Chatter: The Tale of Years

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Chatter: The Tale of Years

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Long before in the days of their power the mariners of Numenor had established a haven and strong places about the mouths of Anduin, in despite of Sauron in the Black Land that lay nigh upon the east. - The Silmarillion, Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age

This thread is going to be the Tale of Years, our ancient and modern history time lines. I'll try and keep to posts updated, one for ancient history and one for modern history. We can then chat through out the thread. We don't need to make timelines for all the history of Middle-earth that can be found in many other places. Once nice one is:

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Pre-Trees, Time of the Trees

History: Time of the Trees

1000 - Kindling of the Stars
1001 - Aule makes the Dwarves (estimated date)
1050 - Awakening of the Elves
1050 - Melkor begins to breed Orcs from enslaved Elves
1085 - Orome encounters the Elves at Cuiviénen
1090 - Battle of the Powers / Siege of Utumno
1100 - Awakening of the Dwarves (estimated date)
1100 - Melkor imprisoned by the Valar
1101 - Foundation of Khazad-dum (estimated date)
1101 - Valar summon the Elves to Aman
Then again the Valar were gathered in council, and they were divided in debate. For some, and of those Ulmo was the chief, held that the Quendi should be left free to walk as they would in Middle-earth, and with their gifts of skill to order all the lands and heal their hurts. But the most part feared for the Quendi in the dangerous world amid the deceits of the starlit dusk; and they were filled moreover with the love of the beauty of the Elves and desired their fellowship. At the last, therefore, the Valar summoned the Quendi to Valinor, there to be gathered at the knees of the Powers in the light of the Trees for ever; and Mandos broke his silence, saying: 'So it is doomed.' From this summons came many woes that afterwards befell.

But the Elves were at first unwilling to hearken to the summons, for they had as yet seen the Valar only in their wrath as they went to war, save Orome alone; and they were filled with dread. Therefore Oromë was sent again to them, and he chose from among them ambassadors who should go to Valinor and speak for their people; and these were Ingwë , Finwë and Elwë , who afterwards were kings. And coming they were filled with awe by the glory and majesty of the Valar, and desired greatly the light and splendour of the Trees. Then Oromë brought them back to Cuiviénen, and they spoke before their people, and counselled them to heed the summons of the Valar and remove into the West.

Then befell the first sundering of the Elves. For the kindred of Ingwë , and the most part of the kindreds of Finwe and Elwe, were swayed by the words of their lords, and were willing to depart and follow Oromë ; and these were known ever after as the Eldar, by the name that Oromë gave to the Elves in the beginning, in their own tongue. But many refused the summons, preferring the starlight and the wide spaces of Middle-earth to the rumor of the Trees; and these are the Avari, the Unwilling, and they were sundered in that time from the Eldar, and met never again until many ages were past.

The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Ch 3, Of The Coming of the Elves and the Captivity of Melkor
1105 - Great Journey of the Elves from Cuiviénen to Aman
1495 - Destruction of the Two Trees
1495 - Fëanor swears an Oath to recover the Silmarils
1500 - Hiding of Valinor
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The First Age

0001 - First Rising of the Moon and the Sun
0001 - Awakening of Men
At the first rising of the Sun the Younger Children of Iluvatar awoke in the land of Hildorien in the eastward regions of Middle-earth; but the first Sun arose in the West, and the opening eyes of Men were turned towards it, and their feet as they wandered over the Earth for the most part strayed that way. The Atani they were named by the Eldar, the Second People; but they called them also Hildor, the Followers, and many other names: Apananar, the After-born, Engwar, the Sickly, and Farimar, the Mortals; and they named them the Usurpers, the Strangers, and the Inscrutable, the Self-cursed, the Heavy-handed, the Night-fearers, the Children of the Sun. Of Men little is told in these tales, which concern the Eldest Days before the waxing of mortals and the waning of the Elves, save of those fathers of men, the Atanatári, who in the first years of the Sun and Moon wandered into the North of the world. To Hildorien there came no Vala to guide Men...
The Silmarillion, Ch 12, Of Men
0052 - Building of Nargothrond begins
0310 - Finrod comes upon Beor's folk (first meeting of men and Eldar)
"...[Finrod] came into the north of Ossiriand.

