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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.

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One hundred years around III 2830
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 • 6,810 years after the Return of the Noldor
 • 2,902 years after the Downfall of Númenor
 • 138 years before the War of the Ring

The Third Age

27801180Birth of Walda son of Brytta, later King of Rohan.
27821182Likely date of birth of Marroc, third son of Master Gormadoc Brandybuck.
Probable date of the birth of Thorondir, later Ruling Steward of Gondor.
27831183Birth of Glóin son of Gróin.
27841184Death of Arassuil. He is succeeded as Chieftain of the Dúnedain by his son Arathorn I.
27881188Birth of the raven Roäc son of Carc.
27901190Birth of Gerontius Took, who will live for one hundred and thirty years, and become known as the Old Took.
Thrór is slain in Moria by Azog. His son Thráin succeeds as King of Durin's Folk.
27931193To avenge his father's death, Thráin II leads the Dwarves against the Orcs: the War of the Dwarves and Orcs begins.
27951195Basso Boffin disappears from the Shire, and is said to have gone to Sea.
27981198Death of King Fréaláf of Rohan. He is succeeded by his son Brytta.
27991199The Battle of Azanulbizar. The War of the Dwarves and Orcs ends with the death of Azog.
28001200Birth of Wiseman, son of Hamfast of Gamwich.
Orcs from the north begin to trouble the Rohirrim
28011201Death of Thain Ferumbras II of the Shire. He is succeeded by his son Fortinbras I.
28021202Dwarves led by Thráin II and Thorin Oakenshield settle in the Blue Mountains
28031203Death of Farin.
28041204Birth of Folca son of Walda, later King of the Mark.
28051205Death of Grór of Durin's Folk. He is succeeded as ruler of the Iron Hills by his grandson Dáin Ironfoot.
28061206Death of Bandobras Took, known as the Bullroarer.
28071207Birth of Laura Grubb, the earliest recorded member of the Grubb family.
Birth of Mungo, eldest child of Balbo Baggins and Berylla Boffin.
28101210Birth of Fastolph Bolger, son of Rudolph Bolger.
Briffo Boffin departs from the Shire and removes to Bree.
Birth of Holman the greenhanded, ancestor of the Gamgees and the Cottons.
28111211Death of Steward Beregond. He is succeeded by his son, who rules as Belecthor II.
28121212Birth of Pansy, daughter of Balbo Baggins and Berylla Boffin.
Birth of Otto, son of Bosco Boffin and later head of the Boffin family.
28141214Birth of Laura Grubb.
28151215Birth of Adalgar, son of Gundahar Bolger and Dina Diggle.
Approximate date Buffo Boffin's death.
Probable date of the birth of Túrin II, later Ruling Steward of Gondor.
28161216Birth of Ponto Baggins, son of Balbo Baggins and Berylla Boffin.
28171217Birth of Marmadoc, eldest son and heir of Master Madoc Brandybuck of Buckland.
28181218Birth of Adaldrida, daughter of Gundahar Bolger and Dina Diggle.
28201220Birth of Largo Baggins
Probable date of the birth of Arador, later Chieftain of the Dúnedain.
28221222Birth of Gundabald Bolger.
Birth of Lily, youngest child of Balbo Baggins and Berylla Boffin.
28261226Birth of Salvia Brandybuck, daughter of Sadoc Brandybuck.
28271227Birth of Aglahad of Dol Amroth, great-grandfather of Prince Imrahil.
28301230Birth of Folcwine son of Folca, later King of the Mark.
Death of Gundolpho Bolger, patriarch of the Bolger family.
28321232Birth of Isengrim, eldest son of Gerontius Took, later Thain Isengrim III
28361236Death of Gormadoc Brandybuck. He is succeeded as Master of Buckland by his son Madoc.
28381238Birth of Isumbras, third child of Gerontius Took, who would later become Thain Isumbras IV.
28401240Birth of Hildigrim, fourth child of Gerontius the Old Took.
28411241Thráin II sets out from the Blue Mountains, seeking to return to Erebor.
28421242Birth of Isembold, the fifth child of Gerontius the Old Took.
Death of King Brytta of Rohan. He is succeeded by his son Walda.
28441244Birth of Hildifons Took.
