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Timeline Of ArdaThis article includes several timelines relating to J. R. R. Tolkien's fiction. With Respect to Real Events Tolkien has often mentioned that after the War of the Ring the ages went on and now we are likely in the beginning of the Seventh Age, a bridge that connects this fantasy to reality. This following section is a list of events related to this entire mythology. "Sixth and Seventh Ages" Arda Events Before the creation of the Sun few dates can be given, and those dates given are in Valinorean Years, which are about a century in length. Before the creation of E Creation of Arda - Many Ainur enter Arda and become the Valar and Maiar; shaping of Arda begins; creation of the elder stars by Varda
- First War: Melkor assaults his brethren; Arda's symmetry is marred
- Melkor runs from the Vala Tulkas, and hides in the Outer Void.
— endured five Ages — endured six Ages - The Valar retire to Aman, while Melkor rules Middle-earth; Valinor founded; Trees of the Valar are created
- Aul the Smith creates the Dwarves but is not allowed to awaken them; Yavanna thinks of the Ents in response
- c. 20000: Varda begins gathering light from the Trees of the Valar for the Great Stars
- Melian the Maia and others of her kind depart for Middle-earth, Melian dwells in Nan Elmoth in Beleriand
- Varda creates the Great Stars, setting the Sickle of the Valar in the north as a challenge to Melkor
- Eru awakes the Elves as the Great Stars are created
- Fathers of the Dwarves and first Ents awakened by Eru; Elves discover the Ents and begin teaching them language
- Melkor discovers and begins capturing Elves in secret
- Melkor begins breeding the Orcs from captured Elves, and the Trolls; Khazad-dm founded by Durin the Deathless
- Orom first learns of the Elves, he spends time with them, and then returns to Valinor
- The Valar make war on Melkor; Melkor is captured, chained, and is sentenced to serve a term in the Halls of Mandos for three Ages; Utumno is destroyed; Sauron escapes capture and remains in Angband, breeding Orcs and Trolls for Melkor
- Orom brings three ambassadors of the Elves to Aman: Ingw of the Vanyar, Finw of the oldor and Elw of the Teleri
- Great Journey of the Elves: The Elves are summoned to Aman (not all answer the summon—see Sundering of the Elves)
- A group of Teleri under Lenw (or Dan) abandon the March at Anduin and become the Nandor
- The Vanyar and oldor arrive in Beleriand. The Teleri arrive later, tarrying in the great forests of Eriador. Elw meets Melian and is entranced. Ulmo is unwilling to wait until Elw is found, and the Vanyar and oldor are ferried across on the island of Tol Eressa, while the Teleri stay behind, looking for their lord. The Vanyar and oldor settle in Tirion near Valimar
- Ulmo finally returns for the Teleri, but many stay behind because Elw is not yet found, and become the Sindar. Another group remains behind at the request of Oss, they become the Elves of the Falas under Crdan. The majority of the Teleri is ferried across on Tol Eressa, which is anchored in the bay of Eldamar. They take Elw's brother Olw as lord
- Finw marries Mriel. Later she gives birth to Fanor and dies. Elw awakes from slumber and reunites with the Sindar. He becomes known as Thingol, settling in Doriath; Nogrod and Belegost founded by Dwarves
- Finw marries Indis; Findis born
- Fingolfin born
- Lthien born
- Irim born
- The Teleri of Tol Eressa learn the art of shipbuilding, and ferry across the bay of Eldamar to Aman, where they found the city of Alqualond. Tol Eressa is abandoned
- The Vanyar abandon Tirion and settle in Aman proper. The oldor remain in Tirion under Finw their lord
- The Elves of the Falas join with the Sindar in an alliance
- Finarfin born
- Fingon born
- Dwarves of Nogrod and Belegost enter Beleriand, establishing trade
- Turgon born
- Finrod born
- The Nandor under Denethor arrive in Beleriand, becoming known as the Laiquendi of Ossiriand
- Galadriel and Aredhel born
- Melkor, freed from his sentence, begins corrupting some of the oldor.
