Third Age

The Third Age, often abbreviated to T.A., began after the first downfall of Sauron, when he was defeated by the Last Alliance of Elves and Men following the downfall of Númenor.
This age was characterized by the rise and decline of the exiled Númenorean kingdoms, in contrast to the slow recovery of Sauron's power. In the meantime the Elves, Dwarves and other peoples did little new; also known as the Fading Years, the Age marked the waning of the Elves.
It lasted for 3021 years, only ending after the defeat of Sauron had finally and utterly been achieved by destroying his Ruling Ring. With the One Ring gone, the power of three rings waned and the realms that had been preserved by them began to fade. These events prompted many of the Eldar remaining in Middle-earth to sail for the Uttermost West, and so much memory and beauty were lost to Middle-earth for ever. With the Last Riding of the Keepers the Fourth Age began.
== Major events of the Third Age ==
 	Military	Political	Other
1st millennium	
* Disaster of the Gladden Fields (2)	
* Division of Arnor (861)	
* Arrival of the Wizards (c. 1000)
2nd millennium	
* Angmar War (1409-1974)
* Kin-strife (1432-1447)
* Corsair Wars (1448-3019)
* Wainrider/Balchoth War (1851-2510)	
* Founding of the Shire (1601)
* Dissolution of Arnor (1974)
* Evacuation of Moria (1981)
* Thráin I establishes the Kingdom of Erebor (1999)	
* Great Plague (1635)
3rd millennium	
* Second Fall of Minas Ithil (2002)
* Ruin of Osgiliath (2475)
* War of the Dwarves and Dragons (2570-2589)
* Battle of Greenfields (2747)
* War of the Dwarves and Orcs (2793)
* Attack on Dol Guldur (2941)
* Battle of Five Armies (2941)	
* Death of Earnur and end of Kingship of Gondor (2050)
* Thorin I leaves Erebor and joins the Dwarves of the Grey Mountains (2210)
* Founding of Rohan (2510)
* Thrór re-establishes Erebor (2590)
* Saruman occupies Orthanc (2759)
* Sack of Erebor (2770)
* Dwarves establish Thorin's Halls (2802)
* Restoration of Erebor (2941)
* Establishent of the Kingdom of Dale (2944)
* Balin's Colony of Moria (2989-2994)	
* Watchful Peace (2063)
* The One Ring is found (c. 2463)
* Long Winter (2758)
* Fell Winter (Third Age) (2911)
4th millennium	
* War of the Ring (3018-3019)	
* Return of the King and the Reunited Kingdom (3019)	
* Quest of the Ring (3018-3019)
* Departure of the White Ship and end of the Third Age (3021)