Middle+Earth

Valian years

 * 1: After many ages completing labours in the halls of [|Eä], including [|Varda] 's crafting of the stars, the [|Valar] descended into Arda at the time of its origin.
 * First War: [|Melkor] assaults his brethren and disrupts the ordered symmetry they seek to build within Arda.
 * 1500: [|Tulkas] arrives, the last of the Valar to descend into Arda: Melkor runs from him and hides in the halls of Eä.
 * The Valar begin their labours anew and order the lands and seas to their liking.

Years of the Lamps

 * 1900: The [|Two Lamps], Illuin and Ormal, are set upon pillars to provide light for Arda.
 * Ordering of Arda by the [|Valar] . They form the isle of [|Almaren] to dwell upon.
 * [|Spring of Arda] : first forests grow, and non-humanoid animals are awakened.
 * [|Melkor] 's spies and secret friends, chief among them a great craftsman of the folk of [|Aulë], later named [|Sauron] , inform him that the Valar are weary from their labours.
 * 3400: Wedding of Tulkas and [|Nessa] . Melkor returns in secret with followers from Eä and begins building [|Utumno].
 * Melkor begins to corrupt the lands and living things of Arda, turning them into sickly or monstrous shapes.
 * The Valar become aware of Melkor's return and begin seeking his stronghold.
 * 3450: Destruction of the Two Lamps and the isle of Almaren by Melkor and his followers; Spring of Arda ends.
 * Melkor retreats to Utumno while the Valar save what they can from the cataclysm.
 * The Valar establish a new home in [|Aman] and raise the [|Pelóri] to defend it.
 * 3500: Yavanna makes the [|Trees of the Valar].

Years of the Trees
In some cases, after V.Y. 4580, exact chronological order cannot be determined and the placement of undated entries is estimated.
 * 3501: A new tally of years is begun with Year of the Trees 1.
 * [|Aulë] the Smith makes the [|Dwarves] but is not allowed to awaken them; [|Yavanna] thinks of the [|Ents] in response.
 * 4500: The Valar hold council to discuss the concerns of [|Oromë] and Yavanna regarding Middle-earth and the impending arrival of the [|Eruhíni], or [|Children of Ilúvatar].
 * [|Varda] begins gathering light from the [|Trees of the Valar] for the Great Stars.
 * Varda sets the [|Menelmacar] and other constellations in the sky.
 * 4550: Varda finishes her work on the Great Stars, setting the [|Sickle of the Valar] in the north as a challenge to [|Melkor].

First Age
During the Years of the Trees the First Age of the Children of Ilúvatar begins, at the Awakening of the Elves.
 * 4550: [|Eru Ilúvatar] [|awakens the Elves].
 * [|Melian] the [|Maia] departs for [|Middle-earth].
 * 4580: [|Melkor] discovers and begins capturing [|Elves] in secret.
 * Melkor begins breeding the [|Orcs] from captured Elves, and the [|Trolls]
 * 4585: [|Oromë] first learns of the Elves
 * 4586: Oromë returns to [|Valinor], informs the other Valar of the dangers faced by the Elves, and then returns immediately to [|Cuiviénen].
 * 4590: The [|Valar] march to war against Melkor on behalf of the Elves.
 * 4592: The Valar lay siege to [|Utumno].
 * Melian begins dwelling in [|Nan Elmoth] and caring for the living things that have been awakened in [|Beleriand].
 * 4599: Melkor is captured and [|Utumno] destroyed. [|Sauron] escapes capture and remains in [|Angband], breeding Orcs and Trolls for Melkor.
 * 4600: Melkor is taken to Valinor in chains and sentenced to serve a term in the [|Halls of Mandos] for three [|Ages].
 * 4601: The Valar decide to summon the Elves to dwell with them in [|Aman].
 * 4602: Oromë brings three ambassadors of the Elves to Aman: [|Ingwë] of the [|Vanyar], [|Finwë] of the Noldor, and [|Elwë] of the [|Teleri]
