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Edited by John Kearns
The numbers following some descriptions are chapter/page references: HBP29/628 means chapter 29, page 628 of the first hardcover US edition (like all good purists, we embrace the UK edition as the standard, but we’re working from the first hardcover US edition at the moment, so bear with us. Events in blue are approximate dates. The lettered items in the calendar have corresponding notes below.
| SUNDAY | MONDAY | TUESDAY | WEDNESDAY | THURSDAY | FRIDAY | SATURDAY | references | |
| (date and day unknown) Amelia Bones and Emmeline Vance killed, Bridge destroyed, Dementors breeding | (date unknown; the end of a “long week”) Fudge and Scrimgeour visit Prime Minister | HBP01 | ||||||
| (date and day unknown) Bella and Narcissa go to see Snape; Snape makes Unbreakable Vow | HBP02 | |||||||
| Jul 7 | 8 | 9 Harry receives letter from Dumbledore | 10 | 11 | 12 Dumbledore comes to 4 Privet Drive to pick up Harry, chats with Dursleys Harry and Dumbledore visit Slughorn, convince him to teach | 13 Harry delivered to Burrow shortly after midnight O.W.L. results arrive | HBP03 HBP04 HBP05 | |
| 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | ||
| 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | ||
| 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 Harry’s birthday | Aug 1 Hogwarts booklists arrive | 2 | 3 Trip to Diagon Alley Harry has run-in with Draco and Narcissa in Malkin’s Visit to Weasleys’ Wizard Wheezes Trio overhears Draco in Borgin and Burke’s | HBP06 | |
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Aug 8 | 9 | 10 | ||
| 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Aug 15 | 16 | 17 | ||
| 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | Aug 22 | 23 | 24 | ||
| 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | Aug 29 | Aug 30 | Aug 31 Harry ponders Draco-as- Laundry | HBP07 | |
| Sept 1 Hogwarts Express Harry tells Mr. Weasley about Malfoy at Borgin&Burkes First meeting of the Slug Club (on train) Harry sneaks into Malfoy’s compartment, gets stunned Tonks rescues him, Snape takes him to feast Opening feast | 2 Class schedules handed out DADA class: Snape tries to jinx Harry, Harry retaliates and gets detention Potions: Harry gets HBP’s book, wins Felix Felicis | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 Harry’s first meeting with Dumbledore Duo goes into Pensieve, sees Gaunt House and Voldemort’s family Dumbledore explains circumstances surrounding Voldemort’s birth | HBP07 HBP08 HBP09 HBP10 | |
| 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 Stan Shunpike arrested | 14 Breakfast: Hermione explains Harry’s popularity Quidditch tryouts: Harry picks Ron, Ginny, Demelza, Katie, Coote, Peakes for team Hermione confunduses McLaggen during tryout so Ron will win position Trio visits Hagrid, learn that Aragog is dying First Slug Club dinner Harry serves detention with Snape – Flobberworms | HBP11 | |
| 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | ||
| 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | ||
| 29 | 30 | Oct 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 (or 19)Harry reads HBP book in bed, levitates Ron by accidentTrip to Hogsmeade, trio sees Slughorn and MundungusKatie Bell Imperiused and touches necklace, landing her in hospital for monthsHarry tells McGonagall he suspects Draco | HBP12 | |
| 13 | 14 (or 21) Second lesson with Dumbledore They go into Pensieve, meet 12-year-old Riddle and discuss his personality | 15 (or 22) Herbology class Heremione and Ron discuss Slug Club, Hermione invites Ron to Christmas party Harry notices attraction between them | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | HBP13 HBP14 | |
| 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | ||
| 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | Nov 1 | 2 | ||
| (date unknown=Y) Harry invites Dean to join Quidditch team in Katie’s place Quidditch Practice – one of the worst all term Harry and Ron run into Ginny and Dean kissing after practice, Ginny tells Ron off Harry first attracted to Ginny | (Y+1) Ron as touchy as average Skrewt | (date unknown=Z, night before match) Final Quidditch practice – Ron tries to resign from team | (Z+1, Saturday) Harry pretends to slip Ron Felix Felicis at breakfast Gryffindor wins Quidditch match Hermione confronts Harry about potion, Harry shows it was faked, Ron gets mad at Hermione At post-game party, Ron snogs Lavender, Hermione gets upset and hides Harry finds Hermione but Ron barges in and she curses him | HBP14 | ||||
| 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||
| 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | ||
| 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | ||
| 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | ||
| Dec 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||
| 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | ||
| 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 Hermione talks with Harry in library, Pince kicks them outRomilda Vane tries to slip Harry a Love Potion | 20 Transfiguration: eyebrow-dyeing Harry asks Luna to Slughorn’s party Christmas party Malfoy caught in corridors, Snape takes him to classroom where Harry overhears Snape trying to help Malfoy
