Year

Event

2

Isildur plants a seedling of the White Tree in Minas. He delivers the South-kingdom to Meneldir. Disaster of the Gladden fields: Isildur and his three elder sons are slain

3

Ohtar brings the shards of Narsil to Imladris

10

Valandil becomes King of Arnor

109

Elrond weds Celebrian, daughter of Celeborn

130

Birth of Elladan and Elrohir, sons of Elrond

241

Birth of Arwen Undomiel

420

King Ostoher rebuilds Minas Anor

490

First invasion of Easterlings

500

Romendacil I defeats the Easterlings

541

Romendacil slain in battle

830

Falastur begins the line of the Ship-kings of Gondor

861

Death of Earendur, and division of Arnor

933

King Earnil I takes Umbar, which becomes a fortress of Gondor

936

Earnil lost at sea

1015

King Ciryandil slain in the siege of Umbar

1050

Hyarmendacil conquers the Harad. Gondor reaches the height of it power. About this time a shadow falls on Greenwood, and people begin to call it Mirkwood. The Periannath are first mentioned in records, with the coming of the Harfoots to Eriador

c. 1100

The Wise (the Istari and the chief Eldar) discover that an evil power has made a stronghold at Dol Guldur. It is thought to be one of the Nazgul

1149

Reign of Anatar Alcarin begins

c. 1150

The Fallohides enter Eriador

c. 1300

Evil things begin to multiply again. Orcs increase in the Misty Mountains and attack the Dwarves. The Nazgul reappear. The chief of those comes north to Angmar. The Perriannath migrate westward, many settle at Bree

1356

King Argeleb I slain in battle with Rhudaur. About this time the Stoors leave the Angle, and some return to Wilderland

1409

The Witch-king of Angmar invades Arnor. King Arvaleg I slain. Fornost and Tyrn Gorthad are defended. The Tower of Amon Sul destroyed

1432

King Valacar of Gondor dies, and the civil war of the Kinstrife begins

1437

Burning of Osgiliath and loss of the palantir. Elcadar flees to Rhovanion; his son Ornendil is murdered

1447

Elcadar returns and drives out the usurper Castamir. Battle of the Crossings of Erui. Siege of Pelargir

1448

Rebels escape and seize Umbar

1540

King Aldamir slain in war with the Harad and the Corsairs of Umbar

1551

Hyarmendacil II defeats the Men of Harad

1601

Many Periannath migrate from Bree, and are granted land beyond the Baranduin by Argeleb II

c. 1630

They are joined by Stoors coming up from Dunland

1634

The Corsairs ravage Pelargir and slay King Minardil

1636

The Great Plague devastates Gondor. Death of King Telemnar and his children. The White Tree dies in Minas Anor. The plague spreads north and west, and many parts of Eriador become desolate. Beyond the Baranduin the Periannath survive, but suffer great loss

1640

King Tarondor removes the Kings House to Minas Anor, plants a seedling of the White Tree. Osgiliath begins to fall into ruin. Mordor is left unguarded

1810

King Telumehtar Umbardacil retakes Umbar and drives out the Corsairs

1851

The attacks of the Wainriders upon Gondor begin

1856

Gondor loses its eastern territories, and Narmacil II falls in battle

1899

King Calimehtar defeats the Wainriders on Dagorlad

1900

Calimehtar builds the White Tower in Minas Anor

1940

Gondor and Arnor renew communications and form an alliance. Arvedui weds Firiel daughter of Ondoher of Gondor

1944

Ondoher falls in battle. Earnil defeats the army in Southern Ithilien. He then wins the Battle of the Camp, and drives Wainriders into the Dead Marshes. Arvedui claims the crown of Gondor

1945

Earnil II receives the crown

1974

End of the North-kingdom. The Witch-king overruns Arthedain and takes Fornost

1975

Arvedui drowned in the Bay of Forochel. The palantiri of Annuminas and Amon Sul are lost. Earnur brings a fleet to Lindon. The Witch-king defeated at the Battle of Fornost and pursued to the Ettenmoors. He vanishes from the North

1976

Aranarth takes the title of the Chieftain of the Dunedain. The heirlooms of Arnor are given into the keeping of Elrond

1977

Frumgar leads the Eotheod into the North

1979

Bucca of the Marish becomes the first Thain of the Shire

1980

The Witch-king comes to Mordor and there gathers the Nazgul. A Balrog appears in Moria, and slays Durin VI

1981

Nain I slain. The Dwarves flee from Moria. Many of the Silvan Elves of Lorien flee south. Amroth and Nimrodel are lost

