Timeline of Arda



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  Third Age

  Fourth Age

Timeline of Arda

This article includes several timelines relating to J.R.R. Tolkien's fiction.

Table of contents

1 Real Events

1.1 "Sixth and Seventh Ages"

2 Arda Events

2.2 Before the creation of Eä
2.3 Creation of Arda
2.4 c. 5000: Years of the Lamps
2.5 c. 10000: Years of the Trees
2.6 c. 30000: Years of the Sun

2.6.1 First Age
2.6.2 Second Age
2.6.3 Third Age
2.6.4 Fourth Age

3 Battles

3.7 First Age
3.8 Second Age
3.9 Third Age
3.10 End of the World

4 Other Timelines of Interest
5 See also
6 External Links

Real Events

"Sixth and Seventh Ages"

January 3, 1892 - John Ronald Reuel Tolkien is born
November 21, 1924 - Christopher Tolkien is born
September 21, 1937 - The Hobbit is first published by George Allen & Unwin LTD of London; (for further publishing dates, see The_Hobbit#Editions )
1954-1955 - All three volumes of The Lord of the Rings are published, several months apart, by Allen & Unwin; (for further publishing history, see The_Lord_of_the_Rings#Publication_history)
1966 - The Adventures of Tom Bombadil are published; BBC radio broadcasts an eight-part (4-hour) adaptation of The Hobbit
September 2, 1973 - J. R. R. Tolkien dies
1977 - An animated version of The Hobbit debuts on U.S television
1977 - The Silmarillion is published
1978 - United Artists produces an animated adaptation of The Fellowship of the Ring and the first portion of The Two Towers
1980 - Publishing of Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth
1981 - Publishing of The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien
1983–1996 - Twelve volumes The History of Middle-earth are published
1993 - Proposal for the inclusion of the elvish scripts Tengwar and Cirth in Unicode
2001 - Peter Jackson's film is released
2002 - is released
2003 - is released
29 February 2004 - garners 11 Academy Awards, including Best motion picture of the year and Achievement in directing

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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 Eä

Eru Ilúvatar creates the Timeless Halls and the race of the Ainur
The Ainur create the Ainulindalë, the Music of the Ainur which leads to the vision of Eä; Melkor tries to corrupt the theme
Eru creates Arda (the world) in Eä with the Secret Fire at its center

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 is chained, tried, and expelled from Arda

c. 5000: Years of the Lamps

(lasted five Ages)

Creation of the Two Lamps, Iluin and Ormal
Ordering of Arda by the Valar
Spring of Arda: first forests grow, and animals are awakened
Melkor returns in secret and builds Utumno and Angband
Rebel Maiar and "demons" enter Arda in summons of Melkor, under them Ungoliant
Destruction of the Two Lamps and the isle of Almaren by Melkor and his followers; Spring of Arda ends

c. 10000: Years of the Trees

(lasted six Ages)

The Valar retire to Aman, while Melkor rules Middle-earth; Valinor founded; Trees of the Valar are created
Aulë 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 Trollss; Khazad-dûm founded by Durin the Deathless
Oromë 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 Trollss for Melkor
Oromë brings three ambassadors of the Elves to Aman: Ingwë of the Vanyar, Finwë of the Noldor and Elwë 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 Lenwë (or Dan) abandon the March at Anduin and become the Nandor
The Vanyar and Noldor arrive in Beleriand. The Teleri arrive later, tarrying in the great forests of Eriador. Elwë meets Melian and is entranced. Ulmo is unwilling to wait until Elwë is found, and the Vanyar and Noldor are ferried across on the island of Tol Eressëa, while the Teleri stay behind, looking for their lord. The Vanyar and Noldor settle in Tirion near Valimar
Ulmo finally returns for the Teleri, but many stay behind because Elwë is not yet found, and become the Sindar. Another group remains behind at the request of Ossë, they become the Elves of the Falas under Círdan. The majority of the Teleri is ferried across on Tol Eressëa, which is anchored in the bay of Eldamar. They take Elwë's brother Olwë as lord
Finwë marries Míriel. Later she gives birth to Fëanor and dies. Elwë awakes from slumber and reunites with the Sindar. He becomes known as Thingol, settling in Doriath; Nogrod and Belegost founded by Dwarves
Finwë marries Indis; Findis born
Fingolfin born
Lúthien born
Irimë born
The Teleri of Tol Eressëa learn the art of shipbuilding, and ferry across the bay of Eldamar to Aman, where they found the city of Alqualondë. Tol Eressëa is abandoned
The Vanyar abandon Tirion and settle in Aman proper. The Noldor remain in Tirion under Finwë 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 the Noldor.
Fëanor, deceived by Melkor, draws arms against his brothers and is banished from Tirion: his father Finwë and many of the Noldor follow him in exile to Formenos. Melkor hides from capture and joins forces with Ungoliant
Manwë tries to heal the feud of the Noldor, and summons Fëanor to a festival in Valimar. Melkor and Ungoliant destroy the Two Trees, kill Finwë and steal the Silmarils; Fëanor first names Melkor Morgoth. Fëanor and his sons swear an Oath to regain the Silmarils and the majority of the Noldor depart from Valinor; Noldor kill many Teleri and seize their ships in the First Kinslaying
Prophecy of Mandos: the Noldor are banished from Valinor, and foretold great doom; the Valar hide Valinor behind the Magic Isles and raise the Pelóri 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 Noldor arrive at Helcaraxë; Fëanor and sons betray the sons of Indis and sail across, then burn the ships
Return of the Noldor to Middle-earth. Morgoth's army attacks Fëanor. Dagor-nuin-Giliath, the Battle under Stars is fought. Feanor is slain by Balrogs in sight of Angband
The Valar begin devising the Moon and Sun
The remainder of the Noldor arrives in Middle-earth; Moon arises

