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Years of the Lamps
- All dates in this section are approximate
Years of the Lamps | |
Valian Year | Event |
Ainulindalë: The Valar, Maiar, and Melkor enter Eä. | |
1–1499 | The First War and the Marring of Arda. |
1500 | Tulkas enters Eä and Melkor flees. |
1900 | The completion of Arda. The Valar create the Two Lamps and settle at Almaren. Beginning of the Spring of Arda. |
3400 | Tulkas weds Nessa. Melkor secretly returns to Arda, raises the Iron Mountains and delves Utumno, and partly blights the Spring of Arda. |
3450 | Melkor overthrows the Two Lamps forming Helcar and Ringil. Almaren is destroyed. End of the Spring of Arda. |
3450–3500 | The Valar raise the Pelóri and settle in Aman. The Two Trees are grown in Valinor. |
Years of the Trees Begin
Dates given in Valian Years (9.582 Sun Years) | |
Valian Year | Event |
Pre-1000 | Melkor sleeps in Utumno. Oromë hunts throughout Middle-earth. |
???? | About some time before the waking of the Elves, Aulë creates the 7 Fathers of the Dwarves and their 6 spouses. Ilúvatar adopts them and they are put to sleep. |
1000 | The Valar hold council, for Yavanna and Oromë report that Melkor might rise once more in power. They discuss the Children of Ilúvatar. Varda begins to fashion new stars, and organize them and those already wrought into constellations, over the next fifty years. |
1050 | Varda forms the Valacirca. The first 144 Elves (Minyar, Tatyar and Nelyar) awake in Cuiviénen. Melian travels to Beleriand after ascending Taniquetil to see the stars. |
??? | Spies of Melkor discover the Elves and afflict them. Possibly Orcs first created. |
1085 | Oromë discovers the Elves, and calls them Eldar. The Eldar are afraid of Oromë, and blame him for Melkor's work. |
1086 | Oromë returns to Valinor, and witnesses to his peers about the Children of Ilúvatar. Oromë returns to the Elves while the Valar consider his message. |
1090 | Valar make war on Melkor in the War for Sake of the Elves. The earth is shaken. The shores of Beleriand are formed and bays are created on the North. Over the next two years Melkor is defeated, and retreats into Utumno. |
1092 | The Siege of Utumno begins. North is desolated and the Sea widened. |
1099 | The Siege of Utumno ends, as the Valar storm the final defenses. Balrogs attack and Manwë slays them. Tulkas captures Melkor, binding him with Angainor. |
1100 | Morgoth judged and chained with Angainor |
1101 | Valar make council about the protection of Eruhíni and decide to bring them to Valinor. Oromë Invites the Elves. |
1102 | Elves are unwilling so Oromë invites the three Elven ambassadors, Ingwë, Finwë and Elwë to come to Valinor. |
1104 | Ambassadors return to Cuiviénen and invite the Elves to return with them to Valinor |
1105 | First Sundering of the Elves at Cuiviénen. Vanyar under Ingwë, Noldor under Finwë and Teleri under Elwë and Olwë. Avari, under Morwë and Nurwë, stay in Cuiviénen. The Eldar depart, pass Sea of Helcar and turn west. Some are terrified by the smokes of war and go back. |
1115 | Second Sundering of the Elves: The host pass Greenwood the Great and come to the River Anduin. Some Lindar wish to stay there. Terrified by the Hithaeglir, a part of them go south led by Lenwë. |
1125 | Vanyar and Noldor enter Beleriand; the foremost of them pass Sirion and reach the shores. Oromë goes to Aman for counsel. |
1128 | The unwilling Teleri also come to Beleriand and dwell east of Gelion. Elwë keeps friendship with Finwë and Noldor on the west. |
1130 | Elwë returning from a meeting with Finwë meets Melian in Nan Elmoth and falls into a trance. |
1132 | Ulmo brings an island to the Bay of Balar. The Vanyar and Noldor forget their fear for the Sea and embark upon it while the Teleri look for Elwë. When departing, the island breaks and leaves the Isle of Balar behind. After learning of their embark, some Teleri led by Olwë, reach the shores and meet Ossë and Uinen. |
