Timeline: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

[lyras]

I ended up making a timeline for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows in order to get events straight for some of the stories I wrote last November and December. (I know there are other timelines out there. I'm just anal-retentive.) Writing it up for my own reference, and in the hope that it may be of use to others

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[aidenfire]

Nice to see it laid out like this! Thanks!

[lyras]

You're welcome! Seemed a pity to leave it hiding away in a notebook.

[mrsquizzical]

that is awesome! thanks so much for sharing. :)

[lyras]

You're very welcome!

[lyras]

You're very welcome! Hope it comes in handy.

[onehundredmoons]

Awesome resource! I always feel like everything happens over the course of a couple of days in this book, with long stretches between those days. Bookmarking this!

[lyras]

Haha, you're kind of right about those two-day bursts of activity - but JKR does seem to have made an effort to sketch out the time in between. Glad to be of service. :)

Thanks for the timeline

[anonymous]

Thanks for providing the timeline. I'm currently writing my last fan-fic book for my girls' christmas present and needed the Deathly Hallows timeline. Been having a hard time finding one that's useful.

I do have a quibble though (because it's where I'm stuck): from what I can glean, Harry and Company were snagged by the snatchers sometime in March and it is stated that it would be during Easter Holidays. A 1998 calendar states that Easter fell on April 12th that year, so I think JKR might have messed up.

Also, just from what I could decypher from the books, I think the bank robbery and Battle of Hogwarts would have taken place in April, not May. If you have evidence that says otherwise, could you please reply? That's where I'm stuck.

Re: Thanks for the timeline

[lyras]

Hi!

so I think JKR might have messed up.

That is a conclusion I came to while making this timeline. :) Still. That's why I characterised the events at Malfoy Manor as "late in the month" [of March], because I did check the Easter dates for that year. And if Ginny is on holiday by that point, then it must be the very end of March, if not actually April, by the time they all end up at Malfoy Manor and then at Shell Cottage.

I don't really have evidence that says the Battle of Hogwarts takes place in May, except that the book says "weeks passed" between the events at Malfoy Manor and the bank robbery. Other timelines have always picked May for the battle, and I saw no reason to think it might have happened earlier - although if you have reason to think so, I'd be happy to hear it.

Best of luck with your story!