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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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II 3035 to II 3255
(a period of 220 years)

 • 3,624 years after the Return of the Noldor
 • 64 years before the Downfall of Númenor
 • 3,204 years before the War of the Ring

The Lifetime of Ar-Inzilad��n (Tar-Palantir)

The Second Age

3035Birth of Inziladûn son of Ar-Gimilzôr, who would later rule Númenor under the name Tar-Palantir.
3044Birth of Gimilkhâd, younger son of Ar-Gimilzôr.
3102Death of Ar-Sakalthôr. He is succeeded as King of Númenor by his son, who rules as Ar-Gimilzôr.
3117Birth of Míriel, daughter and heir to Tar-Palantir, later known as Tar-Míriel or Ar-Zimraphel.
3118Birth of Pharazôn, later Ar-Pharazôn, King of Númenor.
3119Probable date of the birth of Elendil.
3177Death of Ar-Gimilzôr. He is succeeded as King of Númenor by his son, who rules as Tar-Palantir.
3209Probable date of the birth of Isildur.
3219Probable date of the birth of Anárion.
3243Death of Gimilkhâd, father of Pharazôn.
3255Death of Tar-Palantir. Ar-Pharazôn usurps the throne to become the last King of Númenor.

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