decides to go

  • 7th year leaving feast

  • 7th year ends

  • First Full Moon not at Hogwarts

    Thursday

  • Peter turns 18 (f)

  • Full Moon

    Friday

  • Parallel Lines by Blondie is released

    This is their 3rd studio album but their debut did terrible and the second album did better but this is where they really took off.
    Heart of Glass

  • marlene turns 19

  • Full Moon

    Saturday

  • Total Lunar Eclipse

  • Heros by David Bowie is released

  • Frank and Alice get married

  • Full Moon

    Monday

  • Jazz by Queen is released

  • Full Moon

    Tuesday

  • Full Moon

    Thursday

  • Here, My Dear by Marvin Gaye is released

  • Full Moon

    Saturday

  • Lily turns 19

  • Xenophillius and Pandora Lovegood get married

  • Full Moon

    Monday

  • Remus turns 19

  • Partial Lunar Eclipse

  • Full Moon

    Tuesday

  • James turns 19

  • stink bomb in diagon alley

    Caractacus Phelps explodes eight hundred Stink Pellets by dropping them en masse from the roof of the Daily Prophet building in Diagon Alley. The resultant gas cloud causes untold discomfort throughout London and approximately five hundred cases of 'Stinkitus' are reported. The non-magical authorities explain the stinking cloud as an unpleasant emission from a nearby factory.[

  • Dorcas turns 19 (f)

  • Breakfast in America (album) by Supertramp was released

    Goodbye Stranger, Breakfast in America, Oh Darling, The Logical Song

  • Full Moon

    Thursday

  • Full Moon

    Saturday

  • Mary turn 19 (f)

  • The Boss by Diana Ross is released

    Mary got it for her 19th birthday

  • Ledger by David Bowie is released

  • Full Moon

    Sunday

  • Mingus by Joni Mitchell is released

  • James and Lily get married

    saturday
    they did it near the new moon so remus could be living his best life

  • Full Moon

    Monday

  • Highway to Hell by AC/DC is released

    Sirius loses his shit when he finds out (he loves AC/DC)

  • Peter turns 19 (f)

  • Full Moon

    Wednesday

  • 'Off the Wall' by Micheal Jackson was released

    This is Dorcas shit, and Marlene also really likes it, R is a fan too but P doesn't get it
    Jacksons first solo album

  • Full Moon

    Thursday

  • marlene turns 20

  • Orion Black dies

  • The Long Run by the Eagles is released

  • Eat the Beat by Blondie is released

  • Fleamont Potter dies

  • Full Moon

    Friday

  • Euphemia Potter dies

  • Sirius turns 20

  • Full Moon

    Sunday

  • Lily finds out shes pregnant (hc)

    Lily freaks out and tell Marlene who also freaks out and tells mary who is excited but a little nervous
    They surprise james who promptly faints and S is so excited but also terrified
    P and R have normal reactions
    D is happy for them but also concerned bc... war

  • Full Moon

    Monday

  • Tusk by Fleetwood Mac is released

  • Regulus Black dies

    Regulus and Kreacher go to the cave late and Reg sacrifices himself tor Kreacher after destroying the original horcrux

  • Full Moon

    Wednesday

  • Lily turns 20

  • Full Moon

    Friday

  • Full Moon

    Saturday

  • Remus turns 20

  • James turns 20

  • Full Moon

    Monday

  • Dorcas turns 20 (f)

    Last birthday

  • Full Moon

    Wednesday

  • Lily and James ask Sirius and Mary to be the godparents

    they say yes

  • Mary turns 20 (f)

  • Full Moon

    Thursday

  • Full Moon

    Saturday

  • The Game by Queen is released

  • Full Moon

    Sunday
    J wasn't there bc L was very pregnant

  • Neville Longbottom is born

  • Harry Potter Born

    • Harry is a Leo

  • Peter turns 20 (f)

  • Full Moon

    Tuesday

  • The Order finds out about the prophecy

  • Scary Monsters by David Bowie is released

  • Full Moon

    Wednesday

  • Hotter than July by Stevie Wonder is released

  • The River by Bruce Springsteen is released

  • Full Moon

    Thursday

  • sirius turns 21

  • 9 to 5 the song is released

  • Millicent Bagnold

    The minister right before Fudge saw an end to the first war even though she did break some laws to do it (slay queen)
  • Period: to

    Potters in hiding (f?)

    we don't actaully know how long so fanon I guess but like... its probs something in the area

  • Full Moon

    Saturday

  • Flash Gordon by Queen is released

    this was a bit of a dip in Queens discography (peaking at number 10) so they might have missed this one

  • 9 to 5 the movie is released

  • Full Moon

    Sunday

  • In Our Lifetime? by Marvin Gaye is released

  • Full Moon

    Tuesday

  • Lily turns 21

  • full moon

  • Luna Lovegood is born

  • Remus turns 21

  • Full Moon

    Friday

  • James turns 21

  • Dorcas turns 21

  • Full Moon

    Sunday

  • Full Moon

    Tuesday

  • Mary turns 21 (f)

  • Caradoc Dearborn disapears

  • Benji Finwick is murdered

  • Full Moon

    Wednesday
    J wasnt there because LJH were in hiding

  • Marlene is killed

    Tav Travers, Dirk Gibbon, Cuthburt Selwyn, Thorfinn Rowle, Piers Jugson, Corban Yaxley, and Wulfric Mulciber were sent to the estate while other supporters were sent to Diagon Alley to wreak havoc, effectively creating a diversion. The entire McKinnon family is murdered except for her sister-in-law and her niece who escaped the chaos.

  • Full Moon

    Friday
    J wasnt there because LJH were in hiding

  • Fabian and Gideon Prewett die

  • Mary leaves the order and the UK (and probably oblivates herself)

    this is probs because of marlenes death

  • Peter turns 21 (f)

  • Dorcas kills Cuthburt Selwyn

    selwyn is the one who did the final shot to marlene so dorcas hunted him down, and while she was spying on them heard him admit it. She killed him later that night before moving onto her next target: voldemort

  • Dorcas is murdered (hc)

    After malenes death dorcas completely lost it and she went on kind of a rampage where she decided that she personally was going to end the war or die trying. (very slay of her) she made the decision that she was going to avenge M's death and she killed several of the people involved in marlenes death

  • Full Moon

    Saturday
    J wasnt there because LJH were in hiding

  • Full Moon

    Monday
    J wasnt there because LJH were in hiding

  • Extended Bones family dies

    while looking for Edward a group of deatheaters kills all living members of the bones family except for edward and his wife and children, amelia, and susan. 7 die in total

  • Edgar Bones is killed

  • Full Moon

    J couldn't be there because they were in hiding

  • Secret Keeper changes from S to P (fanon date)

  • James and Lily Potter Killed

  • sirius turns 22

  • Frank and Alice get tortured

  • First Moon without PPW

    Wednesday

  • remus turns 22

    first birthday without the marauders

  • Mary turns 22

  • walburga black dies