Third Age 2340 (abbreviated to T.A. 2340) is the 2340th year of the Sun of the Third Age of Middle-earth. Third Age 2340 was also known as S.R. 740 in Shire-reckoning.
Notable events in this year include:
- Gorhendad Oldbuck abdicates Thainship and crosses the Brandywine river.[1] The Oldbucks establish the Buckland and rename themselves to the Brandybucks.[2]
- Isumbras I becomes thirteenth Thain, and first of the Took line.[2]
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix C, "Brandybuck of Buckland"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B, "The Third Age"