- Fanor, deceived by Melkor, draws arms against his brothers and is banished from Tirion: his father Finw and many of the oldor follow him in exile to Formenos. Melkor hides from capture and joins forces with Ungoliant
- Manw tries to heal the feud of the oldor, and summons Fanor to a festival in Valimar. Melkor and Ungoliant destroy the Two Trees, kill Finw and steal the Silmarils; Fanor first names Melkor Morgoth. Fanor and his sons swear an Oath to regain the Silmarils and the majority of the oldor depart from Valinor; oldor kill many Teleri and seize their ships in the First Kinslaying
- Prophecy of Mandos: the oldor are banished from Valinor, and foretold great doom; the Valar hide Valinor behind the Magic Isles and raise the Pelri mountains
- Idril born
- Morgoth returns to Angband, and tries to take Beleriand: First Battle of Beleriand is fought; Denethor of the Laiquendi slain and the Havens of the Falas are besieged
- The oldor arrive at Helcarax; Fanor and sons betray the sons of Indis and sail across, then burn the ships
- Return of the oldor to Middle-earth. Morgoth's army attacks Fanor. Dagor-nuin-Giliath, the Battle under Stars is fought. Fanor is slain by Balrogs in sight of Angband
- The Valar begin devising the Moon and Sun
- The remainder of the oldor arrives in Middle-earth; Moon arises
From this time on years are of normal length. Events from Valinor during the Years of the Sun cannot be accurately dated. — 583 years long - Year 1 - The Sun first sets sail, Awakening of Men in Hildrien.
- 50 - Turgon and Finrod are told by Ulmo to establish a refuge
- 65 - Finrod builds the tower of Barad Nimras ("White Horn Tower") on a cape of the Falas between Brithombar and Eglarest
- 75 - Dagor Aglareb: the oldor, ruled by Fingolfin, start the Siege of Angband
- c. 100 - Foundation of Nargothrond: Fingon's folk depart from Hithlum
- 126 - Completion of Gondolin. Turgon's people begin the migration from Nevrast in secret
- 265 - Glaurung ravages Beleriand, but is driven back to Angband.
- 305 - Bor leads The First House of the Edain into Beleriand: Men discovered by Finrod
- 341 - Haldar and Haleth born
- 345 - Return of Aredhel and Maeglin to Gondolin. Later that year El and Aredhel die.
- 389 - Birth of Hador, later Lord of Dor-lmin
- 443 - Birth of Beren Erchamion
- 445 - Birth of Rodnor son of Orodreth, later called Gil-galad
- 455 - Morgoth breaks the Siege of Angband in Dagor Bragollach, Battle of Sudden Flame; kills Fingolfin in duel; Hrin and Huor are brought to Gondolin by Thorondor
- 456 - Hrin and Huor return out of Gondolin to Dor-lmin.
- 457 - Capture of Finrod's fortress of Minas Tirith by the forces of Sauron, its warden Orodreth flees for Nargothrond. Minas Tirith is renamed Tol-in-Gaurhoth, Isle of the Werewolves
- 461 - Barahir and companions are killed, Beren becomes an outlaw
- 462 - Beren departs for Doriath
- 463 - Birth of Trin Turambar in Dor-lmin. Beren first comes upon Lthien.
- 465 - Celegorm and Curufin are exiled from Nargothrond and journey to Himring
- 468 - Finrod and Beren are imprisoned in Tol-in-Gaurhoth. Finrod is slain by a werewolf, but Beren is rescued by Lthien.
- 469 - Beren and Lthien achieve the Quest of the Silmaril. Beren dies, and Lthien abandons life: Lthien pleads with Mandos and Beren and Lthien are restored to life; Beren and Lthien take up bodies again in Ossiriand on the isle of Tol Galen
- 471 - Nirnaeth Arnoediad, The Battle of Unnumbered Tears; Huor is slain in the Fens of Serech, Hrin is captured by Morgoth. Birth of Tuor son of Huor. Fingon slain
- 472 - Siege and capture of the Havens of the Falas: Brithombar and Eglarest.
- c. 473 - Birth of Nienor and death of Ran.
- 475 - Birth of Dior Eluchl on Tol Galen
- 494 - Gurthang is reforged for Trin, who becomes known as the Black Sword of Nargothrond
- 495 - Sack of Nargothrond. The coming of Tuor to Gondolin
- 497 - Dior weds Nimloth.
- 498 - Slaying of Glaurung, and deaths of Trin Turambar and Nienor Nniel in Brethil
- 499 - Thingol is slain and Doriath sacked by Dwarves of Belegost; Beren, Laiquendi and Ents destroy the Dwarves; Melian returns to Valinor in grief; Lthien wears the Silmaril; Dior refounds Doriath
- 500 - Birth of Elwing daughter of Dior.
