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.
You can have the Chronicle look up events for specific dates by entering one or two years in the form below.
If you enter two dates, the Chronicle will display events that happened between those two years.
If you leave one of the dates blank, the Chronicle will display events in the century around the single year you specify.
For years after III 1601 (the year of the foundation of Shire, and therefore Shire Year 1), the Chronicle will also show years by the Shire-reckoning in a second column.
The Third Age |
| 2655 | 1055 | Likely date of birth of Beren son of Egalmoth, later Ruling Steward of Gondor. |
| | | Death of Steward Belecthor I. He is succeeded by his son Orodreth. |
| 2659 | 1059 | Death of King Fréa of Rohan. He is succeeded by his son Fréawine. |
| 2662 | 1062 | Birth of Fundin son of Farin. |
| 2665 | 1065 | Birth of Náin son of Grór in the Iron Hills. |
| 2666 | 1066 | Birth of Isumbras Took, later to become Thain Isengrim III of the Shire. |
| 2668 | 1068 | Birth of Gram son of Déor, later to become King of Rohan. |
| c. | 2670 | 1070 | Introduction of pipe-weed to the Shire by Tobold Hornblower of Longbottom. |
| 2671 | 1071 | Birth of Gróin son of Farin in Erebor. |
| 2680 | 1080 | Death of King Fréawine of Rohan. He is succeeded by his son Goldwine. |
| 2683 | 1083 | Isengrim Took II becomes the tenth Shire-thain of the Took line. The excavation of Great Smials is begun. |
| 2685 | 1085 | Death of Steward Orodreth. He is succeeded by his son, known as Ecthelion I. |
| 2691 | 1091 | Birth of Helm son of Gram, later King Helm Hammerhand of Rohan. |
| 2693 | 1093 | Probable date of the birth of Arathorn I, later Chieftain of the Dúnedain. |
| 2698 | 1098 | Steward Ecthelion I dies, having rebuilt the White Tower in Minas Tirith. Leaving no issue, he is succeeded by Egalmoth, a descendant of Belecthor I. |
| 2699 | 1099 | Death of King Goldwine of Rohan. He is succeeded by his son Déor. |
| 2700 | 1100 | Probable date of the birth of Beregond, later Ruling Steward of Gondor. |
| 2701 | 1101 | Birth of Ferumbras, son and heir of Isumbras Took III. |
| 2704 | 1104 | Birth of Bandobras, younger son of Thain Isumbras III, later known as the Bullroarer. |
| 2705 | 1105 | No events are recorded for the specific year you selected. |
| 2710 | 1110 | The Dunlendings capture Isengard. |
| 2711 | 1111 | Death of Borin, ancestor of Gimli Elf-friend. |
| 2718 | 1118 | Death of King Déor of Rohan. He is succeeded by his son Gram. |
| 2719 | 1119 | Death of Arahad II. He is succeeded as Chieftain of the Dúnedain by his son Arassuil. |
| 2722 | 1122 | Death of Thain Isengrim II of the Shire. He is succeeded by his son Isumbras III. |
| 2725 | 1125 | Approximate date of the birth of Buffo Boffin. |
| 2726 | 1126 | The birth of Fréaláf Hildeson, a nephew of Helm who will eventually become his successor. |
| 2731 | 1131 | Birth of Gundolpho Bolger, probably at Budgeford in the Eastfarthing of the Shire. |
| 2734 | 1134 | Birth of Gormadoc Brandybuck, later to become Master of Buckland. |
| 2740 | 1140 | Orcs attack Eriador for the first time in many years. |
| 2741 | 1141 | Death of King Gram of Rohan. He is succeeded by his son Helm. |
| 2743 | 1143 | Death of Steward Egalmoth. He is succeeded by his son, Beren. |
| 2745 | 1145 | Orcs out of the Misty Mountains start their fiercest attacks on Eriador. |
| | | Birth of Fortinbras, son and heir of Thain Ferumbras Took II. |
| 2746 | 1146 | Birth of Thorin, later called Oakenshield, son of King Thráin II. |
| 2747 | 1147 | The Battle of Greenfields is fought in the Northfarthing of the Shire. |
| 2748 | 1148 | The worst of the Orc-battles of Eriador come to an end. |
| 2751 | 1151 | Birth of Frerin, second son of King Thráin II. |
| 2752 | 1152 | Birth of Brytta son of Fréaláf Hildeson, later King Brytta Léofa of Rohan. |
| | | Likely date of birth of Belecthor son of Beregond, who later ruled Gondor as Steward Belecthor II. |
| 2754 | 1154 | King Helm of Rohan slays his rebellious vassal Freca outside Edoras. |
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