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* The [[Long Winter]] ends. Great suffering and loss of life in [[Eriador]] and [[Rohan]].<ref name="TA"/><ref name="Mark"/> | * The [[Long Winter]] ends. Great suffering and loss of life in [[Eriador]] and [[Rohan]].<ref name="TA"/><ref name="Mark"/> | ||
* The [[Days of Dearth]], a dreadful famine in [[The Shire]], continues.<ref>{{FR|Hobbits}}</ref> | * The [[Days of Dearth]], a dreadful famine in [[The Shire]], continues.<ref>{{FR|Hobbits}}</ref> | ||
Revision as of 22:42, 6 November 2014
Third Age 2759 (abbreviated to T.A. 2759) is the 2759th year of the Sun of the Third Age of Middle-earth. Third Age 2759 was also known as S.R. 1159 in Shire-reckoning.
Notable events in this year include:
- The Long Winter ends. Great suffering and loss of life in Eriador and Rohan.[1][2]
- The Days of Dearth, a dreadful famine in The Shire, continues.[3]
- Death of Thain Isumbras Took III[4]
- Ferumbras Took II, son of Isumbras Took III, becomes the twenty-fourth Thain of the Shire.[4]
- Death of King Helm Hammerhand of Rohan.[2]
- Fréaláf, son of King Helm, slays Wulf and becomes the tenth king,[2] starting the second line of Kings of the Mark.[1]
- Saruman takes up his abode in Isengard.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B, "The Third Age"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A, "The House of Eorl", "The Kings of the Mark"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, "Prologue", "Concerning Hobbits"
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix C, "Took of Great Smials"