- c. 501 - Death of Morwen
- c. 502 - Final deaths of Beren and Lthien; Dior receives the Silmaril; death of Hrin
- 505 - Doriath is destroyed in the Second Kinslaying; Dior, Nimloth, and sons killed; Celegorm, Curufin and Caranthir are all slain; Elwing escapes for the Mouths of Sirion with the Silmaril
- 510 - Death of Turgon
- 511 - Gondolin is betrayed by Maeglin and sacked; Glorfindel slays a Balrog in the Echoriath, and is himself slain
- 525 - Elrond and Elros are born to Erendil and Elwing
- 560 - Tuor and Idril sail into the West in the ship Errm
- c. 580 - Third Kinslaying: while Erendil is away the remaining Sons of Fanor attack the people of the Mouths of Sirion trying to claim the Silmaril; Amrod is slain; Elwing casts herself in the sea but is brought to Erendil by Ulmo; Erendil sets out to Valinor to beg for rescue by the Valar
- 583 - The War of Wrath; Morgoth is cast into the Void; Most of Beleriand is sunk; the Sea of Helcar is drained through the Great Gulf; the plateaus of Mordor, Khand, and Rhn rise from the former seabed; the remaining two Silmarils are stolen by Maedhros and Maglor but are lost in the earth and in the sea; the Elves are summoned to Valinor and settle on Tol Eressa; Galadriel refuses the summons and is still banned; a small part of the oldor remain in Lindon; many Sindar depart east and establish realms, under them Thranduil
— 3441 years long - 1 - Foundation of Mithlond the Grey Havens under Crdan, and Lindon as the oldorin Kingdom under Gil-galad
- 32 - Edain reach Nmenor, Elros is crowned first King of Nmenor
- c. 40 - Many Dwarves abandon the ruined cities of Belegost and Nogrod in the Ered Luin and join Durin's folk in Moria
- 61 - Birth of Vardamir Nlimon, eldest child of Elros. Subsequently three more children are born.
- 192 - Birth of Tar-Amandil
- 222 - Birth of Nolondil
- 350 - Birth of Tar-Elendil
- 361 - Birth of Erendur
- 442 - Elros, also known as Tar-Minyatur, dies. Vardamir Nlimon succeeds the throne but abdicate immediately. Tar-Amandil becomes third king of Nmenor.
- c. 500 - Sauron arises again in Middle-earth
- 521 - Silmarin is born in Nmenor1, line of lords of Andni splits off the line of Kings
- 532 - Isilm, sister of Silmarien, born
- 543 - Meneldur, brother of Silmarien, born
- 590 - Tar-Elendil becomes fourth king of Nmenor.
- 600 - First Nmenrean ships sail to Middle-earth.
- 700 - Anardil born
- 740 - Tar-Meneldur becomes fifth king of Nmenor.
- 750 - the oldor found the realm of Eregion near Moria
- 870 - Anardil weds Erendis.
- 873 - Ancalim born
- 882 - Anardil and Erendis separate
- 883 - Tar-Aldarion becomes sixth king of Nmenor.
- 985 - Death of Erendis, apparently by drowning.
- c. 1050 - The shadow of Sauron falls upon Greenwood the Great, which is renamed Mirkwood. Sauron begins building Barad-dr
- 1075 - Tar-Ancalim becomes the first Queen and seventh ruler of Nmenr.
- c. 1200 - Sauron deceives the oldor in Eregion, but Gil-galad mistrusts him; the Nmenreans begin building permanent havens in Middle-earth at Lond Daer, Umbar, and other places
- 1280 - Tar-Anrion becomes seventh king of Nmenor.
- c. 1350 - Celeborn and Galadriel together with their daughter Celebran emigrate from Eregion to Lrien; Celebrimbor becomes lord of Eregion
- 1394 - Tar-Srion becomes eighth king of Nmenor.
- c. 1500 - the oldor under Celebrimbor are instructed by Sauron, beginning of the forging of the Rings of Power
- 1566 - Tar-Telperin becomes the second Queen and tenth ruler of Nmenor.
- c. 1600 - Forging of the One Ring; Barad-dr completed; Celebrimbor begins fighting Sauron
- 1693 - War of the Elves and Sauron begins, the Three Rings are hidden
- 1695 - Elrond sent to Eregion as lieutenant of Gil-galad
- 1697 - Eregion destroyed, Elrond establishes the refuge of Rivendell, Celebrimbor dies
- 1699 - Rivendell and Lindon besieged
- 1700 - Minastir sends a great navy to Lindon; Sauron defeated; Sauron's forces retreat from Eriador and the coasts
- 1731 - Tar-Minastir becomes eleventh king of Nmenor.
