Voldemort's Age

[alig1528]

No: HPFGUIDX 170157

Hi,

I was just recently looking through all of the books to try to create 
some sort of timeline of important events and I wound up finding 
enough information to calculate Voldemort's age for the seventh book...

In CoS, after Harry and Ron take the Polyjuice Potion, Malfoy tells 
them that the Chamber of Secrets was opened 50 years ago. ("And Father 
won't tell me anything about the last time the Chamber was opened 
either. Of course, it was fifty years ago, so it was before his 
time..." p. 223)

Later, when Harry talks to Tom Riddle (Voldemort) through the diary, 
he finds out that Riddle was in his 5th year (15 years old) the last 
time the Chamber of Secrets was opened. ("In my fifth year, the 
Chamber was opened and the monster attacked several students..." p. 
241)

Therefore, in Harry's 2nd year, Voldemort was 65 years old (15 + 50). 
Harry is now entering his 7th year, so 5 years have passed, making 
Voldemort's current age approximately 70 years old. I thought that 
this was interesting because he is supposed to have 7 horcruxes, it is 
the 7th book, and Harry was born in the 7th month of the year.

I also found many dates with "31" in them. For example, Harry was born 
on the 31st of July, Harry's parents died on the 31st of October, and 
Voldemort was born on the 31st of December. However, I do not know 
what significance this has to the plot.

--Ali