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 |
| 2899 | 1299 | Probable date of accession of Aglahad, nineteenth Prince of Dol Amroth and great-great-grandfather to Imrahil. |
| 2900 | 1300 | Death of Mungo Baggins, Bilbo's paternal grandfather. |
| | | Death of Otto Boffin. |
| | | Birth of Gruffo Boffin. |
c. | 2900 | 1300 | Approximate date of the refortification of Cair Andros by Steward Túrin II. |
| 2901 | 1301 | Birth of Adalbert, son of Rudigar Bolger and Amethyst Hornblower. |
| | | Uruk-hai out of Mordor attack Ithilien, driving out all but a few of its inhabitants. Henneth Annûn is built by the Gondorians. |
| 2902 | 1302 | Birth of Holman son of Cotman, the first Hobbit to bear the surname 'Cotton'. |
| | | Birth of Rorimac Brandybuck, future Master of Buckland, and of Posco Baggins. |
| | | Birth of Dora Baggins. |
| 2903 | 1303 | Birth of Falco Chubb-Baggins in the Shire. |
| | | Death of King Folcwine of Rohan. He is succeeded by his son Fengel. |
| 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. |
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