 * 4604: The three ambassadors return and work to convince the Elves to accept the summons of the Valar. They accumulate many followers.
 * 4605: [|Great Journey] of the Elves: The Elves depart for Aman (not all answer the summon—see [|Sundering of the Elves] )
 * 4615: The Elves reach the great river which would later be called [|Anduin].
 * A group of Teleri under Lenwë (or Dan) abandon the March at Anduin and become the [|Nandor]
 * [|Fathers of the Dwarves] and first [|Ents] awakened by [|Eru Ilúvatar] ; Elves discover the Ents and begin teaching them language.
 * 4625: The Vanyar and Noldor arrive in Beleriand.
 * 4628: The Teleri arrive in Beleriand after tarrying in the great forests of [|Eriador].
 * 4630: Elwë meets Melian and is entranced.
 * 4632: [|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.
 * 4633: The Vanyar and Noldor settle in [|Eldamar] and begin building [|Tirion]
 * 4640: Tirion is finished, [|Mindon Eldaliéva] is built.
 * Ingwë and many of the Vanyar leave Tirion to dwell with Manwë in Valimar.
 * 4642: Yavanna gives the White Tree, Galathilion, to the Noldor.
 * 4649: 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], and together with those who came too late they become the Elves of the [|Falas] under [|Círdan].
 * 4651: The majority of the Teleri are ferried across on [|Tol Eressëa], which is anchored in the [|Bay of Eldamar] . They take Elwë's brother, [|Olwë] , as lord.
 * 4652: Elwë awakes from slumber and reunites with the [|Sindar] . He becomes known as Thingol, settling in [|Doriath].
 * 4661: 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].
 * 4665: The last Vanyar abandon Tirion and settle in Valimar proper. The Noldor remain in Tirion under their lord, Finwë.
 * 4669: Birth of [|Fëanor] . [|Rúmil] invents writing.
 * Death of [|Míriel].
 * [|Nogrod] and [|Belegost] founded by Dwarves; [|Khazad-dûm] founded by [|Durin] the Deathless.
 * 4690: [|Fingolfin] born
 * c. 4700: [|Lúthien] born
 * 4730: [|Finarfin] born
 * 4750: Dwarves of [|Nogrod] and [|Belegost] are met by the Sindar, establishing trade. Fëanor develops the [|Tengwar].
 * [|Daeron] devises the [|Cirth].
 * c. 4780: [|Orcs] begin to appear in Beleriand.
 * 4850: The Nandor, under [|Denethor], arrive in Beleriand, becoming known as the [|Green Elves] of [|Ossiriand] . The Halls of [|Menegroth] finished.
 * 4863: [|Galadriel] born.
 * 4900: Melkor, freed from his sentence, begins corrupting some of the Noldor.
 * 4950: Fëanor completes the forging of the [|Silmarils].
 * 4990: Fëanor, deceived by Melkor, draws arms against his brother and is banished from Tirion: his father, Finwë, and many of the Noldor follow him in exile to [|Formenos].
 * 4992: Fëanor argues with Melkor at Formenos. Melkor hides from capture by the Valar and joins forces with [|Ungoliant].
 * 4995: The Darkening of Valinor. [|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 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].
 * 4996: [|Prophecy of Mandos] : the Noldor are banished from Valinor and face great doom.
 * **4997**: Melkor returns to Angband, and tries to take Beleriand: [|First Battle of Beleriand] is fought; Denethor of the Green-elves slain and the Havens of the Falas are besieged. The Noldor arrive at [|Helcaraxë] ; Fëanor and his host 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. Fëanor is slain by [|Balrogs] in sight of Angband. Maedhros taken captive.
 * The Valar hide Valinor behind the [|Enchanted Isles] and raise the [|Pelóri] mountains to greater heights; they begin devising the [|Moon] and [|Sun].
 * 5000: The remainder of the Noldor arrives in Middle-earth; the [|Moon] arises.

