Story & Timeline
15 entries in the Harry Potter compendium.
Escape of Sirius Black from AzkabanThe breakout that opens Prisoner of Azkaban.Battle in the Department of MysteriesThe first major battle of the Second Wizarding War.The Battle of HogwartsThe penultimate conflict of the Second Wizarding War.Rescue of Buckbeak HippogriffHarry and Hermione save the hippogriff.The Sorting CeremonyHow new students are placed in their houses.Harry Potter and the Philosopher's StoneThe first Harry Potter novel.Harry Potter and the Half-Blood PrinceThe sixth novel: Voldemort's past, Horcruxes and the Half-Blood Prince's textbook.Harry Potter and the Chamber of SecretsRowling's second novel: Harry's second year, the petrified students and Tom Riddle's diary.Harry Potter and the Prisoner of AzkabanThe third novel, in which Harry learns the truth about the escaped prisoner Sirius Black.The Tales of Beedle the BardRowling's book of wizarding fairy tales, first seen as Hermione's bequest in Deathly Hallows.Attack at Godric's Hollow (1981)The night Harry Potter survived the Killing Curse.Battle of the Astronomy TowerThe night Severus Snape killed Albus Dumbledore.Voldemort's Last StandThe duel in the Great Hall that ended the Second Wizarding War.Return of Lord VoldemortThe night Voldemort was reborn in the Little Hangleton graveyard and Cedric Diggory was killed.Plot to open the Chamber of SecretsTom Riddle's diary, a possessed Ginny Weasley and the Basilisk beneath Hogwarts.
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