- c. 1800 - Nmenor begins establishing permanent settlements in Middle-earth
- 1869 - Tar-Ciryatan becomes twelveth king of Nmenor.
- 2029 - Tar-Atanamir the Great becomes thirteenth king of Nmenor but is hostile to the Valar. The Elendili or "Faithful" still receive the Elves in secret.
- 2221 - Tar-Ancalimon becomes fourteenth king of Nmenor2.
- 2251 - The Ringwraiths first appear.
- 2280 - Umbar is fortified by the Nmenreans
- 2350 - Pelargir is built by the Elendili
- 2386 - Tar-Telemmait becomes fifteenth king of Nmenor.
- 2526 - Tar-Vanimeld becomes third Queen and sixteenth ruler of Nmenor.
- 2637 - Herucalmo seizes the throne and rule as Tar-Anducal, but he's not counted in the list of kings.
- 2657 - Tar-Alcarin becomes seventeenth king of Nmenor.
- 2737 - Tar-Calmacil becomes eighteenth king of Nmenor.
- 2899 - Ar-Adnakhr becomes twentieth king of Nmenor and the first to take his royal name in Adnaic, the language of Men, instead of Quenya, the high language of the Elves
- c. 2900 - Teaching of Elvish languages prohibited in Nmenor.
- 2962 - Ar-Zimrathn becomes twenty-first king of Nmenor.
- 3033 - Ar-Sakalthr becomes twenty-second king of Nmenor.
- 3102 - Ar-Gimilzr becomes twenty-third king of Nmenor.
- c. 3110 - Usage of Elvish languages and visit of the Elves prohibited in Nmenor.
- 3119 - Birth of Elendil
- 3209 - Birth of Isildur
- 3219 - Birth of Anrion
- 3177 - Tar-Palantir repents, resulting in a civil war in Nmenor
- 3255 - Ar-Pharazn the Golden weds his first cousin Mriel, the daughter of Tar-Palantir, and seizes the throne of Nmenor
- 3261 - Ar-Pharazn sails to Middle-earth landing at Umbar, and takes Sauron captive
- 3262 - Sauron is taken as prisoner to Nmenor, but begins corrupting the Nmenreans
- c. 3300 - Sauron establishes himself as High Priest of Melkor, "Lord of the Dark"; Elendili are openly persecuted and sacrificed to Morgoth
- 3318 - Birth of Meneldil, fourth child of Anrion and last man born in Nmenor
- 3319 - Ar-Pharazn sets foot on Aman; the World is Changed: Aman and Tol Eressa are removed from Arda, Nmenor is drowned, and the world is made round; Elendil and his sons arrive on the shores of Middle-earth
- 3320 - Founding of Gondor and Arnor by Elendil and his sons, Isildur and Anrion; Umbar as realm in exile founded by Black Nmenreans
- 3429 - Sauron conquers Minas Ithil and burns the White Tree; Isildur flees to Arnor while Anrion defends Osgiliath
- 3430 - The Last Alliance of Elves and Men is formed
- 3434 - Sauron's forces are defeated in the Battle of Dagorlad; Siege of Barad-dr begins
- 3440 - Anrion is slain
- 3441 - Elendil and Gil-galad perish in battle; Isildur slays Sauron by taking the shards of his father's sword Narsil and cutting the One Ring from Sauron's finger, destroying Sauron's physical form and winning the war. In the aftermath of the War many Elves of Gil-galad's following depart to Valinor: end of the oldorin realms in Middle-earth.
