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The Chronicle of Arda

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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II 2825 to II 2899
(a period of 74 years)

 • 3,414 years after the Return of the Noldor
 • 420 years before the Downfall of Númenor
 • 3,560 years before the War of the Ring

The Reign of King Tar-Ardamin

The Second Age

2825Death of King Tar-Calmacil of Númenor. There is some confusion over the succession, but he appears to have been succeeded by his son, who became King Tar-Ardamin.
2876Birth of Ar-Sakalthôr son of Ar-Zimrathôn, later King of Númenor.
2899Ar-Adûnakhôr becomes King of Númenor on the death of his father Tar-Ardamin.

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