The Chronicle of Arda

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One hundred years around III 2954
(1354 by the Shire-reckoning)

III 2904 to III 3004

• 6,934 years after the Return of the Noldor
• 3,026 years after the Downfall of Númenor
• 14 years before the War of the Ring

The Third Age
	2904	1304	Birth of Odo Proudfoot.
			Birth of Wilibald, son of Theobald Bolger and Nina Lightfoot.
			Birth of Amaranth, daughter of Master Gorbadoc Brandybuck.
	2905	1305	Birth of Thengel son of Fengel, later King of Rohan.
	2906	1306	Birth of Prisca, daughter of Polo Baggins.
	2907	1307	Birth of Gilraen, who would become the mother of Aragorn.
	2908	1308	Birth of Drogo Baggins, later to become the father of Frodo Baggins.
			Birth of Saradas, the third child of Gorbadoc Brandybuck.
			Birth of Gorbulas, son of Orgulas Brandybuck.
	2910	1310	Birth of Otho Sackville-Baggins.
			Death of Marmadoc Brandybuck. He is succeeded as Master of Buckland by his son Gorbadoc.
	2911	1311	The year of the Fell Winter. White Wolves invade the Shire.
			Birth of Dudo Baggins, younger brother of Frodo's father Drogo.
			Death of the elder Ponto Baggins.
c.	2911	1311	Estimated date of birth of Bard the Bowman.
	2912	1312	Death of Lily Baggins.
			Death of Largo Baggins.
			The melting snows of the Fell Winter cause disastrous flooding. Tharbad on the Gwathló is ruined and its bridge is broken.
			Death of Argonui. He is succeeded as Chieftain of the Dúnedain by his son Arador.
	2913	1313	Birth of Asphodel Brandybuck, daughter of Gorbadoc Brandybuck and Mirabella Took.
			Birth of Bruno Bracegirdle, elder brother of Lobelia Sackville-Baggins.
	2914	1314	Death of Adalgar Bolger.
			Death of Steward Túrin II. He is succeeded by his son, Turgon.
	2916	1316	Likely date of birth of Dinodas Brandybuck, youngest son of Gorbadoc Brandybuck.
			On the death of his mother Laura Baggins (née Grubb), Bungo Baggins becomes head of the Baggins family.
			Birth of Ferumbras Took, later Thain Ferumbras III of the Shire.
	2917	1317	Apparent date of birth of Adrahil son of Angelimir, later Prince of Dol Amroth.
	2918	1318	Birth of Lobelia Bracegirdle, better known by her married name of Lobelia Sackville-Baggins.
	2920	1320	Birth of Primula Brandybuck, youngest child of Master Gorbadoc of Brandy Hall.
			Death of Thain Gerontius, the Old Took. He is succeeded by his son Isengrim III.
	2922	1322	Birth of Morwen Steelsheen, later queen to King Thengel of Rohan.
	2923	1323	Death of Gróin of Durin's Folk.
			Birth of Andwise Roper, eldest brother of Hamfast Gamgee.
	2926	1326	Birth of Hamfast Gamgee, the 'Gaffer', father of Sam Gamgee.
			Death of Bungo Baggins, father of Bilbo Baggins.
	2928	1328	Birth of Adelard, son of Flambard Took.
	2929	1329	Marriage of Arathorn and Gilraen, the parents of Aragorn.
	2930	1330	Birth of Denethor in Minas Tirith, later to become Steward Denethor II.
			Death of Thain Isengrim III of the Shire. He is succeeded by his brother Isumbras IV.
			Arador is slain by hill-trolls. He is succeeded as Chieftain of the Dúnedain by his son Arathorn II.
	2931	1331	1 March Birth of Aragorn II Elessar.
	2932	1332	Birth of Halfred of Overhill, youngest child of Roper Gamgee.
			Likely date of accession of Imrahil's grandfather, Angelimir, the twentieth Prince of Dol Amroth.
