The numbers following some descriptions are chapter/page references: DH29/628 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).
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Events in blue are approximate dates. The lettered items in the calendar have corresponding notes below.
& September 2017
Notes:
1The Easter holidays most likely begin Friday, 21 March. The earliest possible date for Easter Sunday on this calendar is 23 March, but it is far more likely that it starts later than this. Also, though we don’t know for certain the length of Hogwarts’ Easter holidays, again the likelihood is great that they are later in the spring, rather than earlier. The holidays cannot begin any later than 21 March because the events described as taking place the next week are specifically in March (DH22). Rowling has stated that the Battle of Hogwarts took place on 2 May. We are assuming for this calendar that she means that the final battle in the Great Hall was on 2 May.
Special thanks to Malte for pulling out a number of specific details to make this more exact.
| SUNDAY | MONDAY | TUESDAY | WEDNESDAY | THURSDAY | FRIDAY | SATURDAY | references |
| (Day unknown) Lupin/Tonks Wedding; |
(Day unknown) Death Eaters meet at Malfoy Manor |
DH1 | |||||
| July 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 Harry spends morning packing Dursleys go into hiding Order of the Phoenix is ambushed while moving Harry to safety; Hedwig and Mad-Eye Moody die Harry and Hagrid land at the Tonks house, then go on to the Burrow |
DH2 DH3 DH4 DH5 |
| July 28 Mrs. Weasley puts the trio to work and questions Harry about plans |
29 Dinner with the Order Harry and Hermione sneak to Ron’s room to discuss plans with him |
30 11am: Delacours arrive Molly asks Harry about what to do for his birthday |
31 Harry turns 17 Ginny gives Harry a birthday kiss, angering Ron Scrimgeour crashes Harry’s party and gives trio items from Dumbledore’s will |
Aug 1 3pm: Bill & Fleur’s Wedding Harry talks to Muriel, Mr. Doge, and Krum Ministry of Magic falls; wedding ambushed Trio apparates to London but encounters Death Eaters and zips to Grimmauld Place |
2 At Grimmauld Place, Harry finds letter from Lily, trio figures out R.A.B. Kreacher tells story of the fake locket and the sea cave and explains that Mundungus has stolen the locket Harry sends him to search for Dung |
3 Kreacher does not return |
DH6 DH7 DH8 DH9 DH10 DH11 |
| Aug 4 Kreacher does not return Death Eaters appear outside Grimmauld Place Lupin arrives asking to join Harry, who refuses him as they quarrel Kreacher returns with Mundungus, and trio learns that Umbridge has the locket Horcrux |
5 Trio starts monitoring entrance to Ministry of Magic |
6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | DH11 DH12 |
| Aug 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | |
| Aug 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 Hermione’s name appears in Daily Prophet, on list of Muggle-borns wanted for interrogation |
23 | 24 | |
| Aug 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | |
| Sep 1 Extra Death Eaters appear outside Grimmauld Place Daily Prophet reports that Snape is new Hogwarts headmaster Harry decides to try to infiltrate Ministry tomorrow |
2 Trio infiltrates Ministry and narrowly escapes with locket, but Ron splinches himselfHarry sees Voldemort learning that a boy stole the thing Voldemort wants from Gregorovitch |
3 Trio moves to a new town, with dementors, and realizes the negative effects of wearing the Horcrux |
4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | DH12 DH13 DH14 DH15 |
| (day unknown) Trio visits orphanage in London, discovers it has been replaced by office tower |
DH15 | ||||||
| (day unknown; autumn) Trio overhears conversation about Gryffindor’s sword, talks to Phineas NigellusRon storms off and disappears |
(next day) Hermione stalls in packing but finally she and Harry depart |
DH15 DH16 |
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| (over the weeks) Harry continues to see Voldemort wanting to catch the thief who stole an item from GregorovitchHarry and Hermione get updates on Hogwarts from Phineas Nigellus |
DH16 | ||||||
| Dec 15 | 16 | 17 Harry and Hermione discuss going to Godric’s Hollow |
18 | 19 | 20 Luna captured by Death Eaters from the Hogwarts Express on her way home for Christmas (DH25) |
21 | DH16 |
| Dec 22 | 23 | 24 Harry and Hermione visit Godric’s Hollow, see James and Lily’s graves and house, and visit Bathilda Bagshot, who turns out to be a fake replacement for the real person and attacksHermione helps Harry escape but his wand breaks in the process |
25 Harry wakes up with Hermione tending to his injuriesThey read about Dumbledore’s friendship with GrindelwaldRon figures out how to use the Deluminator to find Harry and Hermione |
26 Hermione takes Harry to the Forest of DeanOn watch, Harry sees a silvery doe and follows it to discover Gryffindor’s sword in a frozen lake; when he tries to get it, Ron appears, saves his life, and uses the sword to destroy the locket HorcruxHermione attacks Ron but Harry calms her down |
27 Ron explains the jinx on people who speak Voldemort’s nameRon and Hermione convince Harry to try visiting Mr. Lovegood |
28 Trio visits Xeno LovegoodMr. Lovegood tells the story of the Deathly Hallows, then tries to sell Harry to the Ministry, and the trio just escapesHarry thinks he figures out the mystery of the Hallows |
DH16 DH17 DH18 DH19 DH20 DH21 |
| Dec 29 | 30 | 31 | Jan 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| Jan 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | |
| Jan 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | |
| Jan 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | |
| Jan 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | Feb 1 | |
| Feb 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |
| Feb 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | |
| Feb 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | |
| Feb 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | Mar 1 | |
| Mar 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |
| Mar 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | |
| Mar 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 Ginny leaves Hogwarts for the Burrow, for Easter holiday1 (DH24, DH29) |
22 | |
| (Exact day unknown; March) Trio listens to Potterwatch until Harry speaks Voldemort’s name; trio is captured by SnatchersTrio is taken to Malfoy mansion but escapes thanks to Dobby, who is killed in the process along with Wormtail (happens partially post-midnight, early the next morning) |
(beginning at dawn the next morning)
Safe at Shell Cottage, Harry buries Dobby in the yard Harry asks Griphook and Ollivander for help Voldemort gets the elder wand from Dumbledore’s tomb |
(a few days later) Griphook agrees to help Harry in exchange for Gryffindor’s swordHarry, Hermione, Ron, & Griphook begin plotting to break into Gringotts |
DH22 DH23 DH24 DH25 |
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| (a few weeks later, in April) Bill returns Muriel’s tiara Lupin arrives to announce that his son has been born, asks Harry to be godfatherBill pulls Harry aside to warn him against trying to pull a fast one on Griphook |
DH25 | ||||||
| May 1
Harry, Ron, Hermione, & Griphook break into Gringotts, steal Hufflepuff’s Cup, lose Gryffindor’s sword, and escape on a dragon Trio returns to Hogsmeade, Hog’s Head, and Hogwarts Hogwarts gears up for battle as Voldemort seeks out the Horcruxes and takes flight for the school; Ron and Hermione destroy Hufflepuff’s Cup as Harry seeks the diadem of Ravenclaw |
May 2 (starting at midnight)The Battle of HogwartsHorcruxes are destroyed; Snape, Fred, Lupin, Tonks, and Colin die; Harry sacrifices himself for the world but survives and kills Voldemort |
DH26 DH27 DH28 DH29 DH30 DH31 DH32 DH33 DH34 DH35 DH36 |
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| Sep 1, 2017
Harry, Ginny, Ron, Hermione bring their children to Hogwarts Express and send them off to school |
Epilogue |