Years of the Sun in the First Age [ [|edit] ]
From this time on years are of normal length. Events from [|Valinor] during the Years of the Sun cannot be accurately dated. All entries are derived from //The Grey Annals// (see [|references] ) unless otherwise noted. The dating begins anew at 1, although these years are still held to be part of the [|First Age]. From this point the entries are derived from //The Tale of Years of the First Age// (see [|references] ) unless otherwise noted.
 * 1: The [|Sun] first sets sail, start of reckoning by 'Years of the Sun', Awakening of [|Men] in [|Hildórien].
 * 5: [|Fingon] rescues [|Maedhros] . The feud between the [|Noldor] is healed.
 * 7: Sons of [|Fëanor] depart to Eastern [|Beleriand].
 * 20: The [|Mereth Aderthad] (Feast of Reuniting) is held at [|Eithel Ivrin].
 * 50: [|Turgon] and [|Finrod] are told by [|Ulmo] to establish a refuge.
 * 52: Finrod begins building [|Nargothrond].
 * **60**: [|Dagor Aglareb] : the Noldor defeat [|Morgoth] 's forces and start the [|Siege of Angband]
 * 60–c. 200: [|Melkor] is absent from Angband, after discovering Men. Persuaded by Melkor, Men stop worshipping [|Eru Ilúvatar] and turn to evil, but some revolt: the [|Atanatári] . These travel to the West in search for the [|Valar], aided by [|Avari] [|Elves] and [|Dwarves] . According to legend, Men now lose the gift to [|die] //at will// as the result of divine punishment, and are doomed to lead short life-spans at the end of which death takes them by force. [|[1]]
 * 64: Turgon begins building [|Gondolin].
 * 65: The havens of [|Brithombar] and [|Eglarest] are fortified; the Tower of [|Barad Nimras] is built.
 * 67: [|Quenya] is prohibited by [|Thingol].
 * 102: Completion of [|Nargothrond] : Finrod's folk depart from [|Hithlum].
 * 116: Completion of [|Gondolin] . [|Turgon] 's people begin the migration from [|Nevrast] in secret.
 * 150: The Dwarves renew their trade in Beleriand.
 * 155: An assault upon [|Hithlum] from the [|Firth of Drengist] is defeated by Fingolfin's forces.
 * 260: [|Glaurung] ravages [|Ard-galen], but is driven back to [|Angband] . The Long Peace begins.
 * 310: [|Bëor] leads The First House of the [|Edain] into [|Beleriand] : they are discovered by Finrod. They move to [|Estolad], and after a few years the [|Second House] enters [|Thargelion] and the [|Third] settles in Estolad. [|[2]][|[3]]
 * 316: [|Aredhel] departs from Gondolin and comes to [|Eöl].
 * 320: The [|Edain] begin migrating from Estolad to [|Dorthonion], [|Hithlum] and [|Talath Dirnen] . [|[2]]
 * 369: Many of the Edain, led by [|Bereg], leave to [|Eriador] . [|[2]]
 * 375: An attack of orcs on [|Thargelion] ; many of the Second House of the Edain perish, but next year [|Haleth] leads the remnants to Estolad. [|[2]]
 * 390: Haleth lead her people from Eriador and in 391 they come to the lands south of [|Taeglin] . The majority later enter the forest of [|Brethil] . [|[2]][|[4]]
 * 400: Return of [|Aredhel] and [|Maeglin] to [|Gondolin] ; later, [|Eöl] and Aredhel die.
 * 410: The province of [|Ladros] is officially granted to [|Boromir] of the [|House of Bëor] . [|[2]]
 * 416: [|Dor-lómin] is granted to the [|House of Marach] . [|[2]]
 * 432: Birth of [|Beren] Erchamion. [|[5]]
 * **455**: Morgoth breaks the Siege of Angband in [|Dagor Bragollach] ("Battle of Sudden Flame"); [|Dorthonion] is laid waste, people of [|Barahir] become outlaws. Capture of Finrod's fortress of [|Minas Tirith] by the forces of [|Sauron] ; Tol Sirion is renamed [|Tol-in-Gaurhoth], "Isle of Werewolves". [|[6]]
 * 456: [|Fingolfin] challenges Morgoth to single combat and is slain.
 * 458: [|Húrin] and [|Huor] are separated from the Folk of [|Brethil] during a battle and are brought to [|Gondolin] by [|Thorondor].
 * 459: Húrin and Huor return out of Gondolin to [|Dor-lómin].
 * 460: [|Barahir] and companions are betrayed by [|Gorlim] and killed, but Beren survives.
 * 462: Morgoth tries to assault [|Hithlum] but is withstood by [|Fingon] and [|Círdan].
 * 463: The first hosts of [|Easterlings] appear in Beleriand.
 * 464: Birth of [|Túrin Turambar] in [|Gwaeron] (March). [|[7]] Beren departs for [|Doriath] and is enchanted by [|Lúthien].
 * 465: Beren sets on a Quest of the [|Silmaril], comes to [|Nargothrond] and receives help of [|Finrod Felagund] . They are imprisoned in Tol-in-Gaurhoth. Finrod is slain by a werewolf, but Beren is rescued by Lúthien. [|Celegorm] and [|Curufin] are exiled from Nargothrond and try attacking them.
