Rubeus Hagrid Is Expelled From Hogwarts - Harry Potter Lexicon

"Only the Transfiguration teacher, Dumbledore, seemed to think Hagrid was innocent. He persuaded Dippet to keep Hagrid and train him as gamekeeper. Yes, I think Dumbledore might have guessed ... Dumbledore never seemed to like me as much as the other teachers did ... he certainly kept an annoyingly close watch on me after Hagrid was expelled." -- Tom Riddle (CS17)

Hagrid is expelled after being accused of opening the Chamber of Secrets and releasing a monster who killed Myrtle Warren. He was framed for this by Tom Riddle, who saw Hagrid as an easy target for persecution, being oversized and clumsy and unusually fond of dangerous creatures. Tom confronted Hagrid, who was taking care of a baby acromantula in the dungeons, and publicly accused him of opening the Chamber. Hagrid was expelled without further proof on the power of Riddle’s persuasion and favored status with the Headmaster at the time, Armando Dippet. Only Dumbledore suspected Riddle of duplicity but couldn’t prove it.

Rubeus Hagrid is expelled from Hogwarts Date after June 13th, 1943 Certainty Inferred from canon Type of Event Wizarding world Related Entries Characters Riddle family Rubeus Hagrid Moaning Myrtle Aragog Albus Dumbledore Events Hagrid acquires an Acromantula egg and hatches Aragog in a Hogwarts cupboard Hagrid remains at Hogwarts and is trained as gamekeeper, thanks to Dumbledore Aragog the Acromantula is released into the Forbidden Forest Creatures Acromantula

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Timeline

• 1942: Tom Riddle meets with Professor Slughorn and asks him about Horcruxes
• 1943: Cygnus Black, son of Phineas Nigellus Black, dies at age 54
• circa May, 1943: Tom Riddle learns to open the Chamber of Secrets and releases the Basilisk
• June 12th, 1943: Moaning Myrtle's Death
• June 13th, 1943: Aragog the Acromantula is released into the Forbidden Forest
• June 13th, 1943: Hagrid is falsely accused of opening the Chamber of Secrets
• June 13th, 1943: Hagrid remains at Hogwarts and is trained as gamekeeper
• June 13th, 1943: Rubeus Hagrid is expelled from Hogwarts
• June 13th, 1943: Tom Riddle is given an Award for Special Services to the School
• September, 1943: Tom Marvolo Riddle turns the diary into a Horcrux
• circa 1944: Grey Lady reveals her secret to Tom Riddle
• September 1st, 1944: Tom Riddle begins his seventh year at Hogwarts and is made Head Boy
• 1945: Devlin Whitehorn is born
• 1945: Dumbledore defeats Grindelwald
• June, 1945: Galatea Merrythought retires from Hogwarts
• circa June, 1945: Tom Riddle finishes his seventh year and applies for a job teaching at Hogwarts
• 1947: A History of Magic is published