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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
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The Third Age |
| 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. |
| 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. |
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