c. 30000: Years of the Sun

From this time on years are of normal length. Events from Valinor during the Years of the Sun cannot be accurately dated.

First Age

(lasted 583 years)

Year 1 - The Sun first sets sail, Awakening of Men in Hildórien.
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 Noldor, 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 - Bëor leads The First House of the Edain into Beleriand: Men discovered by Finrod
345 - Return of Aredhel and Maeglin to Gondolin. Later that year Eöl and Aredhel die.
389 - Birth of Hador, later Lord of Dor-lómin
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; Húrin and Huor are brought to Gondolin by Thorondor
456 - Húrin and Huor return out of Gondolin to Dor-lómin.
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 Túrin Turambar in Dor-lómin. Beren first comes upon Lúthien.
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 Lúthien. Birth of Lalaith.
469 - Beren and Lúthien achieve the Quest of the Silmaril. Beren dies, and Lúthien abandons life: Lúthien pleads with Mandos and Beren and Lúthien are restored to life; Beren and Lúthien 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, Húrin is captured by Morgoth; and Lalaith dies around this year. 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 Rían.
475 - Birth of Dior Eluchíl on Tol Galen
494 - Gurthang is reforged for Túrin, who becomes known as the Black Sword of Nargothrond
495 - Sack of Nargothrond. The coming of Tuor to Gondolin
498 - Slaying of Glaurung, and deaths of Túrin Turambar and Nienor Níniel 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; Lúthien 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 Lúthien; Dior receives the Silmaril; death of Húrin
505 - Doriath is destroyed in the Second Kinslaying; Dior and sons killed; Celegorm, Curufin and Caranthir are all slain; Elwing escapes for the Mouth 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 - Elros and Elrond are born to Eärendil and Elwing
560 - Tuor and Idril sail into the West in the ship Eärrámë
c. 580 - Third Kinslaying: while Eärendil is away the remaining Sons of Fëanor attack the people of the Mouth of Sirion trying to claim the Silmaril; Amrod and Amras slain; Elwing casts herself in the sea but is brought to Eärendil by Ulmo; Eärendil 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 Rhûn 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 Eressëa; Galadriel refuses the summons and is still banned; a small part of the Noldor remain in Lindon; many Sindar depart east and establish realms, under them Thranduil

Second Age

(lasted 3441 years)

