| 1945 | Birth of Peter John Rowling, Rowling’s father. |
| 5 February 1945 | Birth of Anne Volant, Rowling’s mother. |
| 1964 | Peter Rowling and Anne Volant met on a train departing from King’s Cross Station. |
| 14 March 1965 | Peter Rowling and Anne Volant get married. |
| 31 July 1965 | Birth of Joanne Rowling in Yate, Gloucestershire, England. |
| 28 June 1967 | Birth of Dianne Rowling, Rowling’s sister. |
| 1969 | The Rowling family moves to Winterbourne, Gloucestershire, England. |
| 1970 | Rowling attends St Michael’s Primary School. |
| 1974 | The Rowling family moves to Church Cottage, Tutshill, Gloucestershire, England. Rowling attends secondary school at Wyedean School and College. |
| c. 1977 | Rowling’s great-aunt gives her a copy of Jessica Mitford’s autobiography, Hons and Rebels. |
| c. 1980 | Anne Rowling is diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. |
| 1982 | After being rejected for Oxford University, the University of Exeter accepts her f
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