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.
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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 |
| 3017 | 1417 | Gandalf travels to Minas Tirith, and there discovers the Scroll of Isildur. |
| | | Gollum is released after several years captive in Mordor. |
| | | 1 February Gollum is located and captured by Aragorn on the borders of Mordor. |
| | | 21 March Aragorn completes his northward journey to the Woodland Realm with the captured Gollum. |
| 3018 | 1418 | 12 April Gandalf returns to the Shire to warn Frodo about the Ring. |
| | | 13 April In Bag End, Gandalf tells Frodo the history of the Ring. |
| | | 1 May Gandalf and Aragorn meet at Sarn Ford on the southern borders of the Shire. |
| | | 20 June Sauron's forces simultaneously attack eastern Gondor and the Wood-elves of Thranduil. The War of the Ring begins. |
| | | Midyear's Day Gandalf encounters Radagast near Bree, and is given Saruman's message. |
| | | 4 July Boromir sets out from Minas Tirith on his journey to find Imladris. |
| | | 10 July Saruman traps Gandalf and imprisons him on the pinnacle of Orthanc. |
| | | 18 September On their journey north to the Shire, the Black Riders cross the Fords of Isen. |
| | | 18 September Gwaihir rescues Gandalf from Orthanc. |
| | | 19 September Gandalf seeks aid from Théoden, but is turned away from Edoras. |
| | | 20 September Gandalf returns to Edoras, and is again dismissed by Théoden, though he is granted a horse. |
| | | 21 September Gandalf comes upon Shadowfax for the first time, and follows the great horse across the fields of Rohan. |
| | | 22 September In Rohan, Gandalf overtakes Shadowfax. Meanwhile, far to the north, Black Riders reach the borders of the Shire. |
| | | 23 September Gandalf sets out from Rohan. |
| | | 23 September The Black Riders enter the Shire. |
| | | 23 September Frodo, Sam and Pippin set out from Bag End. |
| | | 24 September Riding north to the Shire, Gandalf crosses the River Isen. |
| | | 26 September Frodo encounters Tom Bombadil and Goldberry. |
| | | 27 September Gandalf, riding wildly northward from Rohan, crosses the River Greyflood. |
| | | 28 September Riding on Frodo's trail, Gandalf crosses the Brandywine into the Shire's Southfarthing. |
| | | 28 September Frodo and his companions are captured by a Barrow-wight, and rescued by Tom Bombadil. |
| | | 29 September Gandalf speaks with Hamfast Gamgee in Hobbiton, and discovers that Frodo has already left the Shire. |
| | | 29 September Frodo and his companions arrive at the Prancing Pony in Bree, and meet Strider. |
| | | 30 September Gandalf arrives at Crickhollow in Buckland. Finding Frodo gone, he sets out for Bree, which he reaches at night. |
| | | 30 September Black Riders raid Buckland and Bree in the early morning. |
| | | 30 September The Hobbits awake in Bree to find their ponies stolen. Bill Ferny sells them his pony, later called Bill himself. Aragorn leads them out of Bree and into the Wild. |
| | | 1 October Gandalf sets out from Bree and travels toward Rivendell. |
| | | 3 October Gandalf reaches Weathertop, and is attacked there by Nazgûl. |
| | | 6 October The Nazgûl attack the Hobbits in a dell beneath Weathertop. Frodo is wounded by a Morgul-knife. |
| | | 9 October Learning that the Nazgûl have come to the Northlands, Elrond sends out riders including Glorfindel. |
| | | 11 October Glorfindel discovers three Nazgûl holding the Bridge of Mitheithel. He drives them off into the west. |
| | | 13 October Strider and the Hobbits cross the Bridge of Mitheithel on their journey to Rivendell. |
| | | 18 October Gandalf reaches Rivendell. |
| | | 18 October Aragorn and the Hobbits encounter Glorfindel at dusk. |
| | | 20 October The Black Riders are swept away at the Ford of Bruinen. Frodo reaches Rivendell safely. |
| | | 24 October Frodo recovers and wakes in Rivendell, at ten o'clock in the morning. |
| | | 25 October The Council of Elrond is held. |
| | | 25 December The setting-out of the Fellowship from Rivendell. |
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