1 - Foundation of Mithlond the Grey Havens under Círdan, and Lindon as the Noldorin Kingdom under Gil-galad
32 - Edain reach Númenor, Elros is crowned first King of Númenor
c. 40 - Many Dwarves abandon the ruined cities of Belegost and Nogrod in the Ered Luin and join Durin's folk in Moria
62 - Birth of Vardamir Nólimon
192 - Birth of Tar-Amandil
442 - Elros, also known as Tar-Minyatur, dies. Vardamir Nólimon succeeds the throne but abdicate immediately. Tar-Amandil becomes third king of Númenor.
c. 500 - Sauron arises again in Middle-earth
521 - Silmarien is born in Númenor, line of lords of Andúnië splits off the line of Kings
590 - Tar-Elendil becomes fourth king of Númenor.
600 - First Númenórean ships sail to Middle-earth.
740 - Tar-Meneldur becomes fifth king of Númenor.
750 - the Noldor found the realm of Eregion near Moria
883 - Tar-Aldarion becomes sixth king of Númenor.
c. 1050 - The shadow of Sauron falls upon Greenwood the Great, which is renamed Mirkwood. Sauron begins building Barad-dûr
1075 - Tar-Ancalimë becomes the first Queen and seventh ruler of Númenór, Tar-Aldarion changes the primogeniture of Númenór from agnatic to cognatic
c. 1200 - Sauron deceives the Noldor in Eregion, but Gil-galad mistrusts him; the Númenóreans begin building permanent havens in Middle-earth at Lond Daer, Umbar, and other places
1280 - Tar-Anárion becomes seventh king of Númenor.
c. 1350 - Celeborn and Galadriel together with their daughter Celebrían emigrate from Eregion to Lorien; Celebrimbor becomes lord of Eregion
1394 - Tar-Súrion becomes eighth king of Númenor.
c. 1500 - the Noldor under Celebrimbor are instructed by Sauron, beginning of the forging of the Rings of Power
1566 - Tar-Telperiën becomes the second Queen and tenth ruler of Númenor.
c. 1600 - Forging of the One Ring; Barad-dûr completed; Celebrimbor begins fighting Sauron
1691 - Tar-Minastir becomes eleventh king of Númenor.
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, Celebrimor dies
1699 - Rivendell and Lindon besieged
1700 - Tar-Minastir sends a great navy to Lindon; Sauron defeated; Sauron's forces retreat from Eriador and the coasts
c. 1800 - Númenor begins establishing permanent settlements in Middle-earth
1869 - Tar-Ciryatan becomes twelveth king of Númenor.
2029 - Tar-Atanamir the Great becomes thirteenth king of Númenor but is hostile to the Valar. The Elendili or "Faithful" still receive the Elves in secret. The Ringwraiths first appear
2221 - Tar-Ancalimon becomes fourteenth king of Númenor.
2280 - Umbar is fortified by the Númenóreans
2350 - Pelargir is built by the Elendili
2386 - Tar-Telemmaitë becomes fifteenth king of Númenor.
2526 - Tar-Vanimeldë becomes third Queen and sixteenth ruler of Númenor.
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 Númenor.
2737 - Tar-Calmacil becomes eighteenth king of Númenor.
2899 - Ar-Adûnakhôr becomes twentieth king of Númenor and the first to take his royal name in Adûnaic, the language of Men, instead of Quenya, the high language of the Elves
c. 2900 - Teaching of Elvish languages prohibited in Númenor.
2962 - Ar-Zimrathôn becomes twenty-first king of Númenor.
3033 - Ar-Sakalthôr becomes twenty-second king of Númenor.
3102 - Ar-Gimilzôr becomes twenty-third king of Númenor.
c. 3110 - Usage of Elvish languages and visit of the Elves prohibited in Númenor.
3119 - Birth of Elendil
3209 - Birth of Isildur
3219 - Birth of Anárion
3175 - Tar-Palantir repents, resulting in a civil war in Númenor
3255 - Ar-Pharazôn the Golden weds his first cousin Míriel, the daughter of Tar-Palantir, and seizes the throne of Númenor
3261 - Ar-Pharazôn sails to Middle-earth landing at Umbar, and takes Sauron captive
3262 - Sauron is taken as prisoner to Númenor, but begins corrupting the Númenóreans
c. 3300 - Sauron establishes himself as High Priest of Melkor, "Lord of the Dark"; Elendili are openly persecuted and sacrificed to Morgoth
3319 - Ar-Pharazôn sets foot on Aman; the World is Changed: Aman and Tol Eressëa are removed from Arda, Númenor 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 Anárion; Umbar as realm in exile founded by Black Númenóreans
3429 - Sauron conquers Minas Ithil and burns the White Tree; Isildur flees to Arnor while Anárion 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-dûr begins
3440 - Anárion is slain
3441 - Elendil and Gil-galad perish in battle; Isildur slays Sauron, bereaving him of his earthly form

