Fourth Age 63
From Tolkien Gateway
Fourth Age 63 (abbreviated to Fo.A. 63 or F.O.) is the 63rd year of the Sun of the Fourth Age of Middle-earth. Unless otherwise stated, Tolkien Gateway follows Shire usage in Appendix B for reckoning Fourth Age years: Fourth Age 63 was also known as S.R. 1484 in Shire-reckoning.
Notable events in this year include:
Spring
- Meriadoc Brandybuck and Peregrin Took depart the Shire and travel into the south.[1]
- Faramir Took I succeeds his father Peregrin Took as Thain of the Shire.[1]
Autumn
- Death of King Éomer.[1][note 1]
- Elfwine, son of Éomer, becomes the nineteenth King of Rohan.[1][note 1]
- Meriadoc Brandybuck and Peregrin Took then travel on to Gondor.[1] Peregrin brings a copy of the Thain's Book with him.[2][note 1]
Notes
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B, "Later Events Concerning the Members of the Fellowship of the Ring"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, "Prologue", "Note on the Shire Records"
