List of chapter titles and respective in-universe time of occurrence in the Harry Potter book series
Chapters overall
Chapters in book
Chapter title
Date at the start of chapter
1
1
The Boy Who Lived
1 November 1981
2
2
The Vanishing Glass
23 June 1991
3
3
The Letters from No One
23 July 1991
4
4
The Keeper of the Keys
31 July 1991
5
5
Diagon Alley
31 July 1991
6
6
The Journey from Platform Nine and Three-Quarters
1 August 1991
7
7
The Sorting Hat
1 September 1991
8
8
The Potions Master
2 September 1991
9
9
The Midnight Duel
12 September 1991
10
10
Hallowe'en
13 September 1991
11
11
Quidditch
8 November 1991
12
12
The Mirror of Erised
21 December 1991
13
13
Nicolas Flamel
5 January 1992
14
14
Norbert the Norwegian Ridgeback
23 March 1992
15
15
The Forbidden Forest
10 May 1992
16
16
Through the Trapdoor
4 June 1992
17
17
The Man with Two Faces
4 June 1992
Chapters overall
Chapters in book
Chapter title
Date at the start of chapter
18
1
The Worst Birthday
31 July 1992
19
2
Dobby's Warning
31 July 1992
20
3
The Burrow
3 August 1992
21
4
At Flourish and Blotts
12 August 1992
22
5
The Whomping Willow
31 August 1992
23
6
Gilderoy Lockhart
2 September 1992
24
7
Mudbloods and Murmurs
5 September 1992
25
8
The Deathday Party
24 October 1992
26
9
The Writing on the Wall
31 October 1992
27
10
The Rogue Bludger
5 November 1992
28
11
The Duelling Club
8 November 1992
29
12
The Polyjuice Potion
18 December 1992
30
13
The Very Secret Diary
31 January 1993
31
14
Cornelius Fudge
15 February 1993
32
15
Aragog
24 May 1993
33
16
The Chamber of Secrets
25 May 1993
34
17
The Heir of Slytherin
29 May 1993
35
18
Dobby's Reward
30 May 1993
Chapters overall
Chapters in book
Chapter title
Date at the start of chapter
36
1
Owl Post
30 July 1993
37
2
Aunt Marge's Big Mistake
31 July 1993
38
3
The Knight Bus
6 August 1993
39
4
The Leaky Cauldron
16 August 1993
40
5
The Dementor
1 September 1993
41
6
Talons and Tea Leaves
2 September 1993
42
7
The Boggart in the Wardrobe
9 September 1993
43
8
Flight of the Fat Lady
7 October 1993
44
9
Grim Defeat
31 October 1993
45
10
The Marauder's Map
7 November 1993
46
11
The Firebolt
18 December 1993
47
12
The Patronus
2 January 1994
48
13
Gryffindor versus Ravenclaw
4 February 1994
49
14
Snape's Grudge
5 February 1994
50
15
The Quidditch Final
12 February 1994
51
16
Professor Trelawney's Prediction
5 June 1994
52
17
Cat, Rat, and Dog
9 June 1994
53
18
Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot and Prongs
9 June 1994
54
19
The Servant of Lord Voldemort
9 June 1994
55
20
The Dementor's Kiss
9 June 1994
56
21
Hermione's Secret
9 June 1994
57
22
Owl Post Again
9 June 1994
Chapters overall
Chapters in book
Chapter title
Date at the start of chapter
58
1
The Riddle House
23 August 1994
59
2
The Scar
23 August 1994
60
3
The Invitation
23 August 1994
61
4
Back to the Burrow
24 August 1994
62
5
Weasley's Wizard Wheezes
24 August 1994
63
6
The Portkey
25 August 1994
64
7
Bagman and Crouch
25 August 1994
65
8
The Quidditch World Cup
25 August 1994
66
9
The Dark Mark
25 August 1994
67
10
Mayhem at the Ministry
26 August 1994
68
11
Aboard the Hogwarts Express
1 September 1994
69
12
The Triwizard Tournament
1 September 1994
70
13
Mad-Eye Moody
2 September 1994
71
14
The Unforgivable Curses
4 September 1994
72
15
Beauxbatons and Durmstrang
23 October 1994
73
16
