Timeline of Arda

Here is the complete timeline of Arda in J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth canon - from Arda's creation to the last known events of the Fourth Age.
== Timeline ==
Before the creation of the Sun, few dates can be given, and the dates that are are given in Valinorean Years, which are about a decade in length.
=== Before the creation of Eä ===
*Eru Ilúvatar creates the Timeless Halls and the race of the Ainur.
*The Ainur make the Ainulindalë before Eru. This Music of the Ainur leads to the vision of Eä; Melkor tries to corrupt the theme, but ends up enriching it.
*Eru subsequently creates Arda, the material world, in Eä, with Airefëa at its center.
=== Valian Years ===
==== Years of the Valar ====
==== Years of the Trees and the First Age ====
From this time on years are of normal length. Events from Valinor during the Years of the Sun cannot be accurately dated.
=== Years of the Sun ===
==== Years of the Sun of the First Age ====
— Approximately 590 years long
==== Second Age ====
— 3441 years long
==== Third Age ====
— 3021 years long
====Fourth Age====
— length unknown
====Recreation of Arda====
Dagor Dagorath (prophesized)
— length unknown
Beginning unknown
*?- Morgoth discovers how to break the Door of Night.
*? - Morgoth turns the Sun and Moon into dragonborn, all becomes dark.
*? - Eärendil descends and meets with Tulkas, Manwë, Eönwë and Túrin Turambar
* ? - The Final Battle of Dagor Dagorath begins on the fields of Valinor
*? - Opposites forces fight, Tulkas wrestles with Morgoth
*? - Túrin destroys Morgoth. Final death of Morgoth.
*? - The three Silmarils are recovered, Fëanor breaks them, and recreates the Two Trees (new replacement of light)
*? - Pelóri Mountains are leveled
*? - Battle will end and will result in the recreation of Arda. Elves will awaken. Second Music of the Ainur.
==Major Battles==
===First Age===
* YT 1099 - Battle of the Powers, fought by the Valar against Melkor. Utumno destroyed and Melkor imprisoned
* YT 1497 - First Battle of Beleriand, fought by the Sindar before the return of the Ñoldor to Middle-earth
* YT 1497 - Dagor-nuin-Giliath, Battle under the Stars
* YS 60 - Dagor Aglareb, Glorious Battle
* YS 455 - Dagor Bragollach, Battle of Sudden Flame, which ended the Siege of Angband
* YS 472 - Nírnaeth Arnoediad, Battle of Unnumbered Tears
* YS 495 - Battle of Tumhalad
* YS 587 - War of Wrath, Morgoth is defeated
See also Battles of Beleriand.
=== Second Age===
*1700 - Battle of the Gwathló
*3434 - Battle of Dagorlad
=== Third Age===
* 2 - Disaster of the Gladden Fields
*1447 - Battle of the Crossings of Erui
*1856 - Battle of the Plains
*1899 - Second Battle of Dagorlad
* 1944 - Battle of South Ithilien and Battle of the Camp
*1975 - Battle of Fornost
* 2510 - Battle of the Field of Celebrant
*2799 - Battle of Azanulbizar (last battle of the War of the Dwarves and Orcs)
* 2941 - Battle of Five Armies
* February 25, 3019 - First Battle of the Fords of Isen
*March 2, 3019 - Second Battle of the Fords of Isen
* March 3-4, 3019 - Battle of the Hornburg
* March 11, 3019 - First assault on Lórien
*March 15, 3019 - Battle under the trees
*March 15, 3019 - Second assault on Lórien
*March 15, 3019 - Battle of the Pelennor Fields
* March 17, 3019 - Battle of Dale
*March 25, 3019 - Battle of the Morannon
*November 3, 3019 - Battle of Bywater
===Fourth Age===
*No major battle was recorded. Only minor battles of the Reunited Kingdom versus hostile Haradrim and Easterling Tribes were mentioned.
