Timeline for ages & events (updated yet again)

[Marci]

No: HPFGUIDX 86018

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Troels Forchhammer 
<t.forch at m...> wrote:
We know that there was seven years during which Gryffindor didn't win 
the
Quidditch cup until they won it in Harry's third year, /and/ that the 
last
time they won it it was with Charlie Weasley. That much is evident 
from
PoA-12 'The Patronus':

" 'Seriously,' said Professor McGonagall, and she was actually
smiling. 'I daresay you'll need to get the feel of it before
Saturday's match, won't you? And Potter - /do/ try and win,
won't you? Or we'll be out of the running for the eighth year
in a row, as Professor Snape was kind enough to remind me only
last night ...' "
(p. 184, Bloomsbury)

and PoA-15 'The Quidditch Final':

" The whole of Gryffindor House was obsessed with the coming
match. Gryffindor hadn't won the Quidditch Cup since the
legendary Charlie Weasley (Ron's second-oldest brother) had
been Seeker. But Harry doubted whether any of them, even Wood,
wanted to win as much as he did. The enmity ... "
(p. 221f, Bloomsbury)

I usually prefer this set of evidence which ties clearly to the 
Quidditch
Cup (it is not clear in PS whether it's only the House Cup or both the
House Cup and the Quidditch Cup that Slytherin has won for six years 
in a
row), however, if we discount Harry's second year (where the Quidditch
tournament was cancelled) the two numbers fit.

> Troels

ME:

Thank you so much.  That reference is exactly what I was looking 
for.  I wasn't able to look it up because my POA book was being 
borrowed.  I originally had Charlie's birth circa 1968-70 and Bill 
two years older.  The comment from Ginny is what makes it difficult.  
Only if JKR had said Ginny was excited when Percy got his letter.  LOL

Marci