 * 466: Birth of [|Lalaith] in the beginning of spring. [|[7]] [|Beren and Lúthien] come to [|Angband] and achieve the Quest of the [|Silmaril] . They return to Doriath, but [|Carcharoth] ravages the land. Beren dies, and Lúthien abandons life. She pleads with [|Mandos] and Beren and Lúthien are restored to life as mortals; they take up bodies again in [|Ossiriand].
 * 468: The Union of [|Maedhros] is begun.
 * 469: Death of Lalaith in autumn. [|[7]]
 * **472**: [|Nírnaeth Arnoediad], "The Battle of Unnumbered Tears", is fought at midsummer. Morgoth utterly defeats the Elves and Edain. [|Fingon] and [|Huor] are slain, but [|Gwindor] and [|Húrin] are captured. [|Easterlings] invade Hithlum, in autumn [|Morwen] sends Túrin to Doriath. Birth of [|Tuor] , son of Huor.
 * 473: Birth of [|Nienor] in the beginning of year; Túrin reaches Doriath. Siege and capture of the Havens of the [|Falas].
 * 481: Dor-lómin is cut off; Túrin goes to the marches of [|Dimbar] . [|[8]]
 * 484: In summer he slays [|Saeros], flees from Doriath and joins the outlaws.
 * 485: In spring Túrin becomes their leader, meets Beleg in summer. [|[7]] In summer [|Mîm] leads the outlaws to [|Amon Rûdh] . [|[7]]
 * 486: In the beginning of year [|Beleg] joins Túrin; by autumn [|Dor-Cúarthol] prospers. [|[7]]
 * 489: In autumn Amon Rûdh is taken; Túrin captured, but is rescued by [|Gwindor] and Beleg, and slays the latter.
 * 490: In the beginning of year Túrin is healed at [|Eithel Ivrin], comes to Nargothrond. [|Gurthang] is reforged, Túrin becomes known as the Blacksword.
 * 494: In autumn Morwen and Nienor flee to Doriath.
 * 495: Fall of Nargothrond in autumn; [|Orodreth] and Gwindor perish. In the beginning of winter Túrin passes Ivrin; Tuor comes to Gondolin.
 * 496: Túrin rises a revolt in Dor-lómin; [|[9]] in the beginning of spring he comes to [|Brethil], Morwen with Nienor journey to Nargothrond; Níniel comes to Brethil.
 * 497: Turambar asks Níniel in marriage, but she delays. [|[7]]
 * 498: Turambar marries Níniel in autumn; [|[9]] before the end of the year he returns to warfare.
 * 499: In spring Níniel conceives; in the beginning of summer slaying of [|Glaurung], and deaths of Túrin Turambar and Nienor Níniel. [|[7]]
 * 500: Húrin released from captivity. [|[9]]
 * 501: Death of [|Morwen] . The Kin-strife in Brethil is brought about by Húrin. [|[9]]
 * 502: Húrin brings the [|Nauglamír] from Nargothrond to [|Thingol] . [|[9]]
 * 502: Reforging of the Nauglamír and quarrel of Thingol and the Dwarves. Thingol is slain. [|[10]] [|Melian] returns to [|Valinor] in grief.
 * 503: [|Doriath] is sacked by Dwarves of [|Nogrod] . [|Beren] and the [|Laiquendi] destroy the Dwarves, with the help of the [|Ents] who prevent the Dwarves' escape; [|Lúthien] receives and wears the [|Silmaril], [|Dior] travels to Doriath and tries to restore it. Birth of [|Eärendil] and [|Elwing] . Final deaths of Beren and Lúthien; Dior receives the Silmaril in autumn.
 * 506–7: [|Sons of Fëanor] attack Doriath at Yule. Doriath is destroyed in the Second Kinslaying; Dior, [|Celegorm], [|Curufin] , and [|Caranthir] are all slain. Elwing escapes for the [|Mouths of Sirion] with the Silmaril.
 * 509: [|Maeglin] captured by Morgoth's spies.
 * 510: [|Gondolin] is betrayed by Maeglin and sacked; [|Glorfindel] slays a [|Balrog] in the [|Echoriath], [|Ecthelion] slays [|Gothmog] , both of them killed as well. Death of [|Turgon] . [|Tuor] and [|Idril] escape.
 * 511: Tuor and Idril bring Eärendil and refugees of Gondolin to the Mouths of Sirion which prosper as 'New Havens'.
 * 525: Eärendil marries Elwing. Tuor feels 'Unquiet of [|Ulmo] ' and sails into the West in the ship Eärrámë with Idril.
 * 532: [|Elrond] and [|Elros] are born to Eärendil and Elwing. [|[11]]
 * 534: Eärendil begins his great voyages
 * 538: Third Kinslaying: while Eärendil is away the remaining Sons of Fëanor attack the people of the Mouths of Sirion trying to claim the Silmaril. Elwing casts herself with the Jewel in the sea but is brought to Eärendil by Ulmo. Of the Sons of Fëanor only [|Maedhros] and [|Maglor] now remain.
 * 540: Morgoth destroys the dwellings of Fëanorians upon [|Amon Ereb] . The last inhabitants of Beleriand flee to the south or to the [|Isle of Balar] . Morgoth's triumph is complete.
 * 542: Eärendil arrives in [|Valinor] and delivers the errand of the Two Kindreds.
 * 545: The Host of the [|Valar] arrives in Beleriand.
 * **545–587**: The [|War of Wrath] . Morgoth is defeated; the remaining two Silmarils are stolen by Maedhros and Maglor, but are lost in the earth and in the sea; most of Beleriand and the lands to the north are sunk.
 * 590: Morgoth is cast into the Void; the Elves are summoned to Valinor and settle in [|Tol Eressëa] ; a small part of the Noldor and Sindar remain in [|Lindon] or depart east and establish realms.

