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Alberto Monteiro's Tolkien Page

Index to the Ages of the World

 The Age of the Valar

 The Age of the Trees

 The First Age

 The Second Age (by Stephen Geard)

 The Third Age (by Stephen Geard)

 The Fourth Age

 Tolkien's biography (real, not his works), in English and Russian

Tolkien Mailing List

The Tolkien Mailing List is up for many years (at least since 1992). People got accustumed to write using "nicknames": signing the messages with one character's name. For example, I use alias "Dain Ironfoot". One of the funny aspects of this is to enable a kind of "role-playing": you can speak what your character would say in some circumstances. In my example, again, I like to do Thingol-bashing any time I can :-)

 List organized by e-mail, name, nickname and url

 HTML table, organized by e-mail, name, nickname and url

 Arquives from the Tolkien Mailing List

 Many links to Tolkien in the Web

 A Search Engine for ALL mailing lists

Tolkien Timelines

In order to build a timeline for the Age of the Trees and the Fourth Age (and I suppose Stephen Geard had the same problem to make the Second and Third Age) we have to select among several usually contradictory texts. The standard procedure is: published material is "Canon", everything else should be made valid unless a latter material contradicts it.

Example: in the Book of Lost Tales, the Valar could reproduce. In Morgoth's Ring, Tolkien denied them this biological feature. So, any timeline should *not* include Valar reproduction.

In my opinion, this is not the only way to write Timelines: it's also possible to fix a time - say, 1930 - and try to reconstruct a timeline for Middle-earth *as it was imagined by Tolkien at that time*. To do this, we must consider as "Canon" everything that he wrote *before* that time, the latter the best, and then add what he wrote *after* that time, the earliest the best.

As an example, let's imagine that we have texts A, B, C, D and E, written in 1920, 1930, 1940, 1950 and 1960. If we want to make an "early" Timeline, the order should be A, B, C, D and E. If we want to make a 1945 Timeline, the order should be C, B, A, D and E. If we want to make a "final" Timeline, the order should be E, D, C, B and A.

I think I will use an icon code , but I'm æsthetically challenged (© Ecthelion of Gondolin ), so I'd like to hear what you think about it :-)

The Tolkien Timelines can be seen here

OTOH, maybe you aren't interested at all in Timelines, but you might be interested in reading those tales in chronological order, and you think the way the tales lie in the books are a mess. There is a solution to your problem: Larry King created the Chronological Tolkien Page, with instructions about reading all M-e books (up to Unfinished Tales in chronological order!

How do Characters Look Like?

I've compiled a list of hair and eye colour for the characters of Middle-earth.

Latitude and Longitude Grids over the Map of Middle-earth

I've followed some suggestions as to put the grid over the map. Click here to see the index to the grids .

Middle-earth Science Pages :-)

Inspired by Lalaith's Middle-earth Science Pages I have begun my Middle-earth Science Pages. They are:

• A Javascript formula to compute the difference (in days) between two dates, either in real world calendars or in Middle-earth calendars

• Dating of Middle-earth events

• Census of Middle-earth: counting the populations

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The Age of the Valar

This is a very sketchy Timeline. Suggestions are welcome. One Year of the Valar corresponds to 9.582 Years of the Sun

Year 1

 The Valar come to Arda

 War between Melkor and Manwë

Year 1500

 Tulkas the Strong comes to Arda

 Melkor flees

Year 1900

 The Two Lamps Illuin and Ormal are set upon mighty pillars, in the North and South of Middle-earth

????