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 - Death of Isildur in the Battle of the Gladden Fields
100 - Elrond weds Celebrían, daughter of Celeborn and Galadriel
139 - Elrohir and Elladan are born to Elrond and Celebrían
241 - Arwen Undómiel is born to Elrond and Celebrían
492 - Easterlings invade Gondor
541 - Easterlings invade Gondor once more, slaying King Rómendacil
c. 550 - King Turambar of Gondor defeats the Easterlings of Rhûn; the Kingdom of Rhovanion becomes and ally of Gondor
861 - Following Eärendur's death, the kingdom of Arnor breaks up into Arthedain, Cardolan and Rhudaur
933 - Eärnil I of Gondor takes Umbar in a surprise attack
1000 - The Wizards come to Middle-earth
1015 - Hyarmendacil I ascends throne of Gondor
1015 - Black Númenóreans of Umbar besiege their old city
1030 - Siege of Umbar ends, Umbar retaken by Black Númenóreans.
1050 - Hyarmendacil I, king of Gondor, conquers Umbar, Hobbits migrate to Eriador.
1149 - Death of Hyarmendacil I
c. 1200 - Ruler of Rhovanion assumes the title "King of Rhovanion"
1248 - Rómendacil 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
1300 - The kingdom of Angmar first appears at Arthedain's north-eastern border
1356 - King Argeleb I of Arthedain is killed during an invasion by Rhudaur, now controlled by Angmar; his son, Arveleg I, ascends the throne
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 Palantír 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 Eärnil 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-dûm; the Nazgûl return to Mordor, lays siege to Minas Ithil
1981 - Durin VI's son, Náin, 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)
2460 - Sauron returns to Middle-earth; establishes himself in Dol Guldur in southern Mirkwood
2463 - Sméagol (later known as Gollum) becomes the fourth master of the One Ring, after killing his cousin Déagol
2509 - Cirion, Steward of Gondor, sends summons to the Éothéod for military aid; Celebrían is waylaid by Orcs, receives a poisoned wound, and consequentially departs Middle-earth
2510 - The Balchoth invade Rhovanion (which disappears as an independent realm) and Gondor, conquering much of Calenardhon, but are driven back by the people of Éothéod; Gondor gives the now-uninhabited province of Calenardhon to the people of Éothéod
2741 - Helm Hammerhand ascends throne of Rohan
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 thr Corsairs of Umbar
Long Winter of 2758–2759 - The Dunlendings lay siege to Hornburg
2759 - Helm Hammerhand is killed by the Dunlendings; Saruman settles in Isengard
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
2850 - Gandalf enters Dol Guldur and confirms that the evil thereby found is indeed Sauron returned
2885 - Harondor is once again claimed by the Haradrim, supported by the Corsairs of Umbar
Septmber 22, 2890 - Bilbo Baggins is born
2907 - Birth of Gilraen, wife of Arathorn II
Fell Winter of 2911–2912 - wolves invade the Shire Tharbad is ruined in the following floods.
2930 - Arathorn II, father of Aragorn, becomes the Chieftain of the Dúnedain
2931 - Birth of Aragorn
2933 - Arathorn II is killed while hunting Orcs
July, 2941 - Bilbo Baggins obtains the One Ring; the White Council drives Sauron out of Dol Guldur
2941 - Esgaroth is attacked by the dragon Smaug, who is consequentially killed by Bard the Bowman; Battle of Five Armies
2951 - Estel, later known as Aragorn, comes of age and is told about his heritage; the Corsairs of Umbar officially ally themselves with Mordor and destroy great monument commemorating Ar-Pharazôn's victory over Sauron
2953 - Last meeting of the White Council
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 born
2982 - Birth of Meriadoc Brandybuck
2983 - Faramir is born
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
2991 - Birth of Éomer
2995 - Birth of Éowyn
3001 - Bilbo Baggins turns 111 and leaves the Shire
3002 - Lalia Clayhanger, the matriarch of the Took clan, is pushed by Pearl Took and dies, aged 119; 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 Théoden, 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
January 15, 3019 - The Fellowship of the Ring parts after Gandalf disappears while fighting a Balrog
3019 - Death of Boromir; Saruman launches a full-scale invasion on Rohan
Late 3019 - Aragorn is crowned King Elessar (ruling the Reunited Kingdom of Arnor and Gondor), and marries Arwen Undómiel shortly afterwards
September 29, 3021 - Elrond, Galadriel, Gandalf, Frodo and Bilbo leave Middle-earth

Fourth Age

6 - Peregrin Took marries Diamond of Long Cleeve
13 - Peregrin Took becomes 32nd Thain of the Shire
61 - Samwise Gamgee leaves Middle-earth via Mithlond
63 - Meriadoc Brandybuck, aged 102, and Pippin leave the Shire to live in Gondor; death of Éomer, aged 93
82 - Death of Faramir, aged 120
120 - Death of Aragorn, king of Gondor and Arnor, after 210 years of life and 122 years of reign; Aragorn's son Eldarion ascends the throne
121 - Death of Arwen, aged 2901
172 - A copy of the Red Book of Westmarch is written

Battles

First Age

Year 1 - Dagor-nuin-Giliath, Battle under the Stars
75 - Dagor Aglareb, Glorious Battle
455 - Dagor Bragollach, Battle of Sudden Flame, which ended the Siege of Angband
473 - Nirnaeth Arnoediad, Battle of Tears Unnumbered
583 - War of Wrath

See also Battles of Beleriand.

Second Age

3434 - Battle of Dagorlad

Third Age

Year 2 - Battle of the Gladden Fields
1447 - Battle of Erui
1975 - Battle of Fornost
2509 - Battle at the Field of Celebrant
2799 - Battle of Azanulbizar (part of the War of the Dwarves and Orcs)
2941 - Battle of Five Armies
3019 - Battle of Helm's Deep
March 15, 3019 - Battle of the Pelennor Fields

End of the World

Final Battle (prophesied)

Other Timelines of Interest

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