The Goblet of Fire
30 October 1994
74
17
The Four Champions
31 October 1994
75
18
The Weighing of the Wands
1 November 1994
76
19
The Hungarian Horntail
13 November 1994
77
20
The First Task
23 November 1994
78
21
The House-Elf Liberation Front
24 November 1994
79
22
The Unexpected Task
8 December 1994
80
23
The Yule Ball
19 December 1994
81
24
Rita Skeeter's Scoop
26 December 1994
82
25
The Egg and the Eye
16 January 1995
83
26
The Second Task
23 February 1995
84
27
Padfoot Returns
25 February 1995
85
28
The Madness of Mr Crouch
26 February 1995
86
29
The Dream
24 May 1995
87
30
The Pensieve
26 May 1995
88
31
The Third Task
26 May 1995
89
32
Flesh, Blood, and Bone
24 June 1995
90
33
The Death Eaters
24 June 1995
91
34
Priori Incantatem
24 June 1995
92
35
Veritaserum
25 June 1995
93
36
The Parting of the Ways
25 June 1995
94
37
The Beginning
26 June 1995
Chapters overall
Chapters in book
Chapter title
Date at the start of chapter
95
1
Dudley Demented
31 July 1995
96
2
A Peck of Owls
2 August 1995
97
3
The Advance Guard
2 August 1995
98
4
Number Twelve, Grimmauld Place
6 August 1995
99
5
The Order of the Phoenix
6 August 1995
100
6
The Noble and Most Ancient House of Black
6 August 1995
101
7
The Ministry of Magic
8 August 1995
102
8
The Hearing
12 August 1995
103
9
The Woes of Mrs Weasley
12 August 1995
104
10
Luna Lovegood
1 September 1995
105
11
The Sorting Hat's New Song
1 September 1995
106
12
Professor Umbridge
2 September 1995
107
13
Detention with Dolores
2 September 1995
108
14
Percy and Padfoot
8 September 1995
109
15
The Hogwarts High Inquisitor
9 September 1995
110
16
In the Hog's Head
26 September 1995
111
17
Educational Decree Number Twenty-four
5 October 1995
112
18
Dumbledore's Army
8 October 1995
113
19
The Lion and the Serpent
6 November 1995
114
20
Hagrid's Tale
7 November 1995
115
21
The Eye of the Snake
12 November 1995
116
22
St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries
18 December 1995
117
23
Christmas on the Closed Ward
19 December 1995
118
24
Occlumency
26 December 1995
119
25
The Beetle at Bay
9 January 1996
120
26
Seen and Unforeseen
14 February 1996
121
27
The Centaur and the Sneak
10 March 1996
122
28
Snape's Worst Memory
31 March 1996
123
29
Career Advice
1 April 1996
124
30
Grawp
28 April 1996
125
31
O.W.L.S
31 May 1996
126
32
Out of the Fire
18 June 1996
127
33
Fight and Flight
18 June 1996
128
34
The Department of Mysteries
18 June 1996
129
35
Beyond the Veil
18 June 1996
130
36
The Only One He Ever Feared
18 June 1996
131
37
The Lost Prophecy
19 June 1996
132
38
The Second War Begins
21 June 1996
Chapters overall
Chapters in book
Chapter title
Important dates in chapter
Date at the start of chapter
133
1
The Other Minister
18 June 1996
12 July 1996
134
2
Spinner's End
18 June–20 June 1996
12 July 1996
135
3
Will and Won't
18 June 1996
12 July 1996
136
4
Horace Slughorn
1930s; 1982
12 July 1996
137
5
An Excess of Phlegm
24 June 1995; April–June 1996
13 July 1996
138
6
Draco's Detour
June–July 1996
14 July 1996
139
7
The Slug Club
August 1996
4 August 1996
140
8
Snape Victorious
1 September 1996
1 September 1996
141
9
The Half-Blood Prince
2 September 1996
2 September 1996
142
10
The House of Gaunt
3 September 1996; August–13 September 1925
3 September 1996
143
11
Hermione's Helping Hand
8 September 1996; 6 September 1996
8 September 1996
