I can't do the math!

hickengruendler hickengruendler at yahoo.de
Thu May 12 22:36:04 UTC 2005


No: HPFGUIDX 128819

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Mira <anurim at y...> wrote:
> Geoff:
> > Just for completeness. Harry was exactly 15 months
> > old when Voldemort attacked him at Godric's Hollow.
> > 
> > He was born on 31/07/81 and Voldemort attacked him
> > on Hallowe'en 1982 (31/10/82).
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Sorry for being thick (on top of a newbie), but I see
> the Lexicon places Harry's birth in 1980, not 1981.
> The day when Harry was left with the Dursleys is given
> in the book as a Tuesday, one week ahead of Bonfire
> Day, which should place the attack on the night
> between Monday 26 and Tuesday 27 October. Which is the
> right date, then?
> 
> ALuna

Hickengruendler:

Harry's parents died on Halloween. This is confirmed later in the 
books. And during Nick's 500th Deathday party in CoS, his deathdate 
is given as Halloween 1492, making this scene takes place in 1992. 
Harry is 12 at this points, his parents were killed when he was 15 
months, therefore the first chapter of book 1 takes place in 1981, 
according to this source. There are several other dates in Canon 
contradicting this. The weekdays are generally problematic. It's 
obvious JKR didn't pay attention to them, therefore they are plenty 
of mistakes in them. (For example, both in GoF and OotP September 2nd 
is a Monday, according to the Lexicon), which obviously is 
impossible. Generally, it's impossible to bring logic in this, but 
since the date on the deathday cake is the only concret date given in 
the book, it's the one most people work with.






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