Fourth Age 61

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Year of the Sun:	42 48 55 61 63 67 80

Fourth Age 61 (abbreviated to Fo.A. 61 or F.O. 61) is the 61st year of the Sun of the Fourth Age of Middle-earth. Unless otherwise stated, Tolkien Gateway follows Shire usage in Appendix B for reckoning Fourth Age years: Fourth Age 61 was also known as S.R. 1482 in Shire-reckoning.

Notable events in this year include:

[edit] Midyear's Day

• Rose Cotton, wife of Samwise Gamgee, dies.^[1]

[edit] September

• 22 - Samwise Gamgee rides out from Bag End.^[1]

[edit] Later

• Samwise comes to the Tower Hills and gives the Red Book of Westmarch to Elanor. Samwise passes over the Sea to West, last of the Ring-bearers.^[1]

References

1. ↑ ^{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"