HAPPY BIRTHDAY HARRY POTTER!!
For some strange reason I have never forgotten that Harry's birthday falls today...July 31st. So, I thought I would just wish him a very happy birthday. And at the same time give you guys some random facts about it...
How Old Is Harry Anyway?
J. K. Rowling has told us that Harry's birthday is July 31, which happens to be her birthday, too. But what year was Harry born?
Near the beginning of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone it says that "tomorrow, Tuesday, was Harry's eleventh birthday." July 31 doesn't fall on a Tuesday very often. Most readers of that first book assumed that, because it was published in 1997, Harry attended Hogwarts during the 1990s. In 1990, July 31 fell on a Tuesday. This would mean that Harry was born in 1979 and would turn 23 in 2002.
But wait—this theory is contradicted by evidence in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets,
Anyway, does it matter exactly when the books take place? They are, after all, fantasy. Maybe there are contradictory dates because time doesn't pass exactly the same way in the books' world as it does in ours. Or maybe calendars in the land of fantasy don't have to follow our rules! in which Harry helped celebrate Nearly Headless Nick's deathday anniversary on October 31, 1992. Harry was 12 at that time. So this would mean that Harry was born in 1980, and that he would turn 22 in 2002.
Near the beginning of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone it says that "tomorrow, Tuesday, was Harry's eleventh birthday." July 31 doesn't fall on a Tuesday very often. Most readers of that first book assumed that, because it was published in 1997, Harry attended Hogwarts during the 1990s. In 1990, July 31 fell on a Tuesday. This would mean that Harry was born in 1979 and would turn 23 in 2002.
But wait—this theory is contradicted by evidence in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets,
Anyway, does it matter exactly when the books take place? They are, after all, fantasy. Maybe there are contradictory dates because time doesn't pass exactly the same way in the books' world as it does in ours. Or maybe calendars in the land of fantasy don't have to follow our rules! in which Harry helped celebrate Nearly Headless Nick's deathday anniversary on October 31, 1992. Harry was 12 at that time. So this would mean that Harry was born in 1980, and that he would turn 22 in 2002.
....WOW! Crazy people that go into all that trouble to find that out. Anyways, I hope that you have a good day. And if you feel up to making a cake you can. But I think I'll just have some ice-cream tonight.
3 comments:
If I remember right, Rowling started constructing the idea for the whole series in 1990, so if he was going to be 11 years old in 1990 then he would have to be born in 1979. That's my answer.
I was thinking about Harry yesterday too! My (now old) boss was scheduled to have her baby yesterday (c-section)and when I found out the date, the first thing I told her was that her baby would share her birthday with Harry Potter. She gave me kind of a weird look. Maybe I shouldn't have admitted that I knew that.....
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