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* The [[Witch-king]] of [[Angmar]] invades [[Arnor]] with a great host.<ref name="AppB2">{{App|B2}}</ref><ref name="AppA">{{App|Eriador}}</ref>
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* The [[Tower of Amon Sûl|Tower]] of [[Weathertop|Amon Sûl]] destroyed, but its [[Palantíri|palantir]] was saved and moved to [[Fornost Erain|Fornost]].<ref name="AppB2">{{App|B2}}</ref><ref name="AppA">{{App|Eriador}}</ref>
 
* [[Angmar War]]: The [[Witch-king]] of [[Angmar]] invades [[Arnor]] with a great host. [[Fornost Erain|Fornost]] and [[Tyrn Gorthad]] are defended.<ref name="AppB2">{{App|B2}}</ref><ref name="AppA">{{App|Eriador}}</ref>
* The [[Tower of Amon Sûl|Tower]] of [[Weathertop|Amon Sûl]] destroyed, but its ''[[Palantíri|palantir]]'' was saved and moved to [[Fornost Erain|Fornost]].<ref name="AppB2">{{App|B2}}</ref><ref name="AppA">{{App|Eriador}}</ref>
* [[Rhudaur]] became a fief of [[Angmar]], occupied by evil [[Men]]; [[Cardolan]] was ravaged with some fleeing to the [[Old Forest]].<ref name="AppA">{{App|Eriador}}</ref>
* [[Rhudaur]] became a fief of [[Angmar]], occupied by evil [[Men]]; [[Cardolan]] was ravaged with some fleeing to the [[Old Forest]].<ref name="AppA">{{App|Eriador}}</ref>
* The [[Dúnedain]] were defeated and [[Kings of Arthedain|King]] [[Arveleg I]] of [[Arthedain]] slain.<ref name="AppB2">{{App|B2}}</ref><ref name="AppA">{{App|Eriador}}</ref>
* The [[Dúnedain]] were defeated and [[Kings of Arthedain|King]] [[Arveleg I]] of [[Arthedain]] slain.<ref name="AppB2">{{App|B2}}</ref><ref name="AppA">{{App|Eriador}}</ref>
* [[Arveleg I]]'s son, [[Araphor]], becomes the ninth [[Kings of Arthedain|King]] of [[Arthedain]].<ref name="AppNorh">{{App|North}}</ref>
* [[Arveleg I]]'s son, [[Araphor]], becomes the ninth [[Kings of Arthedain|King]] of [[Arthedain]].<ref name="AppNorh">{{App|North}}</ref>
* [[Fornost Erain|Fornost]] and [[Barrow-downs|Tyrn Gorthad]] (the [[Barrow-downs]]) are defended and, with the aid of [[Elves]] from [[Lindon]] and [[Lothlórien]] led by [[Elrond]] and [[Círdan]] respectively, [[Angmar]] was repelled.<ref name="AppB2">{{App|B2}}</ref>
* [[Fornost Erain|Fornost]] and the [[North Downs]] are defended by Araphor with help from [[Círdan]].<ref name="AppA"/>
 
*The [[Elves of Lindon]] and [[Elrond]], assisted by the [[Galadhrim]] who came from beyond the [[Misty Mountains]], subdue [[Angmar]] for some time.<ref name="AppA"/>
*The [[last prince of Cardolan]] is killed and buried in a [[barrows|barrow]] of Tyrn Gorthad.<ref name="AppA"/><ref>{{HM|RC}}, "Fog on the Barrow-downs", pp. 144-5; Index, 'Cardolan, [[Last prince of Cardolan|last prince of]]' </ref>
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[[Category:Third Age years|1, Third Age 1409]]
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Third Age 1409 (abbreviated to T.A. 1409) is the 1409th year of the Sun of the Third Age of Middle-earth.

Notable events in this year include:

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B, "The Third Age"
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A, "The Númenorean Kings", "Eriador, Arnor, and the Heirs of Isildur"
  3. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A, "The Númenorean Kings", "The Realms in Exile", "The Northern Line: Heirs of Isildur"
  4. ↑ Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull (eds), The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion, "Fog on the Barrow-downs", pp. 144-5; Index, 'Cardolan, last prince of'
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