 The Spring of Arda

 The Valar make the Isle of Almaren

 Melkor gathers evil spirits to his service

Year 3400

 Tulkas marries Nessa, Orome's sister

 Melkor returns in secret to the North of Middle-earth

 Building of Utumno begins

Year 3450

 Melkor attacks: Illuin and Ormal are destroyed

 The Valar retreat to Aman

Year 3500

 Making of the Two Trees

 The Age of the Trees begin

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 The Age of the Trees

This is a very sketchy Timeline. Suggestions are welcome. The Years in this timeline, unless explicitly mentioned, are in Tree Years: 1 Year of the Trees corresponds to some 10 Years of the Sun (the exact number is in _Morgoth's Ring_)

Some of the dates are shown in intervals, for example 1120  61. This means that I've run a Monte-Carlo simulation with the Middle-earth data, and this is the 95% confidence interval. In other words: just my guess :-)

Year 1 [c. 26,000 B.C.]

 End of the Age of the Valar

 Making of the Two Trees. Beginning of the Age of the Trees

500  420

 Aulë makes the Dwarves

1000 - 1050

 Varda makes the Stars

1050 [c. 15,500 B.C.]

 Awakening of the Elves

1085

 Orome finds the Elves in Kuivienen

1090

 War of the Gods

1100

 Melkor is chained

1102

 The three elven embassadors, Ingwe, Finwe and Elwe (Thingol) come to Valinor

1105

 Sundering of the Elves: some refuse the summons of the Valar and stay in Kuivienen

1105  39

 Awakening of the Dwarves

1115

 The host of the Elves come to the River Anduin

 Part of the host of Olwe, the Nandor, led by Nano (or Dân), go south

1124  27

 Awakening of the Ents

1125

 The Vanyar and Noldor come to Beleriand

1128

 The Teleri come to Beleriand

1130

 Thingol meets Melian in Nan-Elmoth

1131  17

 Birth of Cirdan

1132

 Ulmo brings Tol-Eressea to Beleriand. The Vanyar and Noldor embark upon it

1133

 The Vanyar and Noldor come to Aman

1140

 Tirion is build in Valinor

1142

 Yavanna gives Galathilion, an image of Telperion, to the Noldor

1150

 Olwe and part of the Teleri leave Beleriand

1151

 Tol Eressea stops moving

1152

 Elwe (Thingol) awakes from the trance

1161

 The Teleri build ships. They leave Tol Eressea and come to Valinor

1162

 The building of Alqualonde, the Swanhaven, begins

1179

 Birth of Feanor, son of Finwe and Miriel

 The Alphabeth of Rumil is designed

1190

 Birth of Fingolfin, son of Indis and Finwe

1200

 Birth of Luthien, daughter of Melian and Thingol

1230

 Birth of Finarfin, son of Indis and Finwe

1234  45

 Birth of Maedhros , son of Nerdanel and Feanor

1250

 The Alphabeth of Feanor is designed

1300

 Birth of Turgon , son of Fingolfin and Anairë

 Birth of Finrod Felagund , son of Finarfin and Earwen

 The Runes of Daeron are designed

1320

 Orcs appear in Beleriand

1350

 Denethor comes to Ossiriand

1362

 Birth of Galadriel, daughter of Finarfin and Earwen

c. 1400 [c. 12,000 BC]

 Migrations across Bering land bridge (real)

 Durin founds Khazad-dum. See the astronomical determination of this date.

1450

 Feanor makes the Silmarilli

1495

 Ungoliantë destroys the Two Trees

 Morgoth kills Finwë and steals the Silmarills

 Morgoth and Ungoliant flee to Beleriand

 Battle of Alqualondë

 The Flight of the Noldor begins

1496

 The Profecy of the North and the Doom of the Noldor are spoken

 Finarfin returns to Valinor

1497

 Morgoth attacks Beleriand

 Denethor is slain by orcs

 The Girdle of Melian is set around Doriath

 For Seven Years of the Sun, the servants of Morgoth control Beleriand (except Doriath and the Falas)

 Fëanor crosses Helkaraxë with the Teleri ships

 Dagor-nuin-Giliath , the Battle under the Stars, is fought, Morgoth's forces are destroyed, but Gothmog slays Fëanor

 Maedhros is imprisioned by Morgoth

1498

 Maedhros is chained in Thangorodrim

1500

 Fingolfin and the rest of the Noldor come to Beleriand

 Making of the Sun and the Moon. First Age begins

 The First Age

This is a very sketchy Timeline. Suggestions are welcome.