Second Age
The [|Second Age] was 3441 years long. All entries are derived from //Appendix B// (see [|references] ) unless otherwise noted.
 * 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]
 * 61: Birth of [|Vardamir Nólimon], 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 [|Eärendur]
 * 442: [|Elros], also known as //Tar-Minyatur//, dies. [|Vardamir Nólimon] succeeds the throne but abdicates immediately. [|Tar-Amandil] becomes third king of [|Númenor].
 * c. 500: [|Sauron] arises again in [|Middle-earth]
 * 521: [|Silmariën] is born in Númenor, [|[12]] line of lords of [|Andúnië] splits off the line of Kings
 * 532: [|Isilmë], sister of Silmariën, born
 * 543: [|Meneldur], brother of Silmariën, born
 * 590: [|Tar-Elendil] becomes fourth king of [|Númenor].
 * 600: First [|Númenórean] ships sail to Middle-earth.
 * 700: [|Anardil] born
 * 740: [|Tar-Meneldur] becomes fifth king of [|Númenor].
 * 750: the [|Noldor] found the realm of [|Eregion] near [|Moria]
 * 800: [|Tar-Aldarion] founds Vinyalondë on the [|Enedwaith] coast of Middle-earth for lumbering and ship repair.
 * 870: [|Anardil] weds [|Erendis].
 * 873: [|Ancalimë] born
 * 882: Anardil and Erendis separate
 * 883: [|Tar-Aldarion] becomes sixth king of [|Númenor].
 * 985: Death of Erendis, apparently by drowning.
 * c. 1000: Sauron begins building [|Barad-dûr]
 * 1075: [|Tar-Ancalimë] becomes the first Queen and seventh ruler of Númenor.
 * c. 1200: [|Sauron] seduces and deceives the Noldor in [|Eregion], but [|Gil-galad] mistrusts him and refuses to work with 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 [|Lórien] ; [|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. 1590: The Three Rings are completed in [|Eregion].
 * c. 1600: Forging of the [|One Ring] ; [|Barad-dûr] 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, the gates of [|Moria] are shut.
 * 1699: [|Rivendell] and [|Lindon] besieged, [|Sauron] overruns Eriador.
 * 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 [|Númenor].
 * c. 1800: [|Númenor] begins establishing permanent settlements in [|Middle-earth], Sauron extends his power eastwards.
 * 1869: [|Tar-Ciryatan] becomes twelfth 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.
 * 2221: [|Tar-Ancalimon] becomes fourteenth king of [|Númenor] . [|[13]]
 * 2251: The [|Ringwraiths] first appear.
 * 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 is not counted in the list of kings.
 * 2657: [|Tar-Alcarin] becomes seventeenth king of [|Númenor].
 * 2737: [|Tar-Calmacil] becomes eighteenth king of [|Númenor].
 * 2825: [|Tar-Ardamin] becomes nineteenth 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]
 * 3177: [|Tar-Palantir] repents, resulting in a [|civil war] in [|Númenor]
 * 3209: Birth of [|Isildur]
 * 3219: Birth of [|Anárion]
 * 3243: Death of [|Gimilkhâd], at 198 years old.
 * 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. 3265: Sauron becomes Ar-Pharazôn's court advisor.
 * c. 3280: Isildur steals a fruit from Nimloth. The White Tree is felled and burnt in Sauron's Temple thereafter.
 * c. 3300: [|Sauron] establishes himself as High Priest of [|Melkor], "Lord of the Dark"; [|Elendili] are openly persecuted and sacrificed to [|Morgoth]
 * 3310: At Sauron's instigation, Ar-Pharazôn begins building the Great Armament.
 * 3318: Birth of [|Meneldil], fourth child of Anárion and last man born in Númenor
 * 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] . [|Sauron] returns to [|Mordor].
 * 3429: [|Sauron] attacks [|Gondor], conquers [|Minas Ithil] and burns the White Tree; [|Isildur] flees to [|Arnor] while [|Anárion] defends [|Osgiliath] and [|Minas Anor]
 * 3430: The [|Last Alliance of Elves and Men] is formed
 * 3434: The Last Alliance crosses the [|Misty Mountains] ; [|Sauron] 's forces are defeated in the [|Battle of Dagorlad] ; Siege of [|Barad-dûr] begins
 * 3440: [|Anárion] is slain
 * 3441: [|Elendil] and [|Gil-galad] face Sauron in hand to hand combat, but they themselves perish; [|Isildur] takes the shards of his father's sword [|Narsil] and cuts the [|One Ring] from Sauron's finger. Sauron's physical form is destroyed and the [|Barad-Dûr] is razed to the ground. In the aftermath of the War, many Elves of Gil-galad's following depart to [|Valinor] : end of the Noldorin realms in Middle-earth.

