Timeline question

[frances at forever.u-net.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 30201

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., raolin1 at h... wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., frances at f... wrote:
> > The book Hermione gets the information on Nicolas Flamel is 
> described 
> > as an "enormous old book" (PS English edition page 160). So 
> although it 
> > says he is 665, we don't have any indication when the book was 
> written 
> > and therefore, no idea when is 665th birthday was. Also, it is 
> > Perenelle, his wife who is listed as being 658, not Nicholas.
> > 
> > Frances
> 
> 
> Whoops!  It does?  Anyway, that will make the books later, then: 1995 
> at the earliest.  However, I always assumed Hermione calculated his 
> age from the date given: what would be the point of a book printing 
> someone's age when it would quickly be out of date?
> 
> Joshua Dyal

Out of interest, where did the date of 1330 for Flamel's birthday come 
from? Is this given in any of the books?

Frances