Some of the dates are shown in intervals, for example 120  61. This means that I've run a Monte-Carlo simulation with the Middle-earth data, and this is the 95% confidence interval. In other words: just my guess :-)

Year 1 of the First Age [c. 11,000 B.C.]

 End of the Age of the Trees

 The Moon is made from a flower of Telperion

 The Sun is made from a fruit of Laurelin

 Men awake in Hildórien

5

 Maedhros (c. 3150 years old) is rescued from Thangorodrim by Fingon

7

 The Kingship of the Exiled Noldor passes from Maedhros to Fingolfin (c. 3100 years old)

20

 Mereth Aderthad

60

 Dagor Aglareb

 The Siege of Morgoth begins

65

 The Tower of Ingildon is built

102

 Nargothrond is built. Finrod Felagund (c. 2100 years old) leaves Minas Tirith to his younger brother Orodreth and goes to Nargothrond

116

 Gondolin is built. Turgon (c. 2115 years old) is its King

155

 Morgoth's orcs attack Hithlum. They are defeated

260

 First attack by Glaurung

262

 Birth of Beor

282

 Birth of Marach

289

 Birth of Baran son of Beor(27)

292

 Birth of Belen son of Beor(30)

307

 Birth of Malach Aradan son of Marach(25)

308  45

 Telchar makes the Dragon-helm

310

 Migration of the Edain begins

 Birth of Imlach son of Marach(28)

314

 Birth of Boron son of Baran(25)

315

 Birth of Haldad

316

 Birth of Beldir son of Belen(24)

317

 Birth of Baranor son of Baran(28)

320

 Birth of Maeglin son of Aredhel (from 600 to 1400 years old) and Eol (from 400 to 4800 years old)

337

 Birth of Boromir son of Boron(23)

 Birth of Amlach son of Imlach(27)

339

 Birth of Adanel daughter of Zimrahin (Meldis) and Malach Aradan(32)

340

 Birth of Bereg son of Baranor(23)

341

 Birth of Haleth daughter of Haldad(26)

 Birth of Haldar son of Haldad(26)

 Birth of Magor son of Zimrahin (Meldis) and Malach Aradan(34)

343  3

 Aredhel and Maeglin escape to Gondolin . They are followed by Eol. Eol kills Aredhel. Eol is sentenced to death and executed

344

 Birth of Saelon the Wise daughter of Zimrahin (Meldis) and Malach Aradan(37)

 Birth of Belegor son of Boron(30)

355

 Death of Beor(93)

359

 Birth of Bregor son of Boromir(22)

361

 Birth of Andreth daughter of Boromir(24)

365

 Birth of Hathol son of Magor(24)

 Birth of Beril daughter of Boromir(28)

366

 Birth of Hardan son of Haldar(25)

374

 Birth of Beren's grandfather (also called Beren) son of Adanel(35) and Belemir(35)

375

 Orcs slay Haldad(60) and Haldar(34)

 Haleth(34) becomes Queen of the House of Haleth

380

 Death of Baran(91)

390

 Birth of Halmir son of Hardan(24)

 Birth of Hador son of Hathol(25)

393

 Birth of Bregolas son of Bregor(34)

398

 Death of Malach_Aradan(91)

400

 Birth of Barahir son of Bregor(41)

403

 Death of Boron(89)

406

 Birth of Emeldir daughter of Beren's grandfather (also called Beren) (32)

409

 Finrod Felagund (c.2400 years old) and Andreth(48) debate about Men and Elves. This debate was registered as Athrabeth Finrod ah Andreth

 Birth of Brandir's uncle, also named Brandir, son of Bregil and Arachon

411

 Birth of Beldis daughter of Bregil(25) and Arachon

414

 Birth of Haldir son of Halmir(24)