"In a valley among the foothills of the mountains, below the springs of Thalos, he saw lights in the evening, and far off he heard the sound of song. At this he wondered much, for the Green-elves of that land lit no fires, nor did they sing by night. At first he feared that a raid of Orcs had passed the leaguer of the North, but as he drew near he perceived that it was not so; for the singers used a tongue that he had not heard before, neither that of Dwarves nor of Orcs. Then Felagund, standing silent in the night-shadow of the trees, looked down into the camp, and there he beheld a strange people.

"Now these were a part of the kindred and following of Bëor the Old, as he was afterwards called, a chieftain among Men. After many lives of wandering out of the East he had led them at last over the Blue Mountains, the first of the race of Men to enter Beleriand; and they sang because they were glad, and believed that they had escaped from all perils and had come at last to a land without fear.

"Long Felagund watched them, and love for them stirred in his heart; but he remained hidden in the trees until they had all fallen asleep. Then he went among the sleeping people, and sat beside their dying fire where none kept watch; and he took up a rude harp which Bëor had laid aside, and he played music upon it such as the ears of Men had not heard; for they had as yet no teachers in the art, save only the Dark Elves in the wild lands.

"Now men awoke and listened to Felagund as he harped and sang, and each thought that he was in some fair dream, until he saw that his fellows were awake also beside him; but they did not speak or stir while Felagund still played, because of the beauty of the music and the wonder of the song. Wisdom was in the words of the Elven-king, and the hearts grew wiser that hearkened to him; for the things of which he sang, of the making of Arda, and the bliss of Aman beyond the shadows of the Sea, came as clear visions before their eyes, and his Elvish speech was interpreted in each mind according to its measure.

"Thus it was that Men called King Felagund, whom they first met of all the Eldar, Nóm, that is Wisdom, in the language of that people, and after him they named his folk Nómin, the Wise. Indeed they believed at first that Felagund was one of the Valar, of whom they had heard rumor that they dwelt far in the West; and this was (some say) the cause of their journeying. But Felagund dwelt among them and taught them true knowledge, and they loved him, and took him for their lord, and were ever after loyal to the house of Finarfin."

The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Ch 17, Of the Coming of Men into the West
0456 - Fingolfin duels with Morgoth at Angband's gates
0457 - Easterlings begin to settle in East Beleriand
0472 - Easterlings subjugate Hithlum after the Nirnaeth Arnoediad
0495 - Fell Winter Nov. 1
0502 - Melian returns to Valinor
0542 - Earendil comes to Valinor
0545 - War of Wrath
0597 - Sinking of Beleriand
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The Second Age


0030 - Valar create the Island of Numenor (estimated date)
0032 - Edain sail to Numenor
0500 - Sauron reawakens in Middle-earth
0600 - Numenoreans first meet the Men of Middle-earth in Eriador
0600 - Numenorean ships first sail to Middle-earth Apr. 1
0635 - Numenoreans begin to teach the Men of Middle-earth (estimated date)
0750 - Friendship grows between Dwarves of Moria and Elven-smiths of Eregion
1200 - Sauron makes overtures to the Elves in Eriador
1500 - Elven-smiths of Eregion begin to forge Rings of Power
1590 - Celebrimbor forges the Three Elven Rings of Power
1600 - Sauron forges the One Ring
1600 - Sauron completes Barad-dur
1600 - Glorfindel Returns to Middle-earth
1600 - The Blue Wizards arrive on Middle-earth
1693 - War of Elves and Sauron
1697 - Rivendell established
1701 - Sauron driven out of Eriador
1800 - Numenoreans begin to establish dominions in Middle-earth
1869 - Shadow falls on Numenor
1870 - Numenoreans begin to oppress the Men of Middle-earth (estimated date)
2251 - Nazgul first appear in Middle-earth
2280 - Umbar becomes a great fortress of Numenor
2387 - Numenoreans stop offering the first fruits to Eru (estimated date)
3262 - Sauron taken as prisoner to Numenor
3262 - Sauron corrupts Ar-Pharazon and the Numenoreans
3265 - Ar-Pharazon and the Numenoreans begin to worship Melkor (estimated date)
3268 - Numenoreans begin to sacrifice the Faithful in the Temple (estimated date)
3269 - Numenoreans begin to enslave the Men of Middle-earth (estimated date)
3309 - Sauron persuades Ar-Pharazon to assault Valinor (estimated date)
3319 - Great Armament sets sail for the Assault on Valinor (estimated date) Apr. 1
3319 - Eru destroys the Great Armament in the Assault on Valinor (estimated date) May 9
3319 - The Downfall of Numenor/ Numenorfalls into the Sea (estimated date) May 9
3319 - Sauron falls in the Downfall of Numenor(estimated date) May 9
3319 - Elendil and the Faithful escape the Downfall of Numenor(estimated date) May 9
3319 - Undying Lands removed from Arda in the Downfall of Numenor(estimated date) May 9
3319 - Coasts of Middle-earth reshaped in the Downfall of Numenor(estimated date) May 9
3320 - Realms in Exile founded: Arnor and Gondor
3320 - Sauron returns to Mordor after the Downfall of Numenor
3429 - Sauron attacks Gondor
3430 - War of the Last Alliance / Gil-galad and Elendil form the Last Alliance
3431 - Gil-galad and Elendil muster the Host of the Alliance in Rivendell
3434 - Battle of Dagorlad
3434 - Siege of Barad-dur begins after the Battle of Dagorlad
3441 - Sauron comes forth for the Last Combat on Orodruin
3441 - Narsil, the sword of Elendil, breaks in the Last Combat on Orodruin
3441 - Isildur cuts the One Ring from Sauron's hand in the Last Combat on Orodruin / Sauron falls in the Last Combat on Orodruin
3441 - Nazgul flee to the East after the Siege of Barad-dur
3441 - Barad-dur thrown down after the War of the Last Alliance
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The Third Age: The Kings


