Its no secret that the harry potter series is a global phenomenon, having been translated into over 80 languages to date. Harry potter has had his story translated into more than 60 languages, and is the best selling book series of all time. The series has now sold over 500 million copies worldwide in 82 languages, inspired a blockbuster movie franchise, a spellbinding theatre production, and has continued to captivate readers of all ages. The crimes of grindelwald was released in november 2018. Mar 03, 2020 when the first book in the harry potter series, harry potter and the sorcerers stone or philosophers stone if youre in the u. In the harry potter book series, has the timeline for the. Harry potter world 20 years on book sales, franchise. Joanne adds her grandmothers name, kathleen, to her own, producing j. Released on june 21, 2003, harry potter and the order of the phoenix is the fifth and longest book in the harry potter series. The first novel portraying harry potter was published in june 1997, titled philosophers stone, and the series of novels are filed away in the fantasy genre. Every harry potter book in chronological order screenrant. And the final installment, harry potter and the deathly hallows, is one of the fastest selling books in the history of fiction, with 8. The author has evidently decided to adhere to this timeline.
Harry potter and the goblet of fire chapter 2 the daily prophet newsletters are dated 19981999 and are set in the timeframe of book two and three. Probably the most famous author in the world, rowling was the first author to become a billionaire. Harry potter has never even heard of hogwarts when the letters start dropping on the doormat at number four, privet drive. The stories span seven years, coinciding with the seven years a student spends at hogwarts. A timeline of the harry potter fandom unraveling in 2016. Harry potter timeline how to watch the entire series.
Muggles guide to harry pottertimeline wikibooks, open. Harry potter books and movie release dates timeline. Although some names and terms might not translate directly from the original british english versions of the books, the original sevenbook series is the reason why the fandom that surrounds what is now the wizarding world franchise is what it is today. Harry potter and the chamber of secrets does state that myrtles death occurred in the latter half of tom riddles fifth year at hogwarts, which would have been the spring of 1943, give or take about five years, and harry says in harry potter and the halfblood prince that tom riddle. See the complete harry potter series book list in order, box sets or. Timeline of the harry potter movies science fiction. Detailed timelines for each era complete record of events in each era, from the. Dec 09, 2018 in deathly hallows, rowling dropped a major tidbit of information when she revealed the events of the harry potter series took place during the 90s, as opposed to modern day, as many fans.
On top of the harry potter series, jk rowling has written a few supplemental books that tie in to the harry potter. K rowling finish the harry potter series before they. Specifically, these book span harry s seven years at hogwarts. Master timelines timeline of major events a timeline of the most important events throughout three millennia of history, with focus on the events of the rise and fall of the two powerful dark wizards of the 20th century, grindelwald and voldemort.
Nov 20, 2016 fans have created a timeline of the harry potter series from a single piece of information in harry potter and the chamber of secrets. The main story arc concerns harry s struggle against lord voldemort, a dark wizard who intends to become immortal, overthrow the. Back then, she or her parents didnt know the big life she. Voldemort attempts to kill harry potter after murdering his parents, but the spell rebounds onto voldemort. Harry potter and the chamber of secrets gives us one concrete date. Not without his share of controversy, harry potter is more often lauded for encouraging children to read more often, especially at the dawn of the internet age, and with telling such an accessible and entertaining story filled. Rowling is the author of the harry potter series, one of the most successful book series ever in the history of humankind. This article covers a subject that is part of the real world, and thus should not be taken as a part of the harry potter universe. The books have also launched the infamous movie series. Harry potter history explained via wizarding world. Rowlings book series was an even bigger success story. The first book in the seriesharry potter and the philosophers stoneis published in the united kingdom. Below is the order of all of the harry potter books, as well as recommendations for other books like harry potter.
Daniel radcliffe, emma watson, rupert grint, michael gambon. Rowling is of course the infamous english author, who wrote the harry potter series of books i still prefer enid blyton. Timeline of harry potter events in honor of 19 years later. Harry potter and the oder of the phoenix which is the fifth book in the harry potter series, was released in the u. Fan project brings life to harry potter in translation. Harry potter timeline timeline the harry potter lexicon. It has 38 chapters and is 765 pages in the uk and 850 pages long in the us. Rowling, mary grandpre october 1998 order in the next 7 hours 26 minutes and get it by tuesday, march 03. Fans have created a timeline of the harry potter series from a single piece of information in harry potter and the chamber of secrets. But, there is more behind her than her amazing book series. The harry potter movies in chronological order by date of. The fantastic beasts series begins in 1920s new york city, but the events of the harry potter prequel films including the recent second installment.
