The chronology of the Harry Potter series is the timeline of the fictional events in the Harry Potter novels written by J. K. Rowling, along with additional materials posted on her web site and published in various interviews. The timeline covers events referred to and occurring within the novels. It appears in other media, such as the DVD copies of the films produced by Warner Bros. She has now finished her seventh book, which is called Harry Po...
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The chronology of the Harry Potter series is the timeline of the fictional events in the Harry Potter novels written by J. K. Rowling, along with additional materials posted on her web site and published in various interviews. The timeline covers events referred to and occurring within the novels. It appears in other media, such as the DVD copies of the films produced by Warner Bros. She has now finished her seventh book, which is called Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
The focus of the stories is the magical society which exists alongside the mundane world of the Muggles. These parallel societies share the same geography and chronology, but the events of the mundane world are only presented insofar as they deviate from real-world history.
The timeline contains flaws, which Rowling has on occasion acknowledged, and sometimes contradicts itself or does not agree with real calendar days and dates for events being described. Nonetheless, it has become a generally accepted timeline...
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