0002 - Disaster of the Gladden Fields
0490 - 1st Invasion of Gondor by Easterlings
0492 - Ostoher, King of Gondor, dies
0492 - Tarostar becomes King Romendacil I of Gondor
0500 - Tarostar defeats the 1st Invasion of Gondor by Easterlings
0541 - 2nd Invasion of Gondor by Easterlings
0541 - Tarostar, King Romendacil I of Gondor, slain in the 2nd Invasion of Gondor by Easterlings
0541 - Turambar becomes King of Gondor
0542 - Turambar defeats the 2nd Invasion of Gondor by Easterlings
0830 - Line of Ship-kings of Gondor begins with Tarannon Falastur
0933 - Earnil I of Gondor takes Umbar
1000 - Istari appear in Middle-earth (Gandalf, Radagast, Saruman)
1050 - Shadow falls on Greenwood; men rename it Mirkwood
1100 - The Wise discover a stronghold of evil at Dol Guldur
1149 - Line of Ship-kings of Gondor ends with Ciryaher Hyarmendacil I
1247 - 3rd Invasion of Gondor by Easterlings
1248 - Minalcar defeats the 3rd Invasion of Gondor by Easterlings
1249 - Gondor's northeastern border withdrawn to the Emyn Muil (estimated date)
1250 - Minalcar builds the Argonath (estimated date)
1300 - Witch-king comes to Angmar to destroy the Dunedain in Arnor
1409 - Invasion of Arnor by the Witch-King of Angmar
1432 - Kin-strife in Gondor
1447 - Castamir the Usurper, King of Gondor, slain by Eldacar in the Battle of the Crossings of Erui / Eldacar regains the crown of Gondor
1448 - Castamir's sons seize Umbar and break away from Gondor
1601 - Settlement of the Shire
1640 - Osgiliath begins to fall into ruin
1851 - Wars with the Wainriders / Wainriders begin their attacks on Gondor
1852 - Northmen of Rhovanion ally with Gondor against the Wainriders
1856 - Battle of the Plains
1856 - Narmacil II, King of Gondor, slain in the Battle of the Plains
1856 - Marhari, Lord of the Northmen, slain in the Battle of the Plains
1856 - Calimehtar becomes King of Gondor
1856 - Northmen of Rhovanion enslaved by the Wainriders
1856 - Marhwini gathers the Eothred in the Vales of Anduin
1899 - Northmen of Rhovanion revolt against the Wainriders
1899 - Battle against the Wainriders at Dagorlad
1900 - Wainriders, Haradrim, and Variags ally against Gondor
1936 - Wainriders launch raids against the Eothred
1944 - Invasion of Gondor by Wainriders and Haradrim July 8
1944 - Battle against the Haradrim at Poros Jly. 10
1944 - Battle against the Wainriders at the Morannon Jly. 12
1944 - Ondoher, King of Gondor, slain in the Battle against the Wainriders at the Morannon Jly. 12
1944 - Ondoher's heirs slain in the Battle against the Wainriders at the Morannon Jly. 13
1944 - Pelendur becomes interim Steward of Gondor Jly. 14
1944 - Battle of the Camp Jly. 20
1944 - Arvedui's claim to the crown of Gondor is rejected Sep. 1
1945 - Earnil II becomes King of Gondor
1974 - Witch-king of Angmar occupies Arthedain
1974 - End of the North-kingdom
1975 - Host of the West marches to challenge the Witch-king / Witch-King shames Earnur at the Battle of Fornost / Witch-king defeated in the Battle of Fornost
1975 - Glorfindel foretells the Witch-king's doom / Witch-king flees from the North after the Battle of Fornost
1980 - Witch-king comes to Mordor and gathers the Nazgul
1980 - Dwarves awaken the Balrog of Moria
1981 - Abandonment of Khazad-dum
1999 - Foundation of Erebor / Thrain I becomes King under the Mountain
2000 - Fall of Minas Ithil / Nazgul besiege Minas Ithil
2002 - Minas Ithil falls to the Nazgul / Minas Ithil renamed Minas Morgul
2043 - Earnur challenged by the Witch-king
2050 - Earnur accepts the Witch-king's second challenge / Earnur, King of Gondor, presumed slain by the Witch-king
2050 - Line of Kings of Gondor ends with Earnur
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The Third Age: The Stewards



