Welcome to The Chronicle of Arda. This section of the site provides automated annals
for all four Ages of the Sun and Moon. For any period of Arda's history, the
Chronicle will display the events that happened in that time. Events and characters are entered into the
Chronicle as they are added to the main database: like the rest of The Encyclopedia of Arda this section of
the site is expanding all the time.
You can have the Chronicle look up events for specific dates by entering one or two years in the form below.
If you enter two dates, the Chronicle will display events that happened between those two years.
If you leave one of the dates blank, the Chronicle will display events in the century around the single year you specify.
For years after III 1601 (the year of the foundation of Shire, and therefore Shire Year 1), the Chronicle will also show years by the Shire-reckoning in a second column.
The Third Age |
| 1974 | 374 | Arvedui, last of the Kings of Arthedain, is drowned in the Icebay of Forochel. |
| | | The forces of Angmar capture Fornost; the remnant of the North-kingdom is destroyed. |
| 1975 | 375 | Eärnur of Gondor brings a fleet to the north. Too late to save the North-kingdom, he avenges its loss at the Battle of Fornost. Angmar is destroyed. |
| 1976 | 376 | The Chieftainship of the Dúnedain is established by Aranarth son of Arvedui. |
| 1977 | 377 | A band of Northmen are led by Frumgar to settle in the far northern Vales of Anduin, where they found the Éothéod. |
| 1979 | 379 | Bucca of the Marish is the made the first of the Shire-thains. |
| 1980 | 380 | The Dwarves of Moria unleash Durin's Bane. King Durin VI is slain by it. |
| c. | 1980 | 380 | Return of the Nazgûl to Mordor. |
| 1981 | 381 | Náin I is slain. The last remaining Dwarves flee from Durin's Bane in Khazad-dûm. |
| | | Loss of Amroth. |
| 1982 | 382 | Loss of Nimrodel. |
| 1998 | 398 | Death of Pelendur. He is succeeded as Steward to Eärnil II by his son Vorondil. |
| 1999 | 399 | After years of wandering, the exiles of Khazad-dûm found Erebor. |
| | | Probable date of the birth of Eradan son of Mardil, later Ruling Steward of Gondor. |
| 2000 | 400 | The Nazgûl emerge from Mordor and assault Minas Ithil. |
| c. | 2000 | 400 | Approximate date of the slaying of Scatha the Worm by Fram of the Éothéod. |
| 2002 | 402 | Capture of Minas Ithil by the Nazgûl. It is renamed Minas Morgul, and Minas Anor is also renamed Minas Tirth, the Tower of Guard. |
| 2004 | 404 | Birth of Galador son of Imrazôr, later to become the first Lord of Dol Amroth. |
| 2012 | 412 | Probable date of the birth of Arahael son of Aranarth, later Chieftain of the Dúnedain. |
| 2017 | 417 | No events are recorded for the specific year you selected. |
| 2029 | 429 | Death of Vorondil the Hunter. He is succeeded as Steward to Eärnil II by his son Mardil. |
| 2035 | 435 | Birth of Thorin, son and heir of King Thráin I of Erebor. |
| 2037 | 437 | Probable date of the birth of Herion son of Eradan, later Ruling Steward of Gondor. |
| 2043 | 443 | Death of Eärnil II. He is succeeded as King of Gondor by his son Eärnur. |
| 2050 | 450 | Eärnur, the last King of Gondor, is lost. The Stewards now rule in the King's name. |
| 2059 | 459 | Two days are added to the year by Steward Mardil in preparation for his new calendar, the Stewards' Reckoning |
| 2060 | 460 | The inception of the Revised Calendar of Mardil Voronwë, known as the Stewards' Reckoning. |
| 2063 | 463 | Beginning to suspect that the power in Dol Guldur may be Sauron, Gandalf goes there. Sauron withdraws into the east, and the time known as the Watchful Peace begins. |
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