1133 | Vanyar and Noldor enter Valinor and build Eldamar. The Valar open the rift Calacirya in Pelóri so that the Light of Valinor reaches Eldamar. The Elves begin the building of Tirion on the hill Túna inside Calacirya. |
1140 | Vanyar and Noldor found Tirion and Mindon Eldaliéva. Some Vanyar yearn for the Trees and go closer to Valinor. |
1142 | White Tree given to Noldor by Yavanna |
1147 | Ingwë removes himself to Taniquetil |
1149 | Finwë prays to Ulmo to bring the Teleri. However Ossë is grieved and persuades some to stay with him. Círdan with some establish the havens of Brithombar and Eglarest. Ossë teaches them shipcraft |
1150 | Olwë and the most part of the Teleri leave Beleriand. The rest of the Teleri are still looking for Elwë and are named Eglath |
1151 | Tol Eressëa with the Teleri stops moving outside the Bay of Eldamar. They are afterwards named Falmari who choose to remain on Tol Eressëa |
1152 | Elwë awakens from the trance and becomes King of Elves in Beleriand; his hair is now silver |
1161 | The Falmari after the teachings of Ossë build ships. They leave Tol Eressëa and come to Valinor. |
1162 | Teleri found Alqualondë with the help of Finwë |
1165 | All the Vanyar depart from Tirion to Taniquetil and Noldor stay with the Falmari. |
1169 | Fëanor born son of Finwë and Míriel. The Noldor are taught by Aulë labouring and love the jewels. Rúmil of Tirion makes the Sarati and possibly writes the Ainulindalë. |
1170 | Death of Míriel Serindë |
1172 | Doom of Manwë |
1185 | Finwë weds Indis |
1190 | Fingolfin born |
1200 | Second Age of Chaining of Melkor: Lúthien born in Neldoreth |
1230 | Finarfin born |
1250 | Fëanor creates the Tengwar Dwarves enter Beleriand and meet the Sindar. |
1280 | Finarfin weds Eärwen; Fingon[source?] born |
1300 | Third Age of Chaining of Melkor: Turgon born, Finrod born. Dwarves of Belegost and Elves begin the building of Menegroth in Doriath. The Dwarves are paid with knowledge from Melian and with many pearls, including Nimphelos. Daeron creates the Certhas Daeron |
1330 | Orcs first seen in Beleriand; Dwarves make weapons for the Sindar. |
1350 | Denethor leads some of the Nandor into Beleriand and befriends Thingol. They settle in Ossiriand. Daeron betters the Cirth, which are adopted by the Dwarves and made known east of the Blue Mountains. |
1362 | Galadriel born, Aredhel[source?] born |
1400 | Morgoth released from bondage |
1410 | Morgoth befriends the Noldor |
1449 | Fëanor having invented the substance Silima begins constructing the Silmarils |
1450 | Fëanor completes the Silmarils; he puts the Light of the Trees in them and Varda hallows them. For the next 20 years Melkor begins spreading strife and talking about weapons. |
1469 | Idril born[source?] |
1490 | The Valar summon Fëanor who threatens Fingolfin with his sword. They exile him to Formenos and Finwë follows. |
1492 | Melkor visits Fëanor but he repels him. Finwë then warns the Valar and begins to pursue Melkor. Melkor hides and meets Ungoliant in Avathar. |
1495 | Fëanor is commanded by Manwë to Taniquetil where he and Fingolfin reconcile. Ungoliant destroys the Two Trees, Morgoth kills Finwë in Formenos and steals the Silmarils. They flee to Beleriand where they debate. Balrogs arrive and drive Ungoliant away. Morgoth stays in Angband and raises the Thangorodrim. Fëanor begins the rebellion and goes to Alqualondë where he fights with the Falmari and steals their swanships. The Flight of the Noldor begins. |
1496 | Mandos (or his messenger) appears before the Noldor and speaks the Doom of Mandos. Finarfin with some repent and return to Valinor where he is accepted. Finrod his son becomes the leader of his house and follows Fëanor |
1497 | First Battle of Beleriand. Death of Denethor, besiegement of the Havens of the Falas. Thingol withdraws his people and the Girdle of Melian is set around Doriath. The Laiquendi from now on remain hidden and take no other king.