Third Age
The [|Third Age] was 3,021 years long. All entries are derived from //Appendix B// (see [|references] ) unless otherwise noted. //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.//
 * 2: Planting of the Second [|White Tree] at [|Minas Tirith], Death of [|Isildur] by [|Orcs] in the [|Disaster of the Gladden Fields] , losing the [|One Ring] in the [|Gladden] river
 * 109: [|Elrond] weds [|Celebrían], daughter of [|Celeborn] and [|Galadriel]
 * 130: [|Elrohir] and [|Elladan] are born to [|Elrond] and [|Celebrían]
 * 241: [|Arwen Undómiel] is born to [|Elrond] and [|Celebrían]
 * 490: [|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 an ally of [|Gondor]
 * 861: Following [|Eärendur] 's death, the [|kingdom] of [|Arnor] breaks up into [|Arthedain], [|Cardolan] and [|Rhudaur] . The Court and the [|palantír] of [|Annúminas] are moved to [|Fornost].
 * 933: [|Eärnil I] of [|Gondor] takes [|Umbar] in a surprise attack
 * 936: Eärnil I lost at sea
 * c. 1000: The [|Wizards] come to [|Middle-earth]
 * 1015: [|Hyarmendacil I] ascends to the throne of [|Gondor]
 * 1015: [|Black Númenóreans] of [|Umbar] besiege their old city
 * 1050: [|Hyarmendacil I], king of [|Gondor] , conquers [|Umbar] , finishing the siege of Umbar, [|Hobbits] migrate to [|Eriador] . The shadow of [|Sauron] falls upon //Greenwood the Great//, which is renamed [|Mirkwood].
 * 1149: Death of [|Hyarmendacil I], [|Atanatar II] takes the sceptre of [|Gondor]
 * c. 1200: Rulers of [|Rhovanion] assume the title "King of Rhovanion"
 * 1248: [|Rómendacil II] of [|Gondor] strikes 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] born [|[14]]
 * 1300: Nazgûl reappear in Middle-earth, the kingdom of [|Angmar] first appears at [|Arthedain] 's north-eastern border, built by the Witch-king, later revealed as Lord of the Nazgûl.
 * 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. Annúminas is attacked, sacked and abandoned in ruins until the Fourth Age.
 * 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] reconquers [|Umbar] for [|Gondor] ; renames himself [|Umbardacil]
 * 1851: The [|Wainriders] first attack [|Gondor]
 * 1856: The [|Wainriders] overrun eastern territories of [|Gondor] ; death of Narmacil II in battle.
 * 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 with his sons; Haradrim, Wainriders and the [|Variags of Khand] take [|Umbar] ; new [|Corsairs of Umbar] emerge.
 * 1945: [|Eärnil II] succeeds the crown of [|Gondor]
 * 1964: [|Arvedui], son of King [|Araphant] of [|Arthedain] , ascends the throne
 * 1974: The kingdom of [|Arthedain] is conquered by [|Angmar] . [|Fornost] is attacked and left abandoned until the Fourth Age.
 * 1975: [|Gondor] destroys [|Angmar] in the [|Battle of Fornost] . Death of [|Arvedui] and loss of the two [|palantíri] of Amon Sûl ( [|Weathertop] ) and Annúminas.
 * 1980: The [|Moria] [|Dwarves] awaken [|Durin's Bane], a [|Balrog] , which kills [|Durin VI] , king of Khazad-dûm; the [|Nazgûl] return to [|Mordor] and lay siege to [|Minas Ithil].
 * 1981: [|Durin VI] 's son, [|Náin I], is also killed, and the [|Dwarves] flee [|Moria] ; deaths of [|Amroth] and [|Nimrodel]
 * 1999: [|Thráin I] founds realm of [|Erebor], discovers [|Arkenstone]
 * 2043: King Eärnil II of Gondor dies and his son, the Witch-king's old enemy [|Eärnur], inherits the throne. Upon his coronation, the [|Witch-king] challenges him to combat, but King Eärnur refuses.
 * 2050: The [|Witch-king] again challenges King [|Eärnur], this time he accepts. Eärnur rides out of [|Minas Tirith] to meet the Witch-king in [|Minas Morgul] . He enters the city's gates and is never seen again, thus ending the reign of the [|Gondorian Kings] and causing the beginning of the Ruling [|Stewards of Gondor] , until the time of [|King Elessar].
 * 2063: [|Gandalf] drives [|Sauron] from Dol Guldur. The Watchful Peace begins.
 * 2210: [|Thorin I], son of [|Thráin I] , leaves [|Erebor] with most of his people, settles in the [|Grey Mountains]
 * 2430: Approximate birth year of [|Sméagol]
 * 2460: [|Sauron] returns to [|Middle-earth] ; establishes himself in [|Dol Guldur] in southern [|Mirkwood] . The Watchful Peace ends.
 * 2463: [|Sméagol] (later known as [|Gollum] ) becomes the fourth bearer of the [|One Ring], after killing his cousin [|Déagol]
 * 2475: First [|Uruks] appear out of Mordor in attacks on Gondor.
 * 2501–2510: [|Eorl the Young], lord of the [|Éothéod] and first king of [|Rohan] (2510–2545).
 * 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 alliance between [|Rohan] and [|Gondor] comes into existence. The [|Easterlings] launch 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 [|Éothéod] ; Gondor gives the now-uninhabited [|province] of Calenardhon to the people of Éothéod
 * 2545: [|Eorl the Young], king of Rohan, dies in the battle in [|the Wold] against the [|Easterlings] . [|Brego] succeeds him as the second king of Rohan
 * 2570: [|Aldor], aged only 26, becomes third king of Rohan at the death of his father [|Brego] ; Dragons attack the Dwarf settlements in the [|Grey Mountains]
 * 2589: [|Dáin I] and his son [|Frór] are killed by a [|cold-drake]