144
12
Silver and Opals
12 October 1996
12 October 1996
145
13
The Secret Riddle
July–August 1938; 14 October 1996
14 October 1996
146
14
Felix Felicis
15 October 1996
15 October 1996
147
15
The Unbreakable Vow
19 November 1996
19 November 1996
148
16
A Very Frosty Christmas
1 December–20 December 1996
21 December 1996
149
17
A Sluggish Memory
3 January 1997; September 1943–July 1944
3 January 1997
150
18
Birthday Surprises
7 January 1997; 28 February 1997; 1 March 1980
7 January 1997
151
19
Elf Tails
2 March 1997
2 March 1997
152
20
Lord Voldemort's Request
1955 or 1961; 10 March 1997
10 March 1997
153
21
The Unknowable Room
16 March 1997; 18 March 1997
16 March 1997
154
22
After the Burial
21 April 1997; September 1943–July 1944
21 April 1997
155
23
Horcruxes
21 April 1997; September 1943–July 1944
21 April 1997
156
24
Sectumsempra
21 April–1 June 1997
21 April 1997
157
25
The Seer Overheard
1980, 2 June–3 June 1997
2 June 1997
158
26
The Cave
1930s; 4 June 1997
4 June 1997
159
27
The Lightning Struck Tower
4 June 1997
4 June 1997
160
28
Flight of the Prince
4 June 1997
4 June 1997
161
29
The Phoenix Lament
4 June–5 June 1997
4 June 1997
162
30
The White Tomb
6 June 1997
6 June 1997
Chapters overall
Chapters in book
Chapter title
Date at the start of chapter
Date at the end of chapter
163
1
The Dark Lord Ascending
19 July 1997
20 July 1997
164
2
In Memoriam
27 July 1997
27 July 1997
165
3
The Dursleys Departing
27 July 1997
27 July 1997
166
4
The Seven Potters
27 July 1997
27 July 1997
167
5
Fallen Warrior
27 July 1997
27 July 1997
168
6
The Ghoul in Pyjamas
29 July 1997
30 July 1997
169
7
The Will of Albus Dumbledore
31 July 1997
1 August 1997
170
8
The Wedding
1 August 1997
1 August 1997
171
9
A Place to Hide
1 August 1997
2 August 1997
172
10
Kreacher's Tale
2 August 1997
3 August 1997
173
11
The Bribe
4 August 1997
31 August 1997
174
12
Magic is Might
1 September 1997
2 September 1997
175
13
The Muggle-Born Registration Commission
2 September 1997
2 September 1997
176
14
The Thief
2 September 1997
3 September 1997
177
15
The Goblin’s Revenge
3 September 1997
13 October 1997
178
16
Godric's Hollow
13 October 1997
24 December 1997
179
17
Bathilda's Secret
24 December 1997
25 December 1997
180
18
The Life and Lies of Albus Dumbledore
25 December 1997
26 December 1997
181
19
The Silver Doe
26 December 1997
27 December 1997
182
20
Xenophilius Lovegood
27 December 1997
28 December 1997
183
21
The Tale of the Three Brothers
28 December 1997
28 December 1997
184
22
The Deathly Hallows
28 December 1997
23 March 1998
185
23
Malfoy Manor
23 March 1998
24 March 1998
186
24
The Wandmaker
24 March 1998
24 March 1998
187
25
Shell Cottage
24 March 1998
24 March 1998
188
26
Gringotts
27 March 1998
30 April 1998
189
27
The Final Hiding Place
1 May 1998
1 May 1998
190
28
The Missing Mirror
1 May 1998
1 May 1998
191
29
The Lost Diadem
1 May 1998
1 May 1998
192
30
The Sacking of Severus Snape
1 May 1998
1 May 1998
193
31
The Battle of Hogwarts
1 May 1998
1 May 1998
194
32
The Elder Wand
2 May 1998
2 May 1998
195
33
The Prince's Tale
2 May 1998
2 May 1998
196
34
The Forest Again
2 May 1998
2 May 1998
197
35
King's Cross
2 May 1998
2 May 1998
198
36
The Flaw in the Plan
2 May 1998
2 May 1998
199
37
Epilogue
1 September 2017
1 September 2017
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