The Noldor arrive at Helcaraxë, but Fëanor and his people betray Fingolfin and sail to Beleriand. Burning of the ships at Losgar, where Amras is killed. Dagor-nuin-Giliath ("Battle-under-Stars"). Fëanor is mortally wounded by Gothmog and is rescued by his sons before dying in sight of the Thangorodrim. Maedhros meets with Morgoth, but his forces are too few and he is captured. |
1498 | Maedhros is chained to the Thangorodrim. The Noldor do not depart as demanded by Morgoth and instead make a great camp at Mithrim. |
1500 | Creation of Moon and Sun. The host of the Noldor finishes crossing the Helcaraxë and enters Beleriand under Fingolfin. Battle of the Lammoth and death of Argon. The Moon rises and after seven times, the Sun follows. |
The First Age
The Second Age
Second Age | |
Year | Event |
1 | Foundation of the Grey Havens, and of Lindon |
30 | Númenor is raised |
32 | Edain and a few Drúedain reach Númenor, Elros Tar-Minyatur takes Sceptre of Númenor, Sapling of the White Tree planted in Armenelos |
40 | Dwarves of the Firebeards and Broadbeams clans migrate to Khazad-dûm from Blue Mountains |
61 | Vardamir Nólimon born |
82 | The emigration to Númenor ends |
192 | Amandil born |
350 | Elendil born |
400 | Celebrían born, Celebrimbor creates the second Elessar for Galadriel |
442 | Death of Elros Tar-Minyatur, Tar-Vardamir takes the Sceptre of Númenor, Tar-Vardamir abdicates, Tar-Amandil takes the Sceptre |
471 | Death of Tar-Vardamir |
500 | Sauron stirs in the East, Ereinion Gil-galad perceives a new Shadow |
521 | Silmariën born |
543 | Meneldur born |
590 | Tar-Elendil takes Sceptre |
600 | Númenóreans first return to Middle-earth under Vëantur, Meeting on the Tower Hills takes place |
603 | Death of Tar-Amandil |
700 | Aldarion born, Eregion founded by Galadriel and Celeborn |
725 | Aldarion makes first journey to Mithlond in Númerrámar |
727 | Aldarion returns to Númenor |
730 | Aldarion's second journey to Mithlond |
733 | Aldarion returns to Númenor |
735 | Aldarion's third journey to Mithlond, carrying a mallorn seed |
739 | Aldarion returns bearing gifts from Ereinion Gil-galad |
740 | Tar-Meneldur takes the Sceptre |
750 | Ost-in-Edhil constructed, Guild of Venturers formed by Aldarion |
771 | Erendis born, Vinyalondë constructed, Aldarion perceives the growing Shadow |
800 | Aldarion proclaimed King's Heir at 100 years-old, as is customary |
806 | Aldarion's seven year voyage |
813 | Aldarion returns to Númenor, Construction begun on Palarran |
816 | Palarran completed, Aldarion's four year voyage |
820 | Aldarion returns to Númenor, Tar-Meneldur rescinds Aldarion's authority |
824 | Aldarion's five year voyage |
829 | Aldarion returns and immediately sets out upon his fourteen year voyage |
843 | Aldarion returns to Númenor, Tar-Meneldur restores authority |
844 | Aldarion finds Erendis and asks for betrothal, but is denied |
850 | Aldarion and Erendis sail to Andúnië, Calmindon constructed |
858 | Aldarion is betrothed to Erendis |
861 | Aldarion and Erendis forswear wedding until his return |
863 | Aldarion's six year voyage |
869 | Aldarion returns to Númenor, First shadow appears on sailing to Middle-earth, wedding of Aldarion and Erendis |
871 | A second Sapling of the White Tree planted in Armenelos in Aldarion's house |
873 | Ancalimë born |
875 | Construction begins on Hirilondë |
877 | Hirilondë completed, Aldarion's second five year voyage |
880 | Ancalimë learns her father is Lord Aldarion |
882 | Aldarion returns. Seperation of Aldarion and Erendis |
883 | Tar-Aldarion takes Sceptre |
884 | Tar-Aldarion returns to Mithlond |
892 | Ancalimë proclaimed King's Heir and changes law of marriage |
942 | Death of Meneldur |
985 | Drowning of Erendis |
1,000 | Sauron begins construction on Barad-dûr, Ancalimë weds Hallacar |
1,003 | Anárion born |
1,075 | Queen Tar-Ancalimë takes Sceptre |
1,098 | Death of Tar-Aldarion |
1,174 | Súrion born |
1,200 | Ereinion Gil-galad turns away Annatar, Númenóreans begin to construct permanent havens |
