Third Age 3002
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Third Age 3002 (abbreviated to T.A. 3002) is the 3002nd year of the Sun of the Third Age of Middle-earth. Third Age 3002 was also known as S.R. 1402 in Shire-reckoning.
Notable events in this year include:
- Bilbo becomes a guest of Elrond, and settles in Rivendell.[1]
- Carelessness of Pearl Took causes the death of Lalia the Great[2] and the ascension of Ferumbras to the head of the Took Family.[3]
- Death of Éomund battling Orcs at Emyn Muil.[4]
- Death of Théodwyn.[4]
September
- 22 - Frodo Baggins celebrates "Hundred-weight Feast", his birthday and Bilbo's, with twenty guests. He continues celebrating Bilbo's birthday along with his for the following years.[5]
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B, "The Third Age"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien; Humphrey Carpenter, Christopher Tolkien (eds.), The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter 214, (undated, written late 1958 or early 1959), p.295
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien; Humphrey Carpenter, Christopher Tolkien (eds.), The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter 214, (undated, written late 1958 or early 1959), footnote, p.295
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A, "The House of Eorl", "The Kings of the Mark", Third Line
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, "The Shadow of the Past"