 * 2590: [|Thrór], son of [|Dáin I] , leaves the [|Grey Mountains] and resettles [|The Lonely Mountain] , his brother, [|Grór] , settles in the [|Iron Hills]
 * 2645: [|Fréa] becomes fourth king of Rohan after the death of his father [|Aldor] ('the Old')
 * 2659: [|Fréawine], fifth King of Rohan
 * 2680: [|Goldwine], sixth King of Rohan
 * 2699: [|Déor], seventh king of Rohan
 * 2718: [|Gram], eighth king of Rohan
 * 2741: [|Helm Hammerhand] ninth king of Rohan ascends the throne as last king of the first line
 * 2746: [|Amrothos], fifteenth Prince of [|Dol Amroth] , falls while defending Dor-en-Ernil against the [|Corsairs of Umbar]
 * 2747: [|Bandobras "Bullroarer" Took] leads a force of [|hobbits] and defeats invading [|Orcs] of the [|Misty Mountains] in the [|Northfarthing] at the [|Battle of Greenfields]
 * 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, freezes to death outside the fortress of Helm's Deep, where he and his loyal subjects have taken refuge from the [|Dunlendings] . He is succeeded by his nephew [|Fréaláf Hildeson] ; [|Saruman] settles in [|Isengard]
 * 2770: [|Smaug] lays waste to the town of [|Dale] and captures [|Erebor] with all of its treasure. The surviving dwarves there are driven into exile.
 * 2790: [|Thrór] enters [|Moria] and is killed by [|Orc] chieftain [|Azog], starting the [|War of the Dwarves and Orcs]
 * 2798: [|Fréaláf Hildeson], tenth king of Rohan, dies. He is followed by his son [|Brytta Léofa]
 * 2799: The [|Battle of Azanulbizar], the culmination of the [|War of the Dwarves and Orcs] , is fought on [|Moria] 's East Gate, in which the [|Dwarves] defeat the [|Orcs] of [|Moria] , including slaying their chieftain [|Azog] , but lack the strength to retake Moria.
 * 2802: [|Thráin II], son of [|Thrór] settles in the [|Blue Mountains]
 * 2842: [|Brytta Léofa], eleventh king of Rohan, dies. Succeeded by his son [|Walda].
 * 2845: [|Thráin II] is captured by forces of [|Sauron] and imprisoned in [|Dol Guldur] after having wandered for four years trying to reclaim the lost treasure at [|Erebor] and the last of the [|Dwarven Rings of Power] is taken from him
 * 2850: [|Gandalf] enters [|Dol Guldur] and confirms that the evil thereby found is indeed [|Sauron] returned; [|Thráin II], broken, raving, and dying, gives Gandalf his map and key to be passed on to his son, [|Thorin Oakenshield]
 * 2851: [|Walda], twelfth king of Rohan, is killed by an orc, his son [|Folca] succeeds him
 * 2864: [|Folca], thirteenth king of Rohan, is killed by the Boar of [|Everholt] . He is succeeded by his son [|Folcwine]
 * 2879: Birth of [|Gimli]
 * 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]
 * September 22, 2890: [|Bilbo Baggins] is born
 * 2903: [|Folcwine], fourteenth king of Rohan, dies and is succeeded by his youngest son [|Fengel]
 * 2907: Birth of [|Gilraen] (later wife of [|Arathorn II] )
 * [|Fell Winter] of 2911–2912: wolves invade the [|Shire] . [|Tharbad] is ruined in the following [|floods].
 * 2930: [|Arathorn II] becomes the Chieftain of the [|Dúnedain]
 * 2931: Birth of [|Aragorn], son of Arathorn II and Gilraen
 * 2933: Arathorn II is killed while hunting [|Orcs]
 * March 15, 2941: [|Thorin Oakenshield] meets with [|Gandalf the Grey] at the [|Prancing Pony] in [|Bree], the [|Quest of Erebor] begins
 * July 2941: [|Bilbo Baggins] obtains the [|One Ring] ; the [|White Council] drives [|Sauron] out of [|Dol Guldur]
 * October 2941: [|Esgaroth] is attacked by the [|dragon] [|Smaug], who is consequentially killed by [|Bard the Bowman] ; [|Thorin Oakenshield] , [|Fíli] , and [|Kíli] killed at the [|Battle of Five Armies] along with [|Bolg] son of [|Azog] ; [|Dáin II Ironfoot] becomes King of [|The Lonely Mountain] ; Town of [|Dale] reestablished by Bard
 * June 22, 2942: [|Bilbo Baggins] returns to [|Bag End]
 * 2951: [|Sauron] reveals himself in [|Mordor], and starts raising [|Barad-dûr] anew. 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] . [|Fengel], fifteenth 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
 * 2978: Birth of [|Boromir]
 * 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] ; [|Samwise Gamgee] born; [|[15]][|Théoden] , son of [|Thengel] , becomes seventeenth king of Rohan after the death of his father.
 * 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 [|Éomer]
 * 2994: Balin is killed; the dwarf-colony in Moria is destroyed
 * 2995: Birth of [|Éowyn]
 * 3001: Bilbo Baggins turns 111, passes the [|One Ring] on to [|Frodo Baggins], and leaves the [|Shire] . From now on [|Aragorn] and [|Gandalf] intermittently hunt [|Gollum]
 * 3002: Lalia Clayhanger, the matriarch of the Took clan, dies, aged 119, and possibly pushed by [|Pearl Took] ; [|[16]] Bilbo settles in [|Rivendell]
 * 3007: Gilraen, Aragorn II's mother passes away at the age of 100 years
 * 3014: Saruman begins using his influence to weaken [|Théoden], king of Rohan
 * 3017: [|Gollum] is released from [|Mordor] ; [|Aragorn] finally tracks him down in the [|Dead Marshes], and brings him as a captive to King [|Thranduil] 's halls in [|Mirkwood]

