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* [[Will Whitfoot]] resigns as [[Mayor of Michel Delving]] and [[Samwise Gamgee]] is elected for the first of seven terms.<ref name="Later">{{App|Later}}.</ref> | * [[Will Whitfoot]] resigns as [[Mayor of Michel Delving]] and [[Samwise Gamgee]] is elected for the first of seven terms.<ref name="Later">{{App|Later}}.</ref> | ||
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* [[Peregrin Took]] marries [[Diamond of Long Cleeve]].<ref name="Later"/> | * [[Peregrin Took]] marries [[Diamond of Long Cleeve]].<ref name="Later"/> | ||
* Birth of [[Merry Gardner]], fourth child and second son of [[Samwise Gamgee]] and [[Rose Cotton]].<ref>{{App|Gamgee}}</ref> | * Birth of [[Merry Gardner]], fourth child and second son of [[Samwise Gamgee]] and [[Rose Cotton]].<ref>{{App|Gamgee}}</ref> | ||
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In [[Appendix B|The Tale of Years]] the first event listed for [[Shire Reckoning|S.R.]] 1427 is the resignation of Will Whitfoot. Since mayoral elections in [[the Shire]] occurred on Mid-year's Day<ref>{{FR|Ordering}}</ref> which is after [[25 March]] (corresponding to the first day of the year in [[Gondor]]<ref>{{App|Calendars}}</ref>) it is assumed that all of the events shown above did occur in Fourth Age 7. | |||
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Revision as of 00:57, 2 September 2012
Mid-year's Day
- Will Whitfoot resigns as Mayor of Michel Delving and Samwise Gamgee is elected for the first of seven terms.[1]
Within this Year
- King Elessar issues and edict that Men are not to enter the Shire, and he makes it a Free Land under the protection of the Northern Sceptre.[1]
- Peregrin Took marries Diamond of Long Cleeve.[1]
- Birth of Merry Gardner, fourth child and second son of Samwise Gamgee and Rose Cotton.[2]
Note
In The Tale of Years the first event listed for S.R. 1427 is the resignation of Will Whitfoot. Since mayoral elections in the Shire occurred on Mid-year's Day[3] which is after 25 March (corresponding to the first day of the year in Gondor[4]) it is assumed that all of the events shown above did occur in Fourth Age 7.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B, "Later Events Concerning the Members of the Fellowship of the Ring".
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix C, "The Longfather-tree of Master Samwise"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, "Prologue", "Of the Ordering of the Shire"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix D, "The Calendars"