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The '''Shire-reckoning''' ([[Númenórean Sindarin]]: '''''Genediad Drannail'''''<ref>{{SD|Epilogue}}</ref>) was the calendar system used by the [[Hobbits]] in [[the Shire]] and (eventually) in [[Bree]].
The system of reckoning dates unique to the [[Hobbits of the Shire]], based on the founding of that land in [[Third Age|T.A.]] 1601. The [[Shire-hobbits]] reckoned this as year 1. So, years of the Third Age can be converted to [[Shire-years]] by subtracting 1600 (e.g. the [[Downfall of Barad-dûr]] occurred in III 3019, but in the Shire this was counted as the year 1419).


The [[Shire-folk]] took no account of the change of Age in III 3021. While the other peoples of [[Middle-earth]] considered this to be the first year of the [[Fourth Age]], in [[the Shire]] it was simply 1421.
In Bree, Year 1 corresponded to {{TA|1300}}, however the Shire-reckoning Year 1 corresponded to {{TA|1601}}: the year that colonization of the Shire began by the [[Bree-hobbits]] [[Marcho]] and [[Blanco]]. Therefore, years of the Third Age can be converted to Shire-years by subtracting 1600.


[[Category: Middle-earth Calendars]]
The last year of the Third Age was year {{SR|1421}}. In the [[New Reckoning]] of King [[Aragorn|Elessar]], the year {{FoA|1}} began on [[March 25]], old style.  The Hobbits mostly ignored the change and so for them the first year of the [[Fourth Age]] was just {{SR|1422}}.<ref>{{App|Later}}</ref>
 
==See also==
*[[Shire Calendar]]
 
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Latest revision as of 15:32, 19 December 2021

The Shire-reckoning (Númenórean Sindarin: Genediad Drannail[1]) was the calendar system used by the Hobbits in the Shire and (eventually) in Bree.

In Bree, Year 1 corresponded to T.A. 1300, however the Shire-reckoning Year 1 corresponded to T.A. 1601: the year that colonization of the Shire began by the Bree-hobbits Marcho and Blanco. Therefore, years of the Third Age can be converted to Shire-years by subtracting 1600.

The last year of the Third Age was year S.R. 1421. In the New Reckoning of King Elessar, the year Fo.A. 1 began on March 25, old style. The Hobbits mostly ignored the change and so for them the first year of the Fourth Age was just S.R. 1422.[2]

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References

  1. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Sauron Defeated, "Part One: The End of the Third Age: XI. The Epilogue"
  2. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B, "Later Events Concerning the Members of the Fellowship of the Ring"
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