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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 350 to II 751
(a period of 401 years)

 • 939 years after the Return of the Noldor
 • 2,568 years before the Downfall of Númenor
 • 5,708 years before the War of the Ring

The Lifetime of Tar-Elendil

The Second Age

350Birth of the eldest son of Tar-Amandil, later to rule Númenor as Tar-Elendil.
361Birth of Eärendur, younger son of King Tar-Amandil of Númenor.
371Birth of Yávien daughter of Nolondil in Númenor.
377Birth of Mairen, daughter of Tar-Elendil of Númenor.
382Birth of Oromendil son of Nolondil in Númenor.
395Birth of Axantur son of Nolondil in Númenor.
442Death of Elros Tar-Minyatur. He is succeeded as King of Númenor by his son Vardamir, who immediately abdicates in favour of his own son Tar-Amandil.
443Vardamir Nólimon was officially held to have ruled Númenor in this year, though in fact he had passed the Sceptre directly to his son Tar-Amandil.
451Birth of Vëantur, later to become a great explorer and adventurer of Númenor.
471Death of Vardamir Nólimon, accounted the second King of Númenor.
c.500After a long period of secrecy following the War of Wrath, Sauron begins his resurgence in Middle-earth.
512Birth of Caliondo, son of Eärendur of the House of Elros.
521Birth of Silmariën, daughter and eldest child of King Tar-Elendil of Númenor.
532Birth of Isilmë, second daughter of King Tar-Elendil of Númenor.
543Birth of Meneldur, son of Tar-Elendil of Númenor and later to succeed as King Tar-Meneldur.
551Birth of Lindissë, daughter and eldest child of Axantur of the House of Elros.
562Birth of Ardamir, second child of Axantur of Númenor.
575Birth of Cemendur, youngest child of Axantur of Númenor.
590Tar-Amandil surrenders the Sceptre of Númenor. He is succeeded by his son, who becomes King Tar-Elendil.
600Vëantur becomes the first Númenórean to make the journey back to Middle-earth.
601Vëantur makes his return to Númenor from Middle-earth.
603Death of Tar-Amandil, former King of Númenor.
630Birth of Valandil, later to become the first Lord of Andúnië.
670Birth of Malantur son of Caliondo, a descendant of the royal line of Númenor.
700Birth of Írildë, daughter of Cemendur of Hyarastorni.
Birth of Anardil, later to become King Tar-Aldarion of Númenor.
c.700From about this time the Drúedain of Númenor begin to migrate back to Middle-earth.
711Birth of Hallatan of Hyarastorni in Númenor.
712Birth of Ailinel, second child and eldest daughter of Tar-Meneldur of Númenor.
725Vëantur takes Aldarion on his first sea voyage, from Númenor to Middle-earth aboard Númerrámar.
727Vëantur returns to Númenor from his last, and Aldarion's first, voyage to Middle-earth.
729Birth of Almiel, youngest daughter of Tar-Meneldur of Númenor.
c.730Second voyage of Aldarion to Middle-earth.
739Aldarion returns to Númenor from his second voyage to Middle-earth aboard the vessel Númerrámar.
740Tar-Elendil surrenders the Sceptre of Númenor. He is succeeded by his son, who becomes King Tar-Meneldur.
750Foundation of the Guild of Venturers by Aldarion.
Foundation of Eregion.
751Death of Tar-Elendil of Númenor.

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