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The Chronicle of Arda

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.

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III 2780 to III 2851
(a period of 71 years)

 • 6,810 years after the Return of the Noldor
 • 2,902 years after the Downfall of Númenor
 • 167 years before the War of the Ring

The Lifetime of King Walda of Rohan

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.

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