	2933	1333	Birth of Paladin Took, later Thain Paladin II and father to Peregrin Took.
			Death of Aragorn's father Arathorn II. Aragorn is fostered by Elrond at Rivendell under the name Estel.
	2934	1334	Death of Belladonna Took, mother of Bilbo Baggins.
			Death of Hildibrand Took.
	2936	1336	Birth of Esmeralda, the youngest child of Adalgrim Took.
			Birth of Odovacar Bolger.
	2937	1337	Birth of Vigo, son of Jago Boffin.
	2938	1338	Birth of Rosamunda, daughter and eldest child of Sigismond Took.
	2939	1339	Death of Thain Isumbras IV of the Shire. He is succeeded by his son Fortinbras II.
	2940	1340	Birth of Ferdinand, son of Sigismond Took.
			Birth of Saradoc Brandybuck, later Master of Buckland and father of Meriadoc Brandybuck
	2941	1341	Death of Hildigrim Took.
			Birth of Tolman Cotton the elder.
			15 March Gandalf and Thorin encounter one another at Bree, and begin to plan the recovery of Erebor.
			25 April Gandalf briefly visits Bilbo Baggins at Bag End.
			26 April Thorin and Company come to Bag End with Gandalf, and the planning of the Quest of Erebor begins.
			27 April Gandalf, Bilbo Baggins and the Dwarves set out from Bag End on the Quest of Erebor.
			May Bilbo and the Dwarves encounter three trolls, and narrowly escape being eaten.
			Midyear's Day Bilbo Baggins and the Dwarves set out from Rivendell on their journey to the Lonely Mountain.
			July Bilbo Baggins comes across the One Ring beneath the Misty Mountains.
			Expulsion of the Necromancer from Dol Guldur by the White Council.
			Bard the Bowman slays the Dragon Smaug.
			October The Battle of Five Armies. Thorin Oakenshield is slain, and his cousin Dáin Ironfoot becomes King of Durin's Folk.
c.	2941	1341	A young Hamfast Gamgee becomes apprenticed to the gardener Holman Greenhand.
	2942	1342	Return of Sauron to Mordor.
			Birth of Filibert, son of Adalbert Bolger and Gerda Boffin.
			Birth of Merimac, younger son of Master Rorimac Brandybuck.
			22 June Return of Bilbo Baggins to Bag End in the Shire.
	2943	1343	Birth of Marmadas Brandybuck, son of Gorbulas Brandybuck
	2944	1344	Gollum sets out from the Misty Mountains in search of his lost Precious.
			Bard completes the rebuilding of Dale, and is made its King.
			Birth of Poppy Chubb-Baggins.
	2945	1345	Death of Hugo Boffin.
	2946	1346	Birth of Wilcome 'Will' Cotton, second son of Holman Cotton of Bywater.
			Birth of Olo, son of Odo Proudfoot.
			Death of Isembold Took, fifth child of the Old Took.
			Birth of Griffo Boffin, son of Gruffo Boffin.
			Birth of Ponto, eldest son of Posco Baggins and Gilly Brownlock.
	2947	1347	Birth of Wilimar Bolger, son of Wilibald Bolger and Prisca Baggins.
			Birth of Milo Burrows, son of Rufus Burrows and Asphodel Brandybuck.
			Death of Isembard Took, seventh child of the Old Took.
	2948	1348	Birth of Seredic, son of Saradas Brandybuck.
			Death of Donnamira Took, daughter of Gerontius the Old Took.
			Birth of Théoden, later King of Rohan
			Death of Rudigar Bolger.
			Birth of Porto, second son of Posco Baggins and Gilly Brownlock.
	2949	1349	Bilbo Baggins is visited in the Shire by Gandalf and Balin.
	2950	1350	Death of Longo Baggins.
			Birth of Finduilas, the daughter of Adrahil, later to become the mother of Boromir and Faramir.
			Birth of Peony Baggins.
			Birth of Hugo Bracegirdle.
			Birth of Daisy, daughter of Dudo Baggins.