| 21 Harry and Ron return to Burrow | HBP15 | |
| 22 (exact day unknown) Harry and Ron peel sprouts while talking about Malfoy | 23 | 24 Weasley family in living room, listening to Celestina Warbeck Harry talks with Lupin and Arthur about Snape, Greyback Harry tries to determine identity of HBP | 25 ChristmasRon gets necklace from Lavender, Harry gets maggots from KreacherPercy and Scrimgeour show up, Scrimgeour tries to talk Harry into helping Ministry | 26 | 27 | 28 | HBP16 | |
| 29 | 30 | 31 | Jan 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||
| 5 Students return to Hogwarts Harry talks with Hermione about Snape | 6 Apparition lessons sign appears Third lesson with Dumbledore Harry/DD watch Morfin tell Voldemort about his family We see Slughorn’s altered memory of Riddle and Horcruxes Dumbledore gives Harry task of getting full memory | 7 Potions class- | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | HBP17 HBP18 | |
| 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | ||
| 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | ||
| 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | Feb 1 First Apparition lesson Harry overhears Draco talking to Crabbe | HBP18 | |
| 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 Apparition lessons | HBP18 | |
| 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 Apparition lessons | HBP18 | |
| 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 Apparition lessons | HBP18 | |
| 23 | 24 | 25 | 26
| 27 | 28 | Mar 1 Ron’s birthdayApparition lesson; Hogsmeade trip cancelledRon takes Romilda’s love potion by mistakeHarry takes Ron to Slughorn and gets antidote, but Slughorn gives Ron poisoned mead; Harry saves his life with a bezoarWeasleys visit Ron in hospital wingHagrid lets slip that Dumbledore argued with SnapeMcLaggen corners Harry about playing keeper | HBP18 HBP19 | |
| 2 | 3 | 4 (throughout week) Lavender Brown corners Harry about Ron | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 Harry sees Malfoy sneaking off with lookouts Quidditch match: Harry in hospital wing, asks Kreacher and Dobby to tail Malfoy
| HBP19 | |
| 9 | 10 Harry and Ron leave hospital wing Ginny/Dean and Ron/Lavender fight Fourth lesson with Dumbledore Harry sees memories of Riddle visiting Hepzibah Smith and asking for DADA teaching post at Hogwarts | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | HBP20 | |
| 16 Harry talks with Ron and Hermione, realizes Malfoy is using Room of Requirement | 17 Between classes, Harry tries to get into Room of Requirement DADA class Harry talks with Myrtle, finds she’s been conversing with a boy Hermione and Ron go for Apparition lessons in Hogsmeade Harry runs into Tonks | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | HBP21 | |
| 23 | 24 Easter holidays begin | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | ||
| 30 | 31 | Apr 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 End of Easter Holidays | ||
| 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | ||
| 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | ||
| 20 | 21 Apparition testing Harry tries to corner Slughorn after Potions and fails Harry takes Felix Felicis, sees Slughorn, helps bury Aragog, and gets memory from Slughorn Emergency meeting with Dumbledore – Harry and Dumbledore watch Slughorn’s memory Dumbledore explains Riddle’s Horcruxes and the power of Harry’s love Ron/Lavender and Ginny/Dean break up
| 22 Charms: Harry explains everything to Ron and Hermione Katie Bell returns | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | HBP22 HBP23 | |
| 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | May 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 5 | 6 (exact date unknown) | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 Detention with Snape Gryffindor wins Quidditch match without Harry and wins house cup; Harry kisses Ginny | HBP24 | |
| 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | ||
| 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | ||
| 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | ||
| Jun 1 | (day and date unknown) Harry talks with friends about tattoos and Eileen Prince | June 30 Harry gets note from Dumbledore, who tells him they are to seek out a Horcrux Trelawney reveals that Snape overheard prophecy Harry gives Felix Felicis to Ron, Hermione Harry and Dumbledore travel to cave, retrieve false Horcrux Harry and DD return, Dumbledore confronted by Draco, Snape kills him Harry chases Snape off grounds Order congregates in hospital wing to discuss incidents McGonagall asks heads of houses about closing school | July 2 Hermione discovers that Eileen Prince was Snape’s mother Trio and Ginny discuss Snape
| July 3 Dumbledore’s funeral Harry breaks up with Ginny Scrimgeour tries again to ask Harry for help; he refuses Harry tells Ron and Hermione he won’t be back for seventh year, they pledge to stay with him Hogwarts Express home | HBP25 HBP26 HBP27 HBP28 HBP29 HBP30 |