— 3021 years long Note on Shire Reckoning: Year 1601 of the Third Age, in which the Shire was founded, is year 1 of the Shire Reckoning. Thus, Third Age years can be converted into their Shire equivalents by deducting 1600. - Year 2 - Planting of the Second White Tree at Minas Tirith, Death of Isildur by Orcs in the Battle of the Gladden Fields, losing the One Ring in the Gladden river
- 109 - Elrond weds Celebran, daughter of Celeborn and Galadriel
- 130 - Elrohir and Elladan are born to Elrond and Celebran
- 241 - Arwen Undmiel is born to Elrond and Celebran
- 492 - Easterlings invade Gondor
- 541 - Easterlings invade Gondor once more, slaying King Rmendacil
- c. 550 - King Turambar of Gondor defeats the Easterlings of Rhn; the Kingdom of Rhovanion becomes and ally of Gondor
- 861 - Following Erendur's death, the kingdom of Arnor breaks up into Arthedain, Cardolan and Rhudaur
- 933 - Ernil I of Gondor takes Umbar in a surprise attack
- 936 - Ernil I lost at sea
- 1000 - The Wizards come to Middle-earth
- 1015 - Hyarmendacil I ascends throne of Gondor
- 1015 - Black Nmenreans of Umbar besiege their old city
- 1030 - Siege of Umbar ends, Umbar retaken by Black Nmenreans.
- 1050 - Hyarmendacil I, king of Gondor, conquers Umbar, Hobbits migrate to Eriador.
- 1149 - Death of Hyarmendacil I, Atanatar takes the sceptre of Gondor
- c. 1200 - Rulers of Rhovanion assume the title "King of Rhovanion"
- 1248 - Rmendacil II of Gondor strucks decisive blow to the Easterlings; forms a strong alliance with Rhovanion, to which he cedes all the lands east of Anduin
- 1255 - Eldacar born
- c. 1259 - Castamir born3
- 1300 - The kingdom of Angmar first appears at Arthedain's north-eastern border
- 1344 - Death of Vidumavi
- 1356 - King Argeleb I of Arthedain is killed during an invasion by Rhudaur, now controlled by Angmar; his son, Arveleg I, ascends the throne
- 1366 - Valacar ascends the throne of Gondor
- 1409 - Cardolan is conquered by the kingdom of Angmar and Rhudaur disappears; Weathertop watchtower and fortifications are burned and destroyed
- 1432 - Eldacar succeeds his father, Valacar, as king of Gondor
- 1437 - Castamir the Usurper, Lord of Ships, usurps throne of Gondor (see Kin-strife); Osgiliath's Palantr is lost in the river
- 1447 - Eldacar reclaims Gondor with a Rhovanion army and kills Castamir
- 1448 - Sons of Castamir the Usurper and most of the fleet of Gondor flee south to Umbar; become known as the Corsairs of Umbar
- 1540 - King Aldamir of Gondor is slain by Haradrim
- 1600 - Two Fallohide (see Hobbit) brothers decided to cross the River Baranduin and settle on the other side, and are followed by large numbers of Hobbits
- 1601 - The Shire is first settled by Hobbits
- 1634 - Corsairs of Umbar attack Gondor, slaying king Minardil at Pelargir, and raiding the city
- 1636 - The Great Plague decimates Gondor and Rhovanion; Cirith Ungol is abandoned
- 1810 - King Telumehtar of Gondor destroys Umbar; renames himself Umbardacil
- 1851 - Wainriders overrun the Kingdom of Rhovanion
- 1856 - The Wainriders first attack Gondor
- 1899 - Gondor attacks Wainriders from the east; the Kingdom of Rhovanion, occupied by Wainriders, rebels and is freed
- 1936 - Ondoher succeeds Calimehtar as king of Gondor
- 1944 - During an invasion by the Wainriders and the Haradrim, King Ondoher of Gondor is killed in battle without heirs and is succeeded by Ernil II; Haradrim, Wainriders and the Variags of Khand take Umbar; new Corsairs of Umbar emerge
- 1964 - Arvedui, son of King Araphant of Arthedain, ascends the throne
- 1974 - The kingdom of Arthedain is conquered by Angmar
- 1975 - Gondor destroys Angmar in the Battle of Fornost, death of Arvedui
- 1980 - The Moria Dwarves awaken Durin's Bane, a Balrog, which kills Durin VI, king of Khazad-dm; the Nazgl return to Mordor and lay siege to Minas Ithil
- 1981 - Durin VI's son, Nin, is also killed, and the Dwarves flee Moria; deaths of Amroth and Nimrodel
- 1999 - Erebor is founded
- 2050 - End of the royal dynasty of Gondor (until the return of King Elessar)
- 2430 - approximate birth year of Smagol
- 2460 - Sauron returns to Middle-earth; establishes himself in Dol Guldur in southern Mirkwood
- 2463 - Smagol (later known as Gollum) becomes the fourth master of the One Ring, after killing his cousin Dagol
- 2501 - 2510 Eorl the Young, lord of the othod and 1st king of Rohan (2510-2545).
