Timeline of Arda

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The History of Arda
Ainulindalë

Valian Years

Years of the Lamps
Years of the Trees
Years of the Sun

Ages of the Children of Ilúvatar
Dagor Dagorath
Timeline of Arda

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

Contents

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Events outside of time

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Arda events

Before the creation of the Sun dates are given in Valian Years and not all events can be precisely dated. In such cases events are given in chronological order between known dates. All entries are derived from Annals of Aman (see references) unless otherwise noted.

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Valian years

  • 1 - After many ages completing labors in the halls of Eä, including Varda's crafting of the stars, the Valar descended into Arda at the time of its creation.
  • 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 began their labors anew and ordered the lands and seas to their liking.
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Years of the Lamps

  • 1900 - The Two Lamps Illuin and Ormal are set upon pillars to provide light for the world.
  • Ordering of Arda by the Valar. They create the isle of Almaren to dwell upon.
  • Spring of Arda: first forests grow, and 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 labors.
  • 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 creates the Trees of the Valar.
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Years of the Trees

For consistency, dates below will continue to be given in Valian Years. In some cases, after VY 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 creates 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.
  • 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.
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First Age

The First Age or the First Age of the Children of Ilúvatar begins with the awakening of the Elves after Varda completes the Great Stars.

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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. All entries are derived from Grey Annals (see references) unless otherwise noted.

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Second Age

The Second Age was 3441 years long. All entries are derived from Appendix B (see references) unless otherwise noted.

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Third Age

— 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.


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"The Great Years"

All entries are derived from Appendix B (see references) unless otherwise noted.

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3018
  • The Ringwraiths are given the task of retrieving the One Ring;
  • April 12 - 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
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3019
  • January 15, - The Fellowship parts after Gandalf falls into Khazad-dûm while fighting a Balrog
  • February 26 - The Fellowship split up; Boromir is killed
  • February 29 - Merry and Pippin escape the orcs and meet Treebeard
  • March 1 - Gandalf meets Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli and they head off for Edoras. Frodo begins travelling through the Dead Marshes.
  • March 3 - Battle of the Hornburg
  • March 5 - Rohan army reaches Isengard
  • March 7 - Faramir takes Frodo to Henneth Annun.
  • March 8 - Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli head through the Paths of the Dead
  • March 9 - Gandalf and Pippin arrive in Minas tirith.
  • March 10 - Frodo and Sam see the army leave Minas Morgul
  • March 12 - Frodo is led into Shelob's lair
  • March 13 - Frodo captured by Cirith Ungol orcs. Aragorn captures the Umbar fleet at Pelagir
  • March 15 - Théoden King of Rohan is killed at the Battle of the Pelennor Fields, Éomer becomes his successor as the 18th king of Rohan. Éowyn and Merry kill the Witch King
  • March 18 - armies leave Minas Tirith, Frodo and Sam join the orc company
  • March 25, - death of Gollum (Sméagol), about 589 years old; the destruction of the One Ring, armies of Gondor and Rohan surrounded in front of the Black gate and the Battle of the Morannon; final defeat of the Dark Lord Sauron.
  • 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
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3020-21
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Fourth Age

— length uncertain. All entries are derived from Appendix B (see references) 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 Aelfwin, son of Éomer and Lothiriel
  • (Date Uncertain) - Birth of Elboron, son of Faramir and Éowyn
  • (Date Uncertain) - Birth of Durin VII, son of Thorin III Stonehelm
  • 13 - Peregrin Took becomes 32nd Thain of the Shire
  • 15 - Death of Gloin, 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
  • 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 Éomer, aged 93. His son Aelfwin ascends the throne of Rohan.
  • 67 - Death of Prince Elphir son of Imrahil, 23rd Prince of Dol Amroth. Elphir's son Alphros assumes the Principality.
  • 80 - Birth of Harding of the Hill, Sam Gamgee's heir and great-grandson
  • 83 - Death of Faramir, aged 120. His son Elboron assumes the Principality.
  • 91 - Death of Dwalin brother of Balin, aged 341.
  • 95 - Death of Prince Alphros of Dol Amroth, son of Elphir.
  • 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
  • 185 - Death of Harding of the Hill, Sam Gamgee's heir.
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Battles

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First Age

Years of the Trees

Years of the Sun

See also Battles of Beleriand.

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Second Age

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Third Age

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End of the World

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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.

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Other Timelines of Interest

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References

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General references

  • Annals of Aman: {{cite book 
| author = J. R. R. Tolkien
| authorlink = J. R. R. Tolkien
| editor = Christopher Tolkien (ed.)
| year = 1993
| title = Morgoth's Ring
| location = Boston & New York
| publisher = Houghton Mifflin
| id = ISBN 0-395-68092-1
| pages = 47-138
}}
  • Grey Annals: {{cite book 
| author = J. R. R. Tolkien
| authorlink = J. R. R. Tolkien
| editor = Christopher Tolkien (ed.)
| year = 1994
| title = The War of the Jewels
| location = Boston & New York
| publisher = Houghton Mifflin
| id = ISBN 0-395-71041-3
| pages = 3-170
}}
  • Appendix B: {{cite book 
| author = J. R. R. Tolkien
| authorlink = J. R. R. Tolkien
| year = 2004, 1955
| title = The Lord of the Rings
| location = Boston & New York
| publisher = Houghton Mifflin
| id = ISBN 0-618-51765-0
| pages = 1082-1098
}}
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See also

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External links


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