A quick question to the group.

[Ali]

Iggy wrote:-
 
> I know this has been mentioned somewhere before, but can someone 
please list the actual years each of the books in the HP series is 
supposed to take place?

Ali replies:

We don't know for sure. Numbers and dates aren't JKR's strong 
points, and I sometimes wonder whether she really meant to pinpoint 
the events to an exact timeframe. However, in CoS, Nearly Headless 
Nick celebrates the 500th anniversary of his Deathday, which was in 
1492. From this date, Harry begins his Hogwarts adventures in 1991 
and should conclude them in the summer of 1998.

Ali