1999

Thrain I comes to Erebor and founds a dwarf-kingdom ‘under the Mountain’

2000

The Nazgul issue from Mordor and besiege Minas Ithil

2002

Fall of Minas Ithil, afterwards known as Minas Morgul. The palantir is captured

2043

Earnur becomes King of Gondor. He is challenged by the Witch-king

2050

The challenge is renewed. Earnur rides to Minas Morgul and is lost. Mardil becomes the first Ruling Steward

2060

The power of Dol Guldur grows. The Wise fear that it may be Sauron taking shape again

2063

Gandalf goes to Dol Guldur. Sauron retreats and hides in the East. The Watchful Peace begins. The Nazgul remain quiet in Minas Morgul

2210

Thorin I leaves Erebor, and he goes north to the Grey Mountains, where most of the remnants of Durin’s folk are now gathering

2340

Isumbras I becomes the thirteenth Thain, and first of the Took line. The Oldbucks occupy the Buckland

2460

The Watchful Peace ends. Sauron returns with increased strength to Dol Guldur

2463

The White Council is formed. About this time Deagol the Stoorfinds the One Ring, and is murdered by Smeagol

2470

About this time Smeagol-Gollum hides in the Misty Mountains

2475

Attack on Gondor renewed. Osgiliath finally ruined, and its stone-bridge broken

c. 2480

Orcs begin to make secret strongholds in the Misty Mountains so as to bar all the passes into Eriador. Sauron begins to people Moria with his creatures

2509

Celebrian, journeying to Lorien, is waylaid in the Redhorn pass, and receives a poisoned wound

2510

Celebrian departs over Sea. Orcs and Easterlings overrun Calernadhon. Eorl the Young wins the victory of the field of Celebrant. The Rohirrim settle in Calernadhon

2545

Eorl fall in battle in the Wold

2569

Brego son of Eorl completes the Golden Hall

2570

Baldor son of Brego enters the Forbidden Door and is lost. About this time dragons reappear in the north and begin to afflict the Dwarves

2589

Dain I slain by a Dragon

2590

Thror returns to Erebor. Gror his brother goes to the Iron Hills

2670

Tobold plants pipe-weed in the Southfarthing

2683

Isengrim II becomes tenth Thain and begins the excavation of Great Smials

2698

Echtelion I rebuilds the White Tower in Minas Tirith

2740

Orcs renew their invasions of Eriador

2747

Bandobras Took defeats an orc-band in the Northfarthing

2758

Rohan attacked from west and east and overrun. Gondor attacked by fleets of the Corsairs. Helm of Rohan takes refuge in Helm’s Deep. Wulf seizes Edoras. 58-9 the Long Winter follows. Great suffering and loss of life in Eriador and Rohan. Gandalf comes to the aid of the Shire-folk

2759

Death of Helm. Frealaf drives out Wulf, and begins Second Line of the Kings of the Mark. Saruman takes up his abode in Isengard

2770

Smaug the Dragon descends on Erebor. Dale destroyed. Thror escapes with Thrain II and Thorin II

2790

Thror slain by an Orc in Moria. The Dwarves gather for a war of vengeance. Birth of Gerontius, later known as the Old Took

2793

The War of the Dwarves and Orcs begins

2799

Battle of Nanduhirion before the East-gate of Moria. Dain Ironfoot returns to the Iron Hills. Thrain II and his son Thorin wander westwards. They settle in the South of Ered Luin beyond the Shire (2802)

2800-64

Orcs from the north trouble Rohan. King Walda slain by them

2841

Thrain II sets out to revisit Erebor, but is pursued by the servants of Sauron

2845

Thrain the Dwarf is imprisoned in Dol Guldur; the last of the Seven Rings is taken from him

2850

Gandalf again enters Dol Guldur, and discovers that its master is indeed Sauron, who is gathering all the Rings and seeking for news of the One, and of Isildur’s Heir. He finds Thrain and receives the key to Erebor. Thrain dies in Dol Guldur

2851

The White Council meets. Gandalf urges an attack on Dol Guldur. Saruman overrules him. Saruman begins to search near the Gladden Fields

2852

Belecthor II of Gondor dies. The White Tree dies, and no seedling can be found. The Dead Tree is left standing

2885

Stirred up by the emissaries of Sauron the Haradrim cross the Poros and attack Gondor. The sons of Folcwine of Rohan are slain in the service of Gondor

2890

Bilbo born in the Shire

2901

Most of the remaining inhabitants of Ithilien desert it owing to the attacks of the Uruks of Mordor. The secret refuge of Henneth Annun is built

2907

Birth of Gilraen mother of Aragorn II

2911

The Fell Winter. The Baranduin and other rivers are frozen. White Wolves invade Eriador from the North.