1,280 | Tar-Anárion takes Sceptre |
1,285 | Death of Ancalimë |
1320 | Telperiën born |
1,350 | Sauron incites Celebrimbor to revolt against Galadriel and Celeborn |
1,394 | Tar-Súrion takes Sceptre |
1,400 | Galadriel and Celeborn come to Laurelindórenan |
1,404 | Death of Tar-Anárion |
1,474 | Minastir born |
1,500 | The Rings of Power are constructed, Sauron departs Eregion |
1,556 | Queen Tar-Telperiën takes Sceptre |
1,574 | Death of Tar-Súrion |
1,590 | The Three Rings are constructed |
1,600 | The One Ring is forged, Barad-dûr completed, Sauron openly proclaims himself, Pallando and Alatar come to Middle-earth |
1,634 | Ciryatan born |
1,693 | The Three Rings are hidden, War of the Elves and Sauron begins |
1,695 | Sauron invades Eriador |
1,697 | Sack of Eregion, Death of Celebrimbor, Rivendell founded, Dwarves assail Sauron from behind, Khazad-dûm closed |
1,699 | Sauron overruns Eriador |
1,700 | Defeat of Sauron by the Númenóreans under King's Heir Minastir |
1,701 | Sauron driven from Eriador, First White Council held, Galadriel and Celeborn depart for Belfalas |
1,731 | Death of Tar-Telperiën, Tar-Minastir takes Sceptre |
1,800 | Atanamir born, Lond Daer Enedh constructed |
1,869 | Tar-Ciryatan takes Sceptre |
1,873 | Death of Tar-Minastir |
1,900 | First shadow falls on Númenor from greed of Tar-Ciryatan |
1,986 | Tar-Ancalimon born |
2,029 | Tar-Atanamir takes Sceptre |
2,032 | Ban of the Valar is questioned, Eagles abandon Meneltarma |
2,035 | Death of Tar-Ciryatan |
2,136 | Telemmaitë born |
2,221 | Death of Tar-Atanamir, Tar-Ancalimon takes Sceptre |
2,251 | Elven tongue is forsworn in Númenor by King's Men, Nazgûl appear |
2,277 | Vanimeldë born |
2,280 | Haven of Umbar founded |
2,286 | Herucalmo born |
2,350 | Pelargir is built. It becomes the chief haven of the Faithful Númenóreans |
2,386 | Death of Tar-Ancalimon, Tar-Telemmaitë takes Sceptre |
2,406 | Alcarin born |
2,526 | Death of Tar-Telemmaitë, Queen Tar-Vanimeldë takes Sceptre |
2,618 | Ardamin born |
2,637 | Death of Tar-Vanimeldë, Herucalmo as Tar-Anducal seizes Sceptre |
2,657 | Death of Tar-Anducal, Tar-Alcarin takes Sceptre |
2,709 | Adûnakhôr born |
2,737 | Death of Tar-Alcarin, Ar-Belzagar takes Sceptre |
2,798 | Zimrathôn born, Sauron withdraws from the shores |
2,825 | Death of Ar-Belzagar, Ardamin as Ar-Abattârik takes Sceptre |
2,876 | Sakalthôr born |
2,899 | Death of Ar-Abattârik, Ar-Adûnakhôr takes Sceptre |
2,960 | Gimilzôr born, Elven tongue abandoned in Númenor |
2,962 | Death of Ar-Adûnakhôr, Ar-Zimrathôn takes Sceptre |
3,033 | Death of Ar-Zimrathôn, Ar-Sakalthôr takes Sceptre |
3,035 | Inziladûn born |
3,044 | Gimilkhâd born |
3,102 | Death of Ar-Sakalthôr, Ar-Gimilzôr takes Sceptre |
3,117 | Míriel born, Elves no longer permitted entrance to Númenor, Elven tongue forbidden in Númenor |
3,118 | Pharazôn born |
3,119 | Elendil born |
3,177 | Death of Ar-Gimilzôr, Tar-Palantir takes Sceptre, Civil War in Númenor, Prophecy of the White Tree given |
3,209 | Isildur born |
3,219 | Anárion born |
3,243 | Death of Gimilkhâd |
3,255 | Death of Tar-Palantir, Ar-Pharazôn seizes Sceptre |
3,261 | Ar-Pharazôn lands at the Haven of Umbar |
3,262 | Sauron taken to Númenor as prisoner |
3,299 | Meneldil born |
3,310 | The Great Armament begins construction, Amandil sails to Aman |
3,319 | Downfall of Númenor, Deaths of Ar-Pharazôn and Míriel |
3,320 | Arnor and Gondor founded |
3,339 | Aratan born |
3,379 | Ciryon born |
3,399 | Cemendur born |
3,429 | Sauron takes Minas Ithil |
3,430 | Last Alliance formed, Valandil born |
3,431 | Last Alliance marches to Imladris |
3,434 | Battle of Dagorlad, Siege of Barad-dûr, deaths of Amdír, Oropher and Malgalad |
3.440 | Death of Anárion |
3,441 | Deaths of Ereinion Gil-galad and Elendil, defeat of Sauron |
The Third Age
The Fourth Age
Fourth Age | |
Year | Event |
1 | Éomer and Lothíriel wed Elanor Gardner born About this time Legolas and Gimli lead part of their peoples to Gondor. |