415

 Birth of Gloredhel daughter of Gildis and Hador(25)

417

 Birth of Galdor son of Gildis and Hador(27)

 Birth of Hundar son of Halmir(27)

 Birth of Beleth daughter of Bregolas(24)

419

 Birth of Hareth daughter of Halmir(29)

 Birth of Gundor son of Gildis and Hador(29)

420

 Death of Haleth(79)

 Haleth(79) ceases, after 45 years, to be Queen of Haleth's People

 Hardan(54) becomes King of Haleth's People

 Birth of Baragund son of Bregolas(27)

422

 Birth of Belegund son of Bregolas(29)

405 to 454

 Birth of Gil-galad son of Fingon

432

 Death of Boromir(95)

 Birth of Beren son of Emeldir(26) and Barahir(32)

441

 Birth of Hurin son of Hareth(22) and Galdor(24)

 Birth of Handir son of Gloredhel(26) and Haldir(27)

443

 Birth of Morwen daughter of Baragund(23)

 Birth of Hunleth daughter of Hundar(26)

444

 Birth of Huor son of Hareth(25) and Galdor(27)

447

 Birth of Hundad daughter of Hundar(30)

450

 Birth of Rian daughter of Belegund(28)

451

 Death of Hardan(85) , King, for 31 years, of the folk of Haleth in Brethil

 Halmir(61) becomes King of the folk of Haleth in Brethil

455

 Dagor Bragollach, the Battle of Sudden Flame

 Dead in the first assault: Bregolas(62), Angrod(c. 2000), Aegnor(c. 2000)

 Ard-galen is destroyed and becomes Anfauglith

 Barahir(55) becomes King of Dorthonion after his brother Bregolas

(...)

496

 Turin meets Nienor in the Forest of Brethil

(...)

499

 Turin kills Glaurung

(...)

511 or 512

 The Fall of Gondolin

(...)

616  29 [c. 10,500 B.C.]

 Second Age begins

Sorry! I had to stop at Year 455. I hope to continue when I have time

 The Fourth Age

This is a very sketchy Timeline. I don't claim to be exact, I never know how to convert from Calendars [the Year Zero bug :-)].

The Standard References should be:

The Day March 13 of the Years Shire Reckoning 1421, Third Age 3021, and Fourth Age 1 are the same

The Day March 1st of the Years Shire Reckoning 1541, and Fourth Age 120 are the same

Year 1, March 13

 Beginning of the Fourth Age

From 0 to 9 ???

 Birth of Eldarion, son of Arwen and Aragorn

Year 6

 The Shire is made a Free Land, under protection of the Northern Sceptre, and along with the Drúadan Forests, are off-limits to Men

Year 10

 Birth of Faramir I Took son of Diamond of Long Cleeve and Peregrin I Took (40)

Year ???

 Birth of Findegil

From 1 to 25

 Birth of Elboron, son of Eowyn and Faramir

Year 16

 Death of Gloin Gimli's father (253)

From 21 to 101

 Birth of Barahir II, grandson of Faramir

Year 61, September 22

 Samwise Gamgee rides out from Bag End. Then, he goes to the Grey Havens, and passes over Sea.

Year 63

 Death of Eomer (93), King of Rohan for 65 years, succeeded by his son Elfwine

Sometime from Year 63 to Year 120

 Cirdan passes over Sea with the last ship - so that when Aragorn dies, Arwen says that there's no ship left for her

From 90 to 142

 Birth of the Great-Grandson of Peregrin

Year 120, March 1

 Death of Aragorn (209), King of Gondor and Arnor for 121 Years, succeeded by his son Eldarion

Year 120:

 Gimli (262) and Legolas depart over the Sea

Year 172

 Findegil makes Gondor's copy of the Red Book

c. Year 220

 _The New Shadow_ fragment, at the end of the reign of Eldarion