2912

Great floods devastate Enedwaith and Minhiriath. Tharbad is ruined and deserted

2920

Death of the Old Took

2929

Arathorn son of Arador of the Dunedain weds Gilraen

2930

Arador slain by Trolls. Birth of Denethor II son of Ecthelion in Minas Tirith

2931

Aragorn son of Arathorn II born on March 1^st

2933

Arathorn II slain. Gilraen takes Aragorn to Imladris. Elrond receives him as a foster-son and gives him the name Estel (hope); his ancestry is concealed

2939

Saruman discovers that Sauron’s servants are searching the Anduin near Gladden Fields, and that Sauron therefore has learned of Isildur’s end. He is alarmed, but says nothing to the Council

2941

Thorin Oakenshield and Gandalf visit Bilbo in the Shire. Bilbo meets Smeagol-Gollum and finds the Ring. The White Council meets; Saruman agrees to an attack on Dol Guldur, since he now wishes to prevent Sauron from searching the river. Sauron having made his plans abandons Dol Guldur. The Battle of the Five Armies in Dale. Death of Thorin II. Bard of Esgaroth slays Smaug. Dain of the Iron Hills becomes King under the Mountain (Dain II)

2942

Bilbo returns to the Shire with the Ring. Sauron returns in secret to Mordor

2944

Bard rebuilds Dale and becomes King. Gollum leaves the Mountains and begins his search for the ‘thief’ of the Ring

2948

Theoden son of Thengel, king of Rohan, is born

2949

Gandalf and Balin visit Bilbo in the Shire

2950

Finduilas, daughter of Adrahil of Dol Amroth, born

2951

Sauron declares himself openly and gathers power in Mordor. He begins the rebuilding of Barad-dur. Gollum turns towards Mordor. Sauron sends three of the Nazgul to reoccupy Dol Guldur

2953

Elrond reveals to ‘Estel’ his true name and ancestry, and delivers to him shards of the Narsil. Arwen, newly returned from Lorien, meets Aragorn in the woods of Imladris. Aragorn goes out into the Wild

2954

Mount Doom bursts into flame again. The last inhabitants of Ithilien flee over Anduin

2956

Aragorn meets Gandalf and their friendship begins

2957-80

Aragorn undertakes his great journeys and errantries. As Thorongil he serves in disguise both Thengel of Rohan and Echtelion II of Gondor

2968

Birth of Frodo

2976

Denethor weds Finduilas of Dol Amroth

2977

Bain son of Bard becomes King of Dale

2978

Birth of Boromir son of Denethor II

2980

Aragorn enters Lorien, and there meets again Arwen Undomiel. Aragorn gives her the ring of Barahir, and they plight their troth upon the hill of Cerin Amroth. About this time Gollum reaches the confines of Mordor and becomes acquainted with Shelob. Theoden becomes King of Rohan.

2983

Faramir son of Denethor born. Birth of Samwise

2984

Death of Echtelion II. Denethor II becomes Steward of Gondor

2988

Finduilas dies young

2989

Balin leaves Erebor and enters Moria

2991

Eomer Eomund’s son born in Rohan

2994

Balin perishes, and the dwarf-colony is destroyed

2995

Eowyn sister of Eomer born

c. 3000

The shadow of Mordor lengthens. Saruman dares to use the palantir of Orthanc, and he becomes ensnared by Sauron, who has the Ithil Stone. He becomes a traitor to the Council. His spies report that the Shire is being closely guarded by the Rangers.  

3001

Bilbo’s farewell feast. Gandalf suspects the ring to be the One Ring. The guard on the Shire is doubled. Gandalf seeks for the news of Gollum and calls on the help of Aragorn

3002

Bilbo becomes a guest of Elrond, and settles in Rivendell

3004

Gandalf visits Frodo in the Shire, and does so at intervals during the next four years

3007

Brand son of Bain becomes King in Dale. Death of Gilraen

3008

In the autumn Gandalf pays his last visit to Frodo

3009

Gandalf and Aragorn renew their hunt for Gollum at intervals during the next eight years, searching the vales of Anduin, Mirikwood, and Rhovanion to the confines of Mordor. At some time during these years Gollum himself ventured into Mordor, and was captured by Sauron. Elrond sends for Arwen, and she returns to Imladris; the Mountains and all lands eastward are becoming dangerous

3017

Gollum is released from Mordor. He is taken by Aragorn in the Dead Marshes, and brought to Thranduil in Mirkwood. Gandalf visits Minas Tirith and reads the scroll of Isildur