- 2509 - Cirion, Steward of Gondor, sends summons to the othod for military aid; Celebran is waylaid by Orcs, receives a poisoned wound, and consequentially departs Middle-earth
- 2510 - The alliance between Rohan and Gondor comes into existence. The Easterlings lauche a massive invasion of Gondor. The Balchoth invade Rhovanion (which disappears as an independent realm) and Gondor, conquering much of Calenardhon, but are driven back by the people of othod; Gondor gives the now-uninhabited province of Calenardhon to the people of othod
- 2545 - Eorl the Young, 1st king of Rohan, dies in the battle in the Wold against the Easterlings. Brego succeeds him as the 2nd king of Rohan
- 2570 - Aldor, aged only 26, becomes 3rd king of Rohan at the death of his father Brego
- 2645 - Fra becomes 4th king of Rohan after the death of his father Aldor ('the Old')
- 2659 - Frawine, 5th King of Rohan
- 2680 - Goldwine, 6th King of Rohan
- 2699 - Dor, 7th king of Rohan
- 2718 - Gram, 8th king of Rohan
- 2741 - Helm Hammerhand 9th king of Rohan ascends the throne as last king of the first line
- 2746 - Amrothos, 15th Prince of Dol Amroth, falls while defending Dol-en-Ernil against the Corsairs of Umbar
- 2758 - Dunlendings, under Wulf, invade Rohan, supported by the Corsairs of Umbar
- Long Winter of 2758-2759 - The Dunlendings lay siege to Hornburg
- 2759 - Helm Hammerhand, king of Rohan, is killed by the Dunlendings. He is succeeded by his nephew Fralf Hildeson; Saruman settles in Isengard
- 2798 - Fralf Hildeson, 10th king of Rohan, dies. He is followed by his son Brytta Lofa
- 2799 - The Battle of Azanulbizar is fought on Moria's East Gate, in which the Dwarves defeat Sauron's minions but are defeated by the Balrog Durin's Bane
- 2842 - Brytta Lofa, 11th king of Rohan, dies. Succeeded by his son Walda.
- 2850 - Gandalf enters Dol Guldur and confirms that the evil thereby found is indeed Sauron returned
- 2851 - Walda, 12th king of Rohan, is killed by an orc, his son Folca succeeds him
- 2864 - Folca, 13th king of Rohan, is killed by the Boar of Everholt. He is succeeded by his son Folcwine
- 2885 - Harondor is once again claimed by the Haradrim, supported by the Corsairs of Umbar
- - Fastred and Folcred, the twin sons of king Folcwine, were killed during the Battle of Crossings of Poros
- - Fengel, 15th king of Rohan, dies. His son Thengel returns to Rohan to succeed him
- 2956 - Aragorn first meets Gandalf the Grey
- 2957-2980 - Aragorn as Thorongil serves in the armies of King Thengel of Rohan, and Steward Ecthelion II of Gondor
- September 22, 2968 - Frodo Baggins is born
- 2980 - Arwen pledges her hand in marriage to Aragorn; Frodo Baggins loses both of his parents in a boating accident; Aragorn, in the service of the Steward of Gondor Ecthelion II leads a taskforce south and kills the Captain of the Haven, ruler of Umbar; Sam Gamgee born4; Thoden, son of Thengel, becomes 17th king of Rohan after the death of his father. Thoden is the last king of the second line.
- 2982 - Birth of Meriadoc Brandybuck (Merry)
- 2983 - Birth of Faramir
- 2989 - Frodo Baggins comes under the guardianship of Bilbo Baggins; a company of Dwarves, led by Balin, try to recolonize Moria
- 2990 - Birth of Peregrin Took (Pippin)
- 2991 - Birth of omer
- 2994 - Balin is killed; the dwarf-colony in Moria is destroyed
- 2995 - Birth of owyn
- 3001 - Bilbo Baggins turns 111 and leaves the Shire
- 3002 - Lalia Clayhanger, the matriarch of the Took clan, dies, aged 119, and possibly pushed by Pearl Took5; Bilbo settles in Rivendell
- 3009 - Aragorn captures Gollum at Gandalf's request, and brings him as a captive to King Thranduil's halls in Mirkwood
- 3014 - Saruman begins using his influence to weaken Thoden, 17th king of Rohan
- 3018 - The Ringwraiths are given the task of retrieving the One Ring; Gandalf returns to the Shire, telling Frodo Baggins he must take the ring away
- September 30, 3018 - Aragorn meets Frodo Baggins in the Inn of the Prancing Pony in Bree
- October 25, 3018 - Council of Elrond at Rivendell
- December 25, 3018 - The Fellowship of the Ring sets out in the evening
- January 15, 3019 - The Fellowship parts after Gandalf falls into Khazad-dm while fighting a Balrog
- February 3019 - Death of Boromir; Saruman launches a full-scale invasion on Rohan at Helm's Deep
- March 3019 - Thoden King of Rohan is killed at the Battle of the Pelennor Fields, omer becomes his successor as the 18th king of Rohan. Eowyn and Merry kill the Witch King
- March 25, 3019 - death of Gollum (Smagol), about 589 years old; the destruction of the One Ring and final defeat of the Dark Lord Sauron.
