Question: fullmetal alchemist brotherhood when does it take place?
Answer: If you pay close enough to birth dates and the dates given during different parts of the anime and manga, It's safe to say FMA takes place in the 1910s. Edward was born in 1899 I believe and is 12 in 1911 which is when they commit human transmutation and the date 3. OCT. 11 is inscribed into his pocketwatch.