Middle-earth: an unofficial chronology

The legendarium from the Years of the Trees to the Fourth Age, in each Age's own reckoning (F.A., S.A., T.A., Fo.A.). Each event is tagged by the book that tells it; First Age years come from Tolkien's later annals, and the War of the Ring keeps its Shire Reckoning dates. An unofficial fan chronology for a video about keeping a canon. Not affiliated with or endorsed by the Tolkien Estate or its licensees; summaries are our own.

39 moments · F.A. 1.00 – Fo.A. 120.00 · by @athan · @athan

Moments

1. The First Age F.A. 1.00
2. The first sunrise F.A. 1.00
3. The Glorious Battle F.A. 60.00
4. The Battle of Sudden Flame F.A. 455.96
5. Beren and Lúthien win a Silmaril F.A. 466.00
6. The Battle of Unnumbered Tears F.A. 472.47
7. The fall of Nargothrond F.A. 495.00
8. The fall of Gondolin F.A. 510.00
9. The Havens of Sirion attacked F.A. 538.00
10. Eärendil reaches Valinor F.A. 542.00
11. The Second Age S.A. 1.00
12. The Grey Havens founded S.A. 1.00
13. The Edain reach Númenor S.A. 32.00
14. Sauron begins Barad-dûr S.A. 1000.00
15. The Elven-smiths learn from Sauron S.A. 1500.00
16. The Three Rings completed S.A. 1590.00
17. The One Ring forged S.A. 1600.00
18. Eregion laid waste; Imladris founded S.A. 1697.00
19. Sauron taken to Númenor S.A. 3262.00
20. The Downfall of Númenor S.A. 3319.00
21. Arnor and Gondor founded S.A. 3320.00
22. Sauron overthrown; Isildur takes the Ring S.A. 3441.00
23. The Third Age T.A. 1.00
24. Isildur slain; the Ring lost T.A. 2.00
25. Déagol finds the Ring T.A. 2463.00
26. Bilbo finds the Ring T.A. 2941.49
27. The Battle of Five Armies T.A. 2941.82
28. Bilbo's farewell party T.A. 3001.72
29. Frodo leaves Bag End T.A. 3018.72
30. The Council of Elrond T.A. 3018.81
31. The Fellowship sets out T.A. 3018.97
32. Gandalf falls in Moria T.A. 3019.04
33. The Fellowship is broken T.A. 3019.15
34. The Battle of the Pelennor Fields T.A. 3019.20
35. The Ring is destroyed T.A. 3019.23
36. Aragorn crowned T.A. 3019.33
37. The Ring-bearers sail west T.A. 3021.74
38. The Fourth Age Fo.A. 1.00
39. Aragorn dies; Legolas sails Fo.A. 120.00