	2951	1351	Birth of Heribald Bolger, son of Wilibald Bolger and Prisca Baggins.
			Elrond reveals Aragorn's ancestry to him. The first meeting of Aragorn and Arwen, in the woods of Rivendell.
			Khamûl and two other Nazgûl are sent to reclaim Dol Guldur.
			Rebuilding of Barad-dûr begins.
	2953	1353	Saruman claims Isengard as his own and begins to fortify it.
			Death of King Fengel of Rohan. He is succeeded by his son Thengel.
			Death of Steward Turgon. He is succeeded by his son, Ecthelion II.
			The last meeting of the White Council.
	2954	1354	Mount Doom erupts, causing the last remaining people of Ithilien to flee across the Anduin.
			Birth of Hilda Bracegirdle.
	2955	1355	Likely date of the birth of Imrahil of Dol Amroth.
	2956	1356	Death of Belba Baggins.
			Gandalf and Aragorn meet for the first time.
	2957	1357	Aragorn enters the service of Thengel of Rohan, under the alias of Thorongil.
	2960	1360	Death of Mirabella, wife of Master Gorbadoc Brandybuck of Buckland.
			Death of Isengar Took.
			Birth of Nora Bolger, daughter of Wilibald Bolger and Prisca Baggins.
			Death of Frodo Baggins' grandfather Fosco Baggins.
			Death of Bingo Baggins.
	2961	1361	Birth of Anson, son of Andwise Roper of Tighfield.
	2962	1362	Hamfast Gamgee takes over as gardener at Bag End.
	2963	1363	Death of Linda Baggins.
			Birth of Théodwyn, youngest daughter of King Thengel of Rohan.
			Death of Gorbadoc Brandybuck. He is succeeded as Master of Buckland by his son, Rorimac.
	2964	1364	Birth of Lotho Sackville-Baggins, later self-appointed Chief Shirriff of the Shire.
	2965	1365	Birth of Hamson, the eldest brother of Samwise Gamgee.
	2968	1368	22 September Birth of Frodo Baggins in the Shire.
	2969	1369	Birth of Reginard, eldest son of Adelard Took.
			Birth of Halfred, elder brother of Samwise Gamgee.
	2972	1372	Birth of Halfast Gamgee.
			Birth of Daisy, elder sister of Samwise Gamgee.
	2975	1375	Birth of Pearl, eldest daughter of Paladin Took and Eglantine Banks.
	2976	1376	Birth of May, elder sister of Samwise Gamgee.
			Denethor, future Steward of Gondor, weds Finduilas, daughter of Adrahil of Dol Amroth.
	2977	1377	Death of Bard the Bowman. He is succeeded as King of Dale by his son Bain.
			Likely date of the death of Angelimir. He is succeeded as Prince of Dol Amroth by his son Adrahil.
	2978	1378	Birth of Théodred, son of Théoden of Rohan. His mother Elfhild dies in childbirth.
			Birth of Boromir, heir to Denethor II of Gondor.
			Birth of Folco Boffin in the Shire.
	2979	1379	Birth of Pimpernel, second daughter of Thain Paladin Took II, and elder sister of Peregrin Took.
	2980	1380	Birth of Tolman Cotton, eldest son and namesake of Farmer Tolman Cotton.
			Birth of Fredegar 'Fatty' Bolger, son of Odovacar Bolger and Rosamunda Took.
			'Thorongil' (Aragorn) leaves the service of Gondor and travels into the east. He later comes to Lórien, where he meets Arwen again, and the two become betrothed.
			Death of King Thengel of Rohan. He is succeeded by his son Théoden.
			Death of Thain Fortinbras II of the Shire. He is succeeded by his son Ferumbras III.
			Loss of Drogo Baggins and his wife Primula in a boating accident.
			Birth of Berilac, son of Merimac Brandybuck.
			Birth of Everard, son of Adelard Took.
