Fourth Age 6
From Tolkien Gateway
Fourth Age 6 (abbreviated to Fo.A. 6 or F.O.) is the 6th 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 6 was also known as S.R. 1427 in Shire-reckoning.
Notable events in this year include:
Mid-year's Day
- Will Whitfoot resigns as Mayor of Michel Delving. Samwise Gamgee is elected as Mayor for the first of seven terms.[1]
Within this Year
- King Elessar issues and edict that Men are not to enter either Drúadan Forest or the Shire. Elesssar makes the Shire 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]
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"