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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.

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I 102 to I 465
(a period of 363 years)

 • 101 years after the Return of the Noldor
 • 3,444 years before the Downfall of Númenor
 • 6,584 years before the War of the Ring
The Rule of Finrod Felagund in Nargothrond

The First Age

102Completion of Nargothrond.
116Completion of Gondolin. Turgon's people begin the migration from Nevrast.
150The Noldor and the Dwarves first encounter each other among the Blue Mountains.
155An army of Orcs attempts to invade Hithlum from the Firth of Drengist. Fingon drives them into the Sea.
c.240Approximate date of the birth of Mîm the Petty-dwarf.
260Glaurung ravages Beleriand, but is driven back to Angband.
262Likely year of the birth of Balan (later called Bëor) in the lands east of the Blue Mountains.
282Probable date of birth of Marach, later to lead his people westward across the Blue Mountains.
289Probable date of birth of Baran, son and successor to Bëor the Old.
307Probable date of birth of Malach son of Marach, later called Aradan.
310Men are discovered in the western foothills of the Blue Mountains by Finrod Felagund.
311Bëor enters the service of Finrod of Nargothrond.
c.313Marach crosses the Blue Mountains with the ancestors of the House of Hador.
314Apparent date of birth of Boron son of Baran.
315Birth of Haldad of the Haladin.
316Aredhel sets out from Gondolin. Later in the year, she is lost in Nan Elmoth, and becomes Eöl's wife.
320The year of Maeglin's birth in Nan Elmoth.
332The twelve-year old Maeglin is formally named.
337Probable year of the birth of Amlach son of Imlach.
Probable date of the birth of Boromir son of Boron, later appointed lord of Ladros.
340Likely date of birth of Bereg, great-grandson of Bëor.
341Likely date of the birth of Haleth and Haldar, twin children of Haldad.
c.350Approximate date of the birth of Boromir, later lord of Ladros.
355Bëor the Old dies at the age of ninety-three.
359Probable date of birth of Bregor son of Boromir of the House of Bëor.
365Probable date of birth of Hathol son of Magor.
366Likely date of birth of Haldan son of Haldar, later Lord of Brethil.
374Birth of Beren son of Belemir, father of Emeldir and grandfather of Beren Erchamion.
375Haldad and his son Haldar are slain by Orcs. Haldad's daughter Haleth becomes the leader of their People.
c.375Approximate date of the settlement of the People of Haleth in the Forest of Brethil.
376Likely date of the death of Marach.
380Death of Bëor's son Baran; the leadership of the House of Bëor passes to his son, Boron.
389Birth of Hador, later Lord of Dor-lómin.
390Likely date of birth of Halmir son of Haldan, later Lord of Brethil.
393Likely date of birth of Bregolas son of Bregor.
398Probable date of the death of Malach Aradan, at the age of ninety-one.
400Return of Aredhel and Maeglin to Gondolin.
Deaths of Aredhel and Eöl the Dark Elf.
402An army of Orcs attempts to break through the Pass of Aglon, but is repulsed.
Likely date of the birth of Barahir son of Bregor.
403Death of Boron; the leadership of the House of Bëor passes to his son, Boromir.
406Birth of Emeldir.
414Probable date of birth of Haldir of the Haladin.
415Probable date of the birth of Glóredhel, daughter of Hador Lórindol.
417Probable date of birth of Beleth, daughter and eldest child of Bregolas.
419Probable date of birth of Gundor, son of Hador Lórindol.
Likely date of birth of Hareth daughter of Halmir.
c.419Approximate date of the granting of Dor-lómin to Hador Lórindol.
420Likely date of the death of Haleth, leader of the Haladin. She is succeeded by Haldan, the son of her brother Haldar.
Approximate date of the birth of Baragund, son of Bregolas.
c.420Very approximate date of the death of Boromir. He is succeeded as lord of Ladros by his son Bregor.
428Birth of Belegund, eldest son of Bregolas.
432Death of Boromir, lord of Ladros; he is succeeded by his son Bregor.
c.432Approximate date for the birth of Beren Erchamion.
c.435Approximate date of the birth of Sador Labadal.
439Birth of Húrin Thalion, later Lord of Dor-lómin.
441Probable date of birth of Handir of the Haladin.
443Probable date of the birth of Morwen Eledhwen.
c.445Birth of Ereinion, later called Gil-galad.
448Death of Bregor, lord of Ladros. He is succeeded by his son Bregolas.
450Probable date of the birth of Rían daughter of Belegund.
c.450Birth of Larnach.
451Probable year of the death of Haldan. His son Halmir succeeds as Lord of Brethil.
455Deaths of Angrod and Aegnor in the Dagor Bragollach.
Celegorm and Curufin flee Himlad for Nargothrond.
Winter The breaking of the Siege of Angband and beginning of the Dagor Bragollach.
456Barahir and his companions begin their outlaw existence in Ladros.
Fingolfin challenges Morgoth to single combat, and is slain. Fingon becomes High King of the Noldor.
Spring The worst assaults of the Dagor Bragollach draw to a close.
457Capture of Minas Tirith by the forces of Sauron.
458A band of Orcs is attacked and defeated by the People of Haleth, with the aid of Beleg of Doriath.
Húrin and Huor are brought to Gondolin by Thorondor.
459Húrin and Huor return out of Gondolin to Dor-lómin.
460Autumn Gorlim betrays Barahir and his outlaw band. They are destroyed, leaving Beren as the sole survivor.
462Morgoth attempts an invasion of Hithlum, but is repulsed. Galdor son of Hador is slain defending Barad Eithel.
464Spring Marriage of Húrin and Morwen; Túrin is born later in the year.
Winter Beren abandons Dorthonion and travels to Doriath, where he first comes upon Lúthien.
465Likely date of the birth of Brandir son of Handir, later Lord of Brethil.
Beren sets out from Doriath on the Quest for the Silmaril.
Finrod and Beren are imprisoned in Tol-in-Gaurhoth. Finrod is slain by a werewolf, but Beren is rescued by Lúthien.
c.465Celegorm and Curufin are exiled from Nargothrond and journey to Himring.

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