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Arda timeline
This article includes several timelines relating to J.R.R. Tolkiens fiction.
Real Events
Sixth and Seventh Ages
Arda Events
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.
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- 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
- 231 - 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
- 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 Brandywine 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
- 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
- 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 independant 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
- 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
- 2930 - Arathorn II, father of Aragorn, becomes the Chieftain of the Dúnedain
- 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 Echtelion 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 Echtelion II leads a taskforce south and kills the Captain of the Haven, ruler of Umbar
- 2989 - Frodo Baggins comes under the guardianship of Bilbo Baggins; a company of Dwarves, led by Balin, try to recolonize Moria
- 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 - Saruman launches a full-scale invasion on Rohan
- Late 3019 - Aragorn is crowned as King Elessar (ruling the Reunited Kingdom of Gondor and Arnor), and marries Arwen Undómiel shortly afterwards
- September 29, 3021 - Elrond, Galadriel, Gandalf, Frodo and Bilbo leave Middle-earth
Battles
See also Battles of Beleriand.
End of the World
Other Timelines of Interest
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