Evidence in the books only somewhat supports this theory. Students raise their wands after albus dumbledore s death in 1997 this is a list of deaths in the harry potter series organised by source. Turning the envelope over, his hand trembling, harry saw a purple wax seal bearing a coat of arms. Rowlings 2001 book fantastic beasts and where to find them. Rowling created an extensive universe for the harry potter world, including a pretty comprehensive history. Then, in the space provided write the name of the book in which the event occurred. Harry is left alive with a scar on his forehead that hides an accidental horcrux made of voldemorts shattered soul. Its script will be realesed in the summer of 2016 in english.
The harry potter books timeline timetoast timelines. Harry potter and the order of the phoenix novel mugglenet. There is no information about the publication date of a possible hungarian translation of this book. Although sometimes when reading the books and watching the movies, its easy to forget the history spanning behind it although the prequel movies have helped. She was too shy to ask for a pen on the train to write it down, so she tried to remember it. A timeline a look at all the books in the series thats made the story about the boy who lived a global phenomenon published.
Harry potter or, better yet, harry james potter, is the featured protagonist in the harry potter novel series authored by j. She is able to quit her teaching job and devote her time to writing. Since the celebration was commemorating the fivehundredth anniversary of nicks death, this seems to say the scene takes place on 31 october, 1992. Rowling finishes harry potter and the deathly hallows in the balmoral hotel in edinburgh, scotland. P1 harry potter and the halfblood prince death eaters destroy the millennium bridge which opened in june 2000 20082009, could be later, but not likely. Jul 8, 1999 harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban published. Voldemort, nearly dead and without physical form, retreats into the forests of albania where read more.
Because bloomsbury is afraid that young boys wont want to read a book by a woman, they suggest she use her initials. Harry potter movies in order list watch before crimes of. The first book, harry potter and the philosophers stone, published in 1997 by bloomsbury, remains one of the alltime bestsellers. Rowling always said that harry potter and the deathly hallows would be the last book in the harry potter series, but if 2016 taught us anything, its that rowling is more invested in the. The title of the seventh harry potter book is announced as harry potter and the deathly hallows. Specifically, these book span harrys seven years at hogwarts. Harry is of course the young wizard featured in numerous incredibly famous books written by author jk rowling.
Harry potter and the half blood prince is published in the united kingdom by bloomsbury. Rowling timeline joanne rowling is the author of the very, very popular book series. Harry potter book series 7 books harry potter and the sorcerers stone by j. Harry potter is a series of fantasy novels written by british author j. Harry potter world 20 years on book sales, franchise total. The series has sold over 450 million copies worldwide in 79 languages, inspired a major movie franchise, a spellbinding theatre production, and has continued to captivate readers of all ages for twenty years. When the first book in the harry potter series, harry potter and the sorcerers stone or philosophers stone if youre in the u. The book, originally written as an inuniverse companion piece to the harry potter books expanded to a movie series in 2016. In deathly hallows, rowling dropped a major tidbit of information when she revealed the events of the harry potter series took place during the 90s, as opposed to modern day, as many fans. Working from this, we can date nearly every event mentioned in the books. The philosophers stone 1997 the chamber of secrets 1998 the prisoner of azkaban 1999 the goblet of fire 2000 the order of the phoenix 2003 the halfblood prince 2005 the deathly hallows 2007 movies.
This book is the second book in the harry potter series, and in it harry and his friends meet tom riddle for the first time, and battle a serpent. Harry potter and the philosophers stone was the book that started a global phenomenon. The harry potter book series by multiple authors includes books harry potter and the philosophers stone, harry potter and the chamber of secrets, harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban, and several more. The first book in the series harry potter and the philosophers stoneis published in the united kingdom. Harry potter and the chamber of secrets was july 2, 1998 uk, june 2, 1999 us. Mar 22, 2020 its no secret that the harry potter series is a global phenomenon, having been translated into over 80 languages to date.
As harry potter daniel radcliffe begins his sixth year at hogwarts, he discovers an old book marked as the property of the halfblood prince and begins to learn more about lord voldemorts ralph fiennes dark past. It has become a household name and nearly everyone knows about the boy wizard and his two best friends, ron and hermione. Harry potter is midway through his training as a shelve harry potter and the goblet of fire. A prequel to the harry potter series, this new adventure of magizoologist newt scamander marked the start of a fivefilm series to be written by the author. On july 31, 1965, the author of the harry potter series was born to peter james rowling and anne rowling. Rowling wrote a harry potter stage play, called harry potter and the cursed child. At nearly headless nicks deathday party in that book, his death is stated to have been on 31 october, 1492. Rank the events below in the order they occurred in the harry potter series. Rowling is because her publishing company feared that teenagers wouldn. Harry potter and the sorcerers stone or philosophers was june 30, 1997 uk, september 1, 1998 us. Harry potter is a britishamerican film series based on the eponymous novels by author j.