Conversation so far:
when does beauty and the beast take place
Considering La Rochelle, the birthplace of the author of Beauty and the Beast, was sieged in 1224 by the French, the story can be placed between 1224 and 1481.
who is the author of beauty and the beast
Beauty and the Beast is a fairy tale written by French novelist Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve and published in 1740.

Question: when did disney adapt the story
Self-contained rewrite: when did disney adapt beauty and the beast