"The Great Years" [ [|edit] ]
All entries are derived from //Appendix B// (see [|references] ) unless otherwise noted.

3018 [ [|edit] ]

 * The [|Ringwraiths] are given the task of retrieving the [|One Ring]
 * April 11: [|Gandalf] reaches Hobbiton. He returns to the [|Shire], telling [|Frodo Baggins] he must take the [|Ring] away
 * June 20: Sauron attacks Osgiliath.
 * July 4: [|Boromir] leaves Minas Tirith
 * July 10: Saruman imprisons Gandalf in [|Orthanc]
 * September 18: Gandalf escapes from Orthanc
 * September 19–21: Gandalf reaches Edoras and is given Shadowfax the horse
 * September 23: Frodo leaves Bag End
 * September 26: Frodo meets [|Tom Bombadil]
 * September 30: [|Aragorn] meets [|Frodo Baggins] in the [|Inn of the Prancing Pony] in [|Bree].
 * October 6: Frodo wounded at Weathertop
 * October 20: Frodo crosses the ford of Bruinen
 * October 25: [|Council of Elrond] at [|Rivendell]
 * December 25: The [|Fellowship of the Ring] sets out in the evening from Rivendell

3019 [ [|edit] ]

 * January 15: [|Gandalf] falls in [|Khazad-dûm] while fighting a [|Balrog].
 * February 25: The Fellowship passes the Argonath and camp at Parth Galen. First Battle of Fords of Isen; [|Théodred] son of [|Théoden] is slain.
 * February 26: The breaking of the Fellowship; Boromir is killed.
 * February 29: Merry and Pippin escape the orcs and meet [|Treebeard].
 * March 1: Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli meet the resurrected Gandalf the White in [|Fangorn Forest] while looking for Merry and Pippin, and they head off for Edoras. Frodo and Sam begin travelling through the Dead Marshes.
 * March 3: [|Battle of the Hornburg].
 * March 5: Rohan's army reaches Isengard.
 * March 7: Faramir takes Frodo and Sam to Henneth Annûn.
 * March 8: Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli enter the [|Paths of the Dead].
 * March 9: Gandalf and Pippin arrive in Minas Tirith.
 * March 10: Frodo and Sam see the Morgul host led by the [|Witch-king] leave [|Minas Morgul] . An army from [|Morannon] takes Cair Andros and marches in [|Anórien].
 * March 11: First assault on [|Lórien] by [|Dol Guldur].
 * March 12: Gollum leads Frodo into [|Shelob] 's lair.
 * March 13: Frodo captured by Cirith Ungol orcs. Aragorn captures the Umbar fleet at [|Pelargir].
 * March 15: [|Witch-king] breaks the gate of [|Minas Tirith] in the early hours. [|Denethor] burns himself on a pyre. Confrontation between [|Gandalf] and the Witch-king at the gate; Horns of the Rohirrim are heard at a cockcrow. [|Battle of the Pelennor Fields] : [|Théoden] King of Rohan is killed by the Witch-king; [|Éomer] succeeds him as the eighteenth king of Rohan. Éowyn and Merry kill the Witch-king. Aragorn, Rangers, sons of Elrond and men from the southern fiefdoms of [|Gondor] arrive in the black ships and turn the tide of battle. Sam and Frodo escape and journey along the Morgai. Battle under the trees in [|Mirkwood] ; second assault on [|Lórien].
 * March 16: Debate of the Captains of the West.
 * March 17: Battle of Dale. King Brand and Dáin Ironfoot fall in battle against invading Easterlings. Many Men and Dwarves take refuge in Erebor.
 * March 18: Armies leave Minas Tirith. Frodo and Sam join the orc company.
 * March 25: The Host is surrounded on the Slag-hills. Frodo and Sam reach the Sammath Naur. [|Gollum] (Sméagol) seizes the [|One Ring] and falls into the Cracks of Doom. Downfall of [|Barad-dûr] and the passing of the Dark Lord [|Sauron].
 * May: [|Arwen Undómiel] and her father Lord [|Elrond] of [|Imladris] arrive in [|Lórien], where they are welcomed at [|Caras Galadhon] by the Lady [|Galadriel] and Lord [|Celeborn] , grandparents of Lady Arwen through her mother, the Lady [|Celebrían].
 * May: [|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 [|Éowyn].
 * Mid-year's Day (between June and July): Aragorn marries [|Arwen Undómiel].
 * July: King Théoden is laid to rest beside other [|Kings of Rohan] in [|Edoras].
 * September 21: Hobbits arrive in Rivendell.
 * September 22: Saruman arrives in the Shire.
 * November 1: The four hobbits arrested at Frogmorton.
 * November 3: [|Battle of Bywater] ; death of Saruman and [|Wormtongue], final end to the [|War of the Ring].

3020–21 [ [|edit] ]

 * May 1, 3020: Samwise Gamgee marries [|Rosie Cotton] and together they move to [|Bag End] on Bagshot Row
 * 3021: [|Éomer] marries [|Imrahil] 's daughter, [|Lothíriel] 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 for the [|Grey Havens]
 * October 6: Sam arrives back in Bag End

Fourth Age
Length uncertain. All entries are derived from the Appendices to //The Lord of the Rings//, unless otherwise noted. //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 [|Elfwine], son of [|Éomer] and Lothíriel
 * (Date uncertain): Birth of Elboron, son of [|Faramir] and [|Éowyn]
 * (Date uncertain): Birth of [|Durin VII], descendant (perhaps son) of [|Thorin III Stonehelm]
 * 13: Peregrin Took becomes thirty-second [|Thain] of the [|Shire]
 * 15: Death of [|Glóin], father of Gimli.
 * 34: Death of Prince Imrahil. Imrahil's son Elphir assumes the Principality.
 * 41: Birth of Holfast Gardner, son and heir of Frodo Gardner
 * 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, whose son Elfwine ascends the throne of Rohan.
 * 67: Death of Prince Elphir son of [|Imrahil], twenty-third Prince of [|Dol Amroth] . Elphir's son Alphros assumes the Principality. [|[17]]
 * 80: Birth of Harding of the Hill, Sam Gamgee's heir and great-grandson
 * 82: Death of [|Faramir], aged 120. His son Elboron assumes the Principality. [|[17]]
 * 91: Death of Dwalin, brother of Balin, aged 341.
 * 95: Death of Prince Alphros of Dol Amroth, son of Elphir. [|[17]]
 * 120: Death of [|Aragorn], King of the [|Reunited Kingdom] of Arnor and Gondor, after 210 years of life and 122 years of reign; his son [|Eldarion] ascends the throne. The bodies of Meriadoc and Peregrin are laid beside that of Aragorn. 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 and marking an end to the Fellowship of the Ring.
 * 121: Death of [|Arwen], aged 2901
 * 172: A copy of the // [|Red Book of Westmarch] // is made [|[18]]
 * 185: Death of Harding of the Hill, Sam Gamgee's heir [|[19]]
 * c. 220: End of Eldarion's reign [|[20]]