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== Events ==
* Fallohidish brothers Marcho and Blanco lead many Hobbits from eastern Eriador to settle west across the Brandywine River.The Lord of the Rings, Prologue, "Concerning Hobbits"The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B, "The Third Age"
* King Argeleb II grants them the royal hunting grounds, large and fertile, but unpopulated, between the river and Tower Hills in exchange for some fealty.
* Thus the Shire is founded, and the first year of its Reckoning starts.The Lord of the Rings, Appendix D, "The Calendars"
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