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 |
| 1601 | 1 | The foundation of the Shire, and the beginning of the Shire-reckoning. |
| 1621 | 21 | Death of Hyarmendacil II. He is succeeded as King of Gondor by his son Minardil. |
c. | 1630 | 30 | Many Stoors migrate northward from Dunland to the recently founded Shire. |
| 1632 | 32 | Probable date of the birth of Telumehtar, later King Telumehtar Umbardacil of Gondor. |
| 1633 | 33 | Birth of Arveleg son of Arvegil, later to rule Arthedain as Arveleg II. |
| 1634 | 34 | Death of Minardil at the hands of the Corsairs. He is succeeded as King of Gondor by his son Telemnar. |
| 1635 | 35 | The Great Plague first appears among the Northmen of Rhovanion. |
| 1636 | 36 | In Gondor, King Telemnar and all his children sicken and die, as does the original White Tree. Telemnar's nephew Tarondor succeeds to the throne. |
| | | The appearance of the Barrow-wights in the Barrow-downs. |
| 1637 | 37 | The Great Plague comes to an end in the North of Middle-earth. |
| 1640 | 40 | Tarondor removes the seat of the King of Gondor from Osgiliath to Minas Anor, where he plants a seedling of the White Tree. The decay of Osgiliath begins. |
| 1670 | 70 | Death of Argeleb II. He is succeeded by his son Arvegil. |
| 1684 | 84 | Probable date of the birth of Narmacil II. |
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