28451245Thráin is captured by Sauron, who thus recovers the last of the Seven Rings of the Dwarves. Unaware of his father's fate, Thráin's son Thorin becomes King of Durin's Folk.
28461246Birth of Bungo Baggins.
Birth of Hob Gammidge.
28471247Birth of Isembard, seventh child of the Old Took.
28481248Death of Arathorn I. He is succeeded as Chieftain of the Dúnedain by his son Argonui.
Death of Thain Fortinbras I of the Shire. He is succeeded by his son Gerontius, who becomes famous as the Old Took.
28491249Birth of Hildibrand, eighth child of the Old Took.
Birth of Rowan, daughter of Holman the greenhanded
28501250Gandalf enters Dol Guldur once again and discovers Thráin II imprisoned there. Thráin dies soon afterwards, but not before giving Gandalf a map and key.
28511251Halfred Greenhand is born in the Shire.
King Walda of Rohan is attacked by Orcs near Dunharrow and slain. He is succeeded by his son Folca.
The White Council discover proof that the Necromancer of Dol Guldur is Sauron returned. Gandalf urges an immediate attack, but Saruman rejects this.
28521252Birth of Belladonna Took, the mother of Bilbo Baggins.
28541254Birth of Hugo Boffin, eldest son of Otto Boffin.
Birth of Erling, son of Holman the Greenhanded.
28551255Probable date of birth of Turgon son of Túrin II, later Ruling Steward of Gondor.
Birth of Rudigar son of Adalgar Bolger.
28561256Birth of Donnamira Took.
Birth of Belba Baggins.
Birth of Rosa Baggins.
28571257Birth of Uffo Boffin, second son of Otto the Fat.
28581258Death of Bosco Boffin.
Probable date of the death of Balbo Baggins, earliest known head of the Baggins family.
Birth of Folcred and Fastred, twin sons of Folcwine of Rohan.
28591259Birth of Hending, son of Holman the greenhanded.
Birth of Thorin's nephew Fíli.
28601260Birth of Rudibert, second son of Adalgar Bolger.
Birth of Mirabella, the youngest daughter of the Old Took.
Birth of Longo, third child of Mungo Baggins and Laura Grubb.
Birth of Rollo Boffin, third son of Otto Boffin the Fat.
Birth of Gorbadoc, son of Marmadoc Brandybuck and later Master of Buckland.
Birth of Cotman, grandfather of Farmer Tolman Cotton.
28611261Birth of Theobald Bolger, son of Gundabald Bolger and Salvia Brandybuck.
28621262Birth of Linda, fourth child of Mungo Baggins and Laura Grubb.
Birth of Isengar Took, youngest child of the Old Took.
Birth of Rose, daiughter of Holman the greenhanded.
28631263Birth of Carl, the younger brother of Cotman.
28641264Birth of Bingo Baggins.
Ruby Bolger is born in the Shire.
King Folca of Rohan dies after being wounded by the Boar of Everholt. He is succeeded by his son Folcwine.
Birth of Fosco Baggins.
Birth of Kíli, nephew of Thorin Oakenshield and later part of his Company on the Quest of Erebor.
28651265Birth of Primrose Boffin, later mother to Lobelia Bracegirdle (or Lobelia Sackville-Baggins).
28661266Birth of Thorin son of Dáin Ironfoot, who would later rule as King Thorin III Stonehelm in Erebor.
Likely date of the birth of Angelimir, later Prince of Dol Amroth.
28681268Birth of Orgulas Brandybuck, youngest child of Master Marmadoc the Masterful.
28701270Birth of Fengel, youngest son of Folcwine of Rohan, but destined to succeed his father as King.
28721272Steward Belecthor II of Gondor dies, and is succeeded by his son Thorondir. The second White Tree of Minas Tirith also dies at this time, and is left standing as the Dead Tree.
28731273Date of the birth of Arathorn II, later Chieftain of the Dúnedain and father to Aragorn.
28751275Gundahar Bolger dies, and is likely succeeded as head of the Bolger family by his son Adalgar.
28771277Death of Madoc Brandybuck. He is succeeded as Master of Buckland by his son Marmadoc.
28781278Birth of Fortinbras son of Isumbras Took IV, later Thain Fortinbras II.
28791279Birth of Gimli, later called Elf-friend.
28801280Birth of Adalgrim, son of Hildigrim Took and Rosa Baggins.

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