===End of Arda===
*Dagor Dagorath (prophesied)
==Chronological Table of the Quest to destroy the Ring==
The Lord of the Rings is unusual among Tolkien's works in that a large part of it is not written in Chronological Order. This chronology aligns the chapters by date.
Year (TA)
Date
The Fellowship
 
3001
September 22
A Long-expected Party
3018
April 12
The Shadow of the Past
3018
September 23–24
Three is Company
3018
Sep. 25
A Short Cut to MushroomsA Conspiracy Unmasked
3018
Sep. 26
The Old Forest3018
Sep. 26-28
In the House of Tom Bombadil3018
Sep. 28
Fog on the Barrow-downs3018
Sep. 29
At the Sign of The Prancing PonyStrider3018
Sep. 29-October 6
A Knife in the Dark3018
Oct. 7-20
Flight to the Ford3018
Oct. 24
Many Meetings3018
Oct. 25
The Council of Elrond3018-3019
December 25-January 12
The Ring Goes South3019
Jan. 13-14
A Journey in the Dark3019
Jan. 15
The Bridge of Khazad-dûm3019
Jan. 15-February 14
Lothlórien
3019
Feb. 14
The Mirror of Galadriel3019
Feb. 16
Farewell to Lórien3019
Feb. 16-26
The Great River
Year (TA)
Date
Merry and Pippin
Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli
Frodo and Sam
3019
Feb. 26
The Departure of BoromirThe Breaking of the FellowshipThe Departure of BoromirThe Breaking of the Fellowship3019
Feb. 26-28
The Uruk-haiThe Riders of Rohan 3019
Feb. 29-March 1
Treebeard
The White Rider
The Taming of Sméagol3019
Mar. 2
 The King of the Golden Hall
The Passage of the Marshes3019
Mar. 3-4
 Helm's DeepThe Road to Isengard
3019
Mar. 5
Flotsam and JetsamThe Voice of SarumanThe Black Gate Opens
3019
Mar. 6
The Palantír Of Herbs and Stewed RabbitYear (TA)
Date
Gandalf
Merry
Aragorn
Frodo and Sam
3019
Mar. 7
 The Window on the WestThe Forbidden Pool
==Other Chronologies and Lines of Descent ==
*The Grey Annals
*Book publishing dates
*Chieftains of the Dúnedain
*Kings of Arnor
*Kings of Arthedain
*Kings of Gondor
*Kings of Númenor
*Kings of Rohan
*Kings of Durin's Folk
*Princes of Dol Amroth
*Realms of Arda
*Stewards of Gondor
*Sundering of the Elves
*Shire-thain
==Notes ==
1Silmariën was definitely the eldest child of Tar-Elendil, and her birthdate is given several times as SA 521. In the Tale of Years, the entry of Silmariën's birthdate is given as SA 548, a date that goes back to the first drafts of that text (see Silmariën's article for details).
2In the Tale of years, it says in SA 2251 "Tar-Atanamir takes the sceptre", however, Atanamir died in SA 2221. SA 2221 is itself an emendation of SA 2251, and the former (SA 2221) appears in the later tables, while the latter (SA 2251) in the earlier tables: therefore SA 2251 (properly SA 2221) should have read "Death of Tar-Atanamir. Tar-Ancalimon takes the sceptre."
3In one table (probably an earlier draft) of the Kings of Gondor, Castamir's birthdate is given at TA 1159, however this is clearly impossible: Eldacar was born in SA 1255, and they are in the same generation, so SA 1259 is more correct.
4The date of Sam's birth in the genealogies is SR 1380 (equivalent to TA 2980), however the Tale of Years gives it as TA 2983, which is incorrect; in SR 1476, Sam is said to have been ninety-six years old, so TA 2980 is more correct than SA 2983.
5 Lalia (b. SR 1283) only appears in The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien. Pearl is the older sister of Pippin. See Took-clan.
==External links==
*The Chronicle of Arda
*Alberto Monteiro's Tolkien Page
*Lord of the Rings Library: A revised timeline of the First Age
*Detailed Timeline before the Rising of the Sun
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