- May 3019 - Aragorn is crowned King Elessar of the Reunited Kingdom of Arnor and Gondor; Gandalf helps Aragorn to find the sapling of the new White Tree
- (Date unspecified) - Faramir marries Eowyn
- Mid-year's Day (between June and July) 3019 - Aragorn marries Arwen Undmiel
- July 3019 - King Thoden is laid to rest beside other Kings of Rohan in Edoras
- November 19, 3019 - Battle of Bywater; death of Saruman and Wormtongue
- Spring 3020 - Samwise Gamgee marries Rosie Cotton and together they move to Bag End
- 3021 - omer marries Imrahil's daughter, Lothriel of Dol Amroth
- September 22, 3021 - Bilbo marks his 131st birthday, surpassing the Old Took
- September 29, 3021 - Elrond, Galadriel, Gandalf, Frodo and Bilbo depart from the Grey Havens
— length uncertain In the reckoning of Gondor, the Fourth Age began on March 25, T.A. 3021. Since most of the following events were dated according to the Shire-reckoning, their years in the Fourth Age cannot be stated with certainty. Some events may have occurred in the following year of the Fourth Age. - 6 - Peregrin Took marries Diamond of Long Cleeve
- (Date Uncertain) - Birth of Aelfwin son of Eomer and Lothiriel
- (Date Uncertain) - Birth of Elboron son of Faramir and Eowyn
- 13 - Peregrin Took becomes 32nd Thain of the Shire
- 43 - Birth of Eldarion son of Aragorn and Arwen
- 61 - Samwise Gamgee leaves Middle-earth via Mithlond
- 63 - Meriadoc Brandybuck, aged 102, and Pippin leave the Shire to live in Gondor; death of omer, aged 93
- 67 - Death of Elphir son of Imrahil, 23rd Prince of Dol Amroth
- 82 - Death of Faramir, aged 120
- 120 - Death of Aragorn, King of the Reunited Kingdom of Arnor and Gondor, after 210 years of life and 122 years of reign; Aragorn's son Eldarion ascends the throne. According to legend, on the death of Aragorn, Legolas builds a ship and sails into the west to the Undying Lands, taking Gimli (now a very old Dwarf) with him
- 121 - Death of Arwen, aged 2901
- 172 - A copy of the Red Book of Westmarch is made
Battles See also Battles of Beleriand. End of the World Other Timelines of Interest Notes 1Silmarin was definitely the eldest child of Tar-Elendil, and her birthdate is given several times as S.A. 521. In the Tale of Years, the entry of Silmarin's birthdate is given as 548, a date that goes back to the first drafts of that text (see Silmarin's article for details). 2In the Tale of years, it says in S.A. 2251 "Tar-Atanamir takes the sceptre", however, Atanamir died in 2221. 2221 is itself an emendation of 2251, and the former (2221) appears in the later tables, while the latter (2251) in the earlier tables: therefore 2251 (properly 2221) should have read "Death of Tar-Atanamir. Tar-Ancalimon takes the sceptre." 3In one table (probably an earlier draft) of the Kings of Gondor, Castamir's birthdate is given at T.A. 1159, however this is clearly impossible: Eldacar was born in 1255, and they are in the same generation, so 1259 is more correct. 4The date of Sam's birth in the genealogies is S.R. 1380 (equivelant to T.A. 2980), however the Tale of Years gives it as T.A. 2983, which is incorrect; in S.R. 1476, Sam is said to have been ninety-six years old, so 2980 is more correct than 2983. 5 Lalia (b. S.R. 1283) only appears in The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien. Pearl is the older sister of Pippin. See Took clan. See also External Links
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