			6 April Likely date of Samwise Gamgee's birth.
c.	2980	1380	Gollum first encounters Shelob in Ephel Dúath on Mordor's western border.
	2981	1381	Birth of Angelica, daughter of Ponto Baggins.
			Birth of Merimas, eldest child of Marmadas Brandybuck.
	2982	1382	Death of Adalgrim Took.
			Birth of Meriadoc Brandybuck, later Master of Buckland.
	2983	1383	Birth of Mentha, daughter of Marmadas Brandybuck.
			Birth of Faramir, second son of Denethor II.
			Birth of Ferdibrand, son of Ferdinand Took.
			Birth of Marigold, youngest daughter of Hamfast Gamgee and Bell Goodchild.
	2984	1384	Death of Hobson, also known as Roper Gamgee, the first Hobbit to bear the name 'Gamgee'.
			Death of Steward Ecthelion II. He is succeeded by his son, who rules as Denethor II.
			Birth of Rose Cotton, who later married Samwise Gamgee, and of her brother Wilcome 'Jolly' Cotton.
	2985	1385	Birth of Melilot Brandybuck, Estella Bolger and Pervinca Took in the Shire.
	2986	1386	Death of Jago Boffin, grandfather of Folco Boffin.
			Birth of Bowman Cotton, son of Tolman Cotton and Lily Brown.
	2987	1387	Birth of Mosco, eldest child of Milo Burrows and Peony Baggins.
	2988	1388	Birth of Tosto Boffin in the Shire.
			Death of Finduilas, spouse of Denethor II and mother to Boromir and Faramir, at the age of just 38.
	2989	1389	Birth of Doderic Brandybuck.
			Balin begins his ill-fated attempt to recolonise Moria.
			Adoption of Frodo Baggins as Bilbo's heir. Frodo removes from Buckland to Bag End.
			Birth of Carl, called 'Nibs', youngest child of Tolman Cotton and Lily Brown.
			Death of Flambard Took.
	2990	1390	Birth of Peregrin Took.
			Birth of Iorlas, uncle of Bergil, in Gondor.
			Birth of Sancho, son of Olo Proudfoot.
	2991	1391	Birth of Moto, son of Milo Burrows and Peony Baggins.
			Birth of Éomer, later King of Rohan.
			Death of Sigismond Took.
			Birth of Ilberic Brandybuck.
	2993	1393	Birth of Myrtle, daughter of Milo Burrows and Peony Baggins.
	2994	1394	Balin's attempt to recolonise Moria ends in disaster. Balin himself, and the Dwarves of his company, are all slain.
			Birth of Celandine, youngest child of Seredic Brandybuck and Hilda Bracegirdle.
	2995	1395	Birth of Éowyn in Rohan.
			Birth of Diamond of Long Cleeve.
	2996	1396	Birth of Minto, youngest child of Milo Burrows and Peony Baggins.
	2997	1397	Death of Adalbert Bolger.
	2998	1398	Death of Amaranth Brandybuck.
	2999	1399	Death of Gruffo Boffin.
			Likely birthdate of Lothíriel, later queen to King Éomer Éadig.
			Death of Falco Chubb-Baggins.
	3000	1400	Death of Wilibald Bolger.
c.	3000	1400	Saruman uses the Orthanc-stone for the first time. He comes under the power of Sauron, and abandons his allegiance to the White Council.
	3001	1401	Beginning to suspect that Bilbo's Magic Ring may be Sauron's One Ring, Gandalf and Aragorn begin to search for Gollum.
			22 September Bilbo Baggins' Birthday Party and farewell feast.
	3002	1402	Éomund, father of Éomer and Éowyn, is slain by Orcs.
			After wandering in Middle-earth, Bilbo comes to Rivendell and settles there as Elrond's guest.
			Death of Lalia, widow of Thain Fortinbras Took II, in an apparent accident.
c.	3002	1402	Théodwyn, mother of Éomer and Éowyn, dies of a sickness.
	3003	1403	Bilbo Baggins begins work on his Translations from the Elvish.

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