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.
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The Second Age |
| 852 | | Birth of Hallacar son of Hallatan in Númenor. |
| 858 | | Aldarion and Erendis become betrothed, and King Tar-Meneldur marks the occasion with the gift of a White House in Emerië. |
| 869 | | Return of the Palarran to Númenor from its fourth voyage to Middle-earth. |
| 870 | | Wedding of Aldarion and Erendis. |
| 873 | | Birth of Ancalimë, daughter of Aldarion and Erendis, later Queen of Númenor. |
| 875 | | Work begins in Rómenna on the building of the ship Hirilondë. |
| 877 | | Spring Aldarion's flagship Hirilondë is launched. |
| 882 | | Aldarion returns to Númenor after a five-year voyage aboard the Hirilondë; he becomes estranged from his wife Erendis. |
| 883 | | Tar-Meneldur surrenders the Sceptre of Númenor. He is succeeded by his son, who becomes King Tar-Aldarion. |
| | | Tar-Aldarion, newly crowned King of Númenor, sets out for Middle-earth aboard his great ship Hirilondë. |
| 892 | | Tar-Aldarion pronounces his daughter Ancalimë as the formal King's Heir of Númenor. |
| 900 | | Death of Caliondo. |
| 942 | | Death of Tar-Meneldur of Númenor. |
| 985 | | Death of Erendis, apparently by drowning. |
| 1000 | | Ancalimë, daughter of King Tar-Aldarion of Númenor, weds Hallacar of Hyarastorni. |
c. | 1000 | | Sauron settles in the land of Mordor and begins the building of Barad-dûr. |
| 1003 | | Birth of Anárion son of Ancalimë, later to rule Númenor as Tar-Anárion. |
| 1075 | | Tar-Aldarion surrenders the Sceptre of Númenor. He is succeeded by his daughter, who becomes the first Ruling Queen, Tar-Ancalimë. |
| 1098 | | Death of Tar-Aldarion of Númenor, twenty-three years after surrendering the Sceptre. |
| 1174 | | Birth of Surion son of Tar-Anárion, later to rule Númenor as Tar-Surion. |
c. | 1200 | | Sauron travels in person to Eregion, to teach the Jewel-smiths there in the form of Annatar, the so-called Lord of Gifts. |
| 1211 | | Death of Hallacar, consort to Queen Tar-Ancalimë of Númenor. |
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