3 | Death of Adelard Took, Frodo Gardner born |
5 | Rose Gardner born |
6 | Will Whitfoot resigns and Samwise is elected Mayor, Merry Gardner born. Peregrin Took marries Diamond of Long Cleeve. King Elessar issues an edict that Men are not to enter the Drúadan Forest and Shire, and he makes it a Free Land under the protection of the Northern Sceptre. |
8 | Pippin Gardner is born. |
9 | Faramir Took I, son of Peregrin born. |
10 | Goldilocks Gardner born, Death of Odovacar Bolger Death of Vigo Boffin |
11 | Death of the Saradoc Brandybuck. Meriadoc becomes Master of Buckland and great gifts are sent to him by King Éomer and Lady Éowyn of Ithilien. Hamfast Gardner born |
12 | Daisy Gardner born, Death of Filibert Bolger |
13 | Death of Paladin Took II. Peregrin Took becomes the Thain and King Elessar makes the Thain, the Master of Buckland and the Mayor to be Counsellors of the North-kingdom. Samwise elected Mayor for the second time |
15 | King Elessar rides north and dwells for a while in Annúminas by Lake Evendim. He comes to the Brandywine Bridge, and there greets his friends. He gives the Star of the Dúnedain to Master Samwise, and Elanor is made a maid of honour to Queen Arwen. Deaths of Glóin and Olo Proudfoot. Primrose Gardner born |
16 | Bilbo Gardner born |
18 | Ruby Gardner born |
19 | Robin Gardner born |
20 | Eldarion, son of Elessar and Arwen born. Samwise elected Mayor for the third time |
21 | Samwise, Rose and Elanor ride to Gondor; Master Tolman Cotton acts as deputy Mayor. Tolman Gardner born. |
22 | Samwise, Rose and Elanor leave Gondor. |
27 | Samwise elected Mayor for the fourth time |
30 | Elanor Gardner weds Fastred of Greenholm on the Far Downs. |
31 | The Westmarch becomes a part of the Shire by the gift of the King. Many hobbits remove to it. |
33 | Death of Imrahil. Elphir becomes Prince of Dol Amroth. Elfstan Fairbairn born son of Fastred and Elanor |
34 | Fastred and Elanor make their dwelling at Undertowers on the Tower Hills, where their descendants, the Fairbairns of the Towers, dwelt for many generations. Samwise elected Mayor for the fifth time. At his request the Thain makes Fastred Warden of Westmarch |
41 | Holfast Gardner born |
42 | Samwise elected Mayor for the sixth time |
42 | Faramir Took I weds Goldilocks Gardner |
48 | Samwise becomes Mayor for seventh and final time |
61 | Death of Rose Gamgee on Midyear's Day. On September 22 Samwise rides out from Bag End and he comes to the Tower Hills, where he is last seen by Elanor. He gives her the Red Book afterwards kept by the Fairbairns. Samwise passed the Towers, went to the Grey Havens and passed over Sea, last of the Ring-bearers. |
65 | (Spring) Meriadoc Brandybuck and Peregrin Took depart from the Shire and travel into the south. Faramir Took I succeeds his father Peregrin as Thain of the Shire. Meriadoc came to Edoras and was with King Éomer before he died in that autumn. Then he and Thain Peregrin went to Gondor and passed what short years were left to them in that realm, until they died and were laid in Rath Dínen among the great of Gondor. Elfwine becomes King of Rohan |
67 | Death of Prince Elphir. Alphros becomes Prince of Dol Amroth. |
81 | Harding of the Hill (Harding Gardner) born |
83 | Death of Faramir. Elboron becomes Prince of Ithilien and Steward of the Reunited Kingdom |
91 | Apparent death of Dwalin at 340 years of age. |
95 | Death of Alphros |
120 | March 1st: King Elessar dies. It is said that the beds of Meriadoc and Peregrin were set beside the bed of the great king. Eldarion becomes King of Gondor and Arnor. Legolas builds a grey ship in Ithilien, and with Gimli sails down Anduin and so over Sea. End in Middle-earth of the Fellowship of the Ring. |
121 | Death of Arwen Undómiel in Lórien |
172 | A copy of the Red Book of Westmarch is completed in Gondor by Findegil, the King's Writer. |
185 | Death of Harding of the Hill, Samwise Gamgee's heir. |
220 | The New Shadow arises. Death of Eldarion? |
??? | Durin VII retakes Moria |