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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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One hundred years around I 559
I 509 to II 19

 • 508 years after the Return of the Noldor
 • 3,300 years before the Downfall of Númenor
 • 6,440 years before the War of the Ring

The First Age

509Maeglin is captured by agents of Morgoth, and betrays the location of Gondolin.
510Glorfindel slays a Balrog in the Encircling Mountains, and is himself slain.
Fall of Gondolin and death of Turgon.
511Arrival of Tuor and Idril at the Mouths of Sirion, with their son Eärendil.
525Wedding of Eärendil and Elwing
Tuor and Idril sail into the West in the ship Eärrámë. Their son Eärendil becomes Lord of the Havens of Sirion.
532Birth of Elrond and Elros.
534Eärendil sets out on the first of his great ocean voyages.
538The Sons of Fëanor attack the refuge at the Mouths of Sirion. Elwing escapes in the form of a bird, bringing a Silmaril to Eärendil at sea, and together they sail for the West.
540The survivors of the destruction of the Havens of Sirion take refuge on the Isle of Balar.
542Eärendil lands on the shores of Aman, and appeals to the Valar on behalf of Elves and Men.
545The landing of the host of the Valar in Beleriand. The War of Wrath begins.
559No events are recorded for the specific year you selected.
587Maedhros and Maglor attempt to steal the remaining Silmarils, but are burned by them. Maedhros leaps to his death in despair.
The War of Wrath comes to an end with the capture of Morgoth.
590Morgoth is banished from the world.

The Second Age

1Foundation of the Elven-kingdoms in the west of Middle-earth, Mithlond and Lindon.

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