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Sirius Black
GryffindorMarauder and godfather

Sirius Black

Born:
3 November 1959
Died:
18 June 1996

James Potter’s closest friend, an Animagus dog, and the heir who ran away from a pure-blood house. Framed by Pettigrew, he spends twelve years in Azkaban, then two as a fugitive. Bellatrix kills him in the Department of Mysteries.

Appears in

  1. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
  2. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
  3. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
  4. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

On the timeline

  1. 1959-11-03

    Sirius Black is born

    Sirius Black is born on 3 November 1959. He will be 36 when he dies in June 1996, before his next birthday.
  2. 1960-03-27

    James Potter is born

    James Potter is born on 27 March 1960. Remus Lupin, Peter Pettigrew, and Severus Snape are born the same year. Sirius was born the previous November.
  3. 1961

    Regulus Black is born

    Sirius’s younger brother is born into the same house Sirius will reject.
  4. 1971

    The Marauders and Snape start Hogwarts

    Lily, James, Sirius, Remus, and Peter are sorted into Gryffindor. Snape is sorted into Slytherin. The Whomping Willow is planted so Lupin can be safely shut away.
  5. 1975

    The Marauders become Animagi

    By their fifth year James, Sirius, and Peter can become a stag, a dog, and a rat, so they can keep Lupin company. Lupin is a Gryffindor prefect.
  6. c. 1975–1978

    The Marauder’s Map

    James, Sirius, Remus, and Peter make a map of the castle that shows everyone in it. The exact year is not given. It is their work as students, most likely in the later 1970s.
  7. 1976

    Percy’s year, and Sirius leaves home

    Percy Weasley, Oliver Wood, Viktor Krum, and Fleur Delacour are born around this time. Sirius runs away and is taken in by the Potters.
  8. 1977

    Cedric is born; Regulus takes the mark

    Cedric Diggory is born. Regulus Black becomes a Death Eater. Sirius is living away from Grimmauld Place.
  9. 1978

    The Marauders graduate; James and Lily marry

    James, Sirius, Remus, Peter, and Snape leave school. Snape and Pettigrew are among the Death Eaters. James and Lily marry. Fred and George Weasley are born on April Fools’ Day.
  10. 1 November 1981

    Harry is left at the Dursleys; Sirius is framed

    Hagrid brings Harry to Privet Drive on Sirius’s motorcycle. Voldemort is bodiless in Albania. Pettigrew, as a rat, will find the Weasleys. Sirius is sent to Azkaban without a trial.
  11. 1993–1994

    Third year: the Prisoner of Azkaban

    Sirius escapes. Lupin teaches Defence. Harry casts a Patronus. Pettigrew is exposed and runs. Sirius remains a wanted man.
  12. 1995-07

    The Order of the Phoenix reforms

    Headquarters is number twelve, Grimmauld Place. Sirius is still a fugitive inside his own mother’s house.
  13. 1996-06-18

    The Department of Mysteries; Sirius dies

    A false vision draws Harry and five friends into the Department. The prophecy sphere breaks. Bellatrix kills Sirius. Dumbledore and Voldemort duel in the atrium. The Ministry can no longer deny the return.