2050- Rule of the Stewards of Gondor begins with Mardil Voronwa
2050 - Sauron takes shape in Dol Guldur
2063 - Gandalf expels Sauron from Dol Guldur
2063 - Watchful Peace begins
2210 - Abandonment of Erebor
2210 - Thorin I settles in the Grey Mountains
2340 - Hobbits settle in Buckland
2460 - Sauron returns to Dol Guldur
2460 - Watchful Peace ends
2463 - White Council formed
2463 - Deagol finds the One Ring in the Anduin / Deagol slain by Smeagol (Gollum) for the One Ring
2465 - Uruk-hai first bred in Mordor (estimated date)
2470 - Gollum hides under the Misty Mountains with the One Ring
2475 - Mordor renews attacks on Gondor / Osgiliath ruined and its bridge broken
2480 - Sauron populates Moria with evil creatures
2510 - Invasion of Calenardhon by Balchoth and Orcs
2545 - Attack on Rohan by Easterlings / Brego defeats the Attack on Rohan by Easterlings
2570 - Dragons trouble the Dwarves of the Grey Mountains
2590 - Dwarves abandon the Grey Mountains
2590 - Thror resettles Erebor
2590 - Gror settles in the Iron Hills
2591 - Foundation of Dale (estimated date)
2747 - Battle of Greenfields
2758 - Gondor attacked by Corsairs
2758 - The Long Winter
2759 - Days of dearth: famine in Rohan and Eriador follows the Long Winter
2759 - Saruman invited to Isengard / Saruman begins to use the Palantir of Orthanc (estimated date)
2770 - Sack of Erebor / Dale destroyed in the Sack of Erebor / Girion, Lord of Dale, slain in the destruction of Dale / Thror escapes the Sack of Erebor
2790 - Muster of the Dwarves for the War of the Dwarves and Orcs
2793 - War of the Dwarves and Orcs: Overview
2799 - Battle of Azanulbizar
2799 - Dwarves disperse after the War of the Dwarves and Orcs
2845 - Thrain imprisoned by Sauron in Dol Guldur
2850 - Gandalf enters Dol Guldur
2851 - The White Council: 2nd meeting
2851 - Saruman begins searching Gladden Fields for the One Ring
2872 - The White Tree dies and is not replanted
2885 - Invasion of Ithilien by Haradrim
2890 - Bilbo Baggins born
2911 - Fell Winter
2933 - Aragorn taken to Rivendell
2939 - Sauron begins searching Gladden Fields for the One Ring
2941 - Gandalf and Thorin's company visit Bilbo in the Shire
2941 - Bilbo finds the One Ring Jly. 19
2941 - The White Council: 3rd meeting
2941 - White Council expels Sauron from Dol Guldur
2941 - Battle of the Five Armies
2942 - Sauron returns in secret to Mordor
2944 - Bard rebuilds Dale

2945 - The Campaign Begins

2951 - Sauron declares himself openly / Sauron rebuilds the Barad-dur
2951 - Nazgul reoccupy Dol Guldur
2953 - The White Council: Last meeting
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The Third Age: The War of the Ring

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