Harry potter when was it set

Rowling expanded the series by writing six more sequels and a number of standalone books. Harry received his acceptance letter to Hogwarts on his eleventh birthday which would have been in The young wizard immediately started school that same year. Each book took place during a separate year during Harry' schooling at Hogwarts meaning the entire series took place through the decade of the '90s.

Rowling started writing the first Harry Potter novel in but she didn't finish it for another five years. The book wasn't published until The seventh and final Harry Potter book wasn't published until a decade later. Since Rowling spent most of the early '90s writing the initial story, it makes sense why the novel began with Harry entering Hogwarts in She used her current year at that point at the setting of the epic fantasy tale.

Rowling was very active in the film adaptations for the Harry Potter series. She had some control of the story direction and even reviewed the script on a few of the movies. She was later promoted to a producer for both parts of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. While the Harry Potter movies rely on many of the same dates as the books for their timeline of canon events, they actually take place in the first decade of the s as evidenced by the fashion, technology, and other visible details.

While the early s saw a number of technological changes that altered the day to day life of many teens, the movies avoided getting too bogged down in the implications of the 21st century and depicted events similarly to thir depiction in the s setting of the books as they kept away from cell phones and computers. Besides, who needs those things when you have a wand and an owl that handles your communication? Kara Hedash is a features editor and writer for Screen Rant. According to her website , Rowling came up with the idea for the book series in while sitting on a delayed train.

She set the date for the books to match up with when she began writing them, which wound up being the same year as when the book series began, It wasn't clear at the time if or when the book would actually be published so she used her present time period.

If you've read the first Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, you'll notice it takes place in Harry was born in , making him 11 when he starts his first year at Hogwarts. Confused yet? Well, Rowling herself confirmed in a tweet that was the year Harry and Ginny's son, Albus Severus, was about to start his first trip to Hogwarts 19 years after Harry left, making his seventh and final year. The films, on the other hand, do not take place in the s.

While it is not specified in the dialogue of the first film, it can be inferred from the modern haircuts, technology, and a primary school certificate for Dudley Dursley via Cosmopolitan that it takes place in the year