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| [[Fourth Age 1|1]] || 1422 || About this time [[Legolas]] and [[Gimli]] lead part of their peoples to [[Gondor]].
| [[Fourth Age 1|1]] || 1422 || The Fourth Age begins in the reckoning of the Shire.<ref name="Chief">{{App|Chief}}</ref> Birth of [[Eldarion]], son of King [[Aragorn|Elessar]] and Queen [[Arwen]].<ref name="NOME">{{NM|P1xi}}, p. 78</ref>
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| [[Fourth Age 2|2]] || 1423 || Death of [[Adelard Took]], [[Frodo Gardner]] born
| [[Fourth Age 2|2]] || 1423 || Death of [[Adelard Took]].<ref name="C2">{{App|C2}}</ref> Birth of [[Frodo Gardner]].<ref name="C4">{{App|C4}}</ref>
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| [[Fourth Age 4|4]] || 1425 || [[Rose Gardner]] born
| [[Fourth Age 4|4]] || 1425 || Birth of [[Rose Gardner]].<ref name="C4"/>
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| [[Fourth Age 6|6]] || 1427 || [[Will Whitfoot]] resigns and [[Samwise Gamgee|Samwise]] is elected Mayor, [[Merry Gardner]] born. Peregrin Took marries [[Diamond of Long Cleeve]].<br>King Elessar issues an edict that Men are not to enter the [[Drúadan Forest]] and Shire, and he makes it a Free Land under the protection of the Northern Sceptre.
| [[Fourth Age 6|6]] || 1427 || [[Will Whitfoot]] resigns and [[Samwise Gamgee|Samwise]] is elected Mayor.<ref name="B5">{{App|B5}}</ref> [[Merry Gardner]] born.<ref name="C4"/> [[Peregrin Took]] marries [[Diamond of Long Cleeve]].<ref name="B5"/><br>'''King [[Aragorn|Elessar]] issues an edict that [[Men]] are not to enter the [[Drúadan Forest]] and [[The Shire|Shire]], and he makes it a Free Land under the protection of the Northern Sceptre.'''<ref name="B5"/>
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| [[Fourth Age 8|8]] || 1429 || [[Pippin Gardner]] is born.
| [[Fourth Age 7|7]] || 1428 || Death of [[Gaffer Gamgee]].<ref name="C4"/>
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| [[Fourth Age 9|9]] || 1430 || [[Faramir Took I]], son of Peregrin born. Deaths of [[Merimac Brandybuck]] and [[Vigo Boffin]]
| [[Fourth Age 8|8]] || 1429 || Birth of [[Pippin Gardner]].<ref name="C4"/>
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| [[Fourth Age 10|10]] || 1431 || [[Goldilocks Gardner]] born, Death of [[Odovacar Bolger]]
| [[Fourth Age 9|9]] || 1430 || Birth of [[Faramir Took I]] son of [[Peregrin Took]].<ref name="C2"/> Deaths of [[Merimac Brandybuck]]<ref name="C3"/> and [[Vigo Boffin]].<ref name="C6">{{App|C6}}</ref>
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| [[Fourth Age 11|11]] || 1432 || Death of the [[Saradoc Brandybuck]]. Meriadoc becomes [[Master of Buckland]] and great gifts are sent to him by King Éomer and Lady Éowyn of Ithilien. [[Hamfast Gardner]] born
| [[Fourth Age 10|10]] || 1431 || Birth of [[Goldilocks Gardner]].<ref name="C4"/> Death of [[Odovacar Bolger]].<ref name="C5">{{App|C5}}</ref>
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| [[Fourth Age 12|12]] || 1433 || [[Daisy Gardner]] born
| [[Fourth Age 11|11]] || 1432 || Death of the [[Saradoc Brandybuck]].<ref name="C3">{{App|C3}}</ref> Meriadoc becomes [[Master of Buckland]] and great gifts are sent to him by King [[Éomer]] and Lady [[Éowyn]] of [[Ithilien]].<ref name="B5"/> Birth of [[Hamfast Gardner]].<ref name="C4"/>
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| [[Fourth Age 13|13]] || 1434 || Death of [[Paladin Took II]]. [[Peregrin Took]] becomes the [[Thain]] and King Elessar makes the Thain, the Master of Buckland and the Mayor to be Counsellors of the North-kingdom. [[Samwise Gamgee|Samwise]] elected Mayor for the second time
| [[Fourth Age 12|12]] || 1433 || Birth of [[Daisy Gardner]].<ref name="C4"/>
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| [[Fourth Age 14|14]] || 1435 || Death of [[Olo Proudfoot]]. [[Primrose Gardner]] born
| [[Fourth Age 13|13]] || 1434 || Death of [[Paladin Took II]].<ref name="C2"/> [[Peregrin Took]] becomes the [[Thain]] and King [[Aragorn|Elessar]] makes the Thain, the Master of Buckland and the Mayor to be Counsellors of the North-kingdom.<ref name="B5"/> [[Samwise Gamgee|Samwise]] elected Mayor for the second time.<ref name="B5"/>
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| [[Fourth Age 15|15]] || 1436 || King Elessar rides north and dwells for a while in [[Annúminas]] by Lake Evendim. He comes to the [[Brandywine Bridge]], and there greets his friends. He gives the [[Star of the Dúnedain]] to Master Samwise, and [[Elanor Gardner|Elanor]] is made a maid of honour to [[Arwen|Queen Arwen]].<br>Death of [[Glóin]]. [[Bilbo Gardner]] born
| [[Fourth Age 14|14]] || 1435 || Death of [[Olo Proudfoot]].<ref name="C1">{{App|C1}}</ref>Birth of [[Primrose Gardner]].<ref name="C4"/>
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| [[Fourth Age 17|17]] || 1438 || [[Ruby Gardner]] born
| [[Fourth Age 15|15]] || 1436 || King [[Aragorn|Elessar]] rides north and dwells for a while in [[Annúminas]] by [[Lake Evendim]]. He comes to the [[Brandywine Bridge]], and there greets his friends. He gives the [[Star of the Dúnedain]] to Master [[Samwise Gamgee|Samwise]], and [[Elanor Gardner|Elanor]] is made a maid of honour to Queen [[Arwen]].<ref name="B5"/> <br>Death of [[Glóin]].<ref name="A3"/> Birth of [[Bilbo Gardner]].<ref name="C4"/>
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| [[Fourth Age 19|19]] || 1440 || [[Robin Gardner]] born
| [[Fourth Age 17|17]] || 1438 || Birth of [[Ruby Gardner]].<ref name="C4"/>
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| [[Fourth Age 20|20]] || 1441 || [[Eldarion]], son of [[Aragorn|Elessar]] and [[Arwen]] born. [[Samwise Gamgee|Samwise]] elected Mayor for the third time
| [[Fourth Age 19|19]] || 1440 || Birth of [[Robin Gardner]].<ref name="C4"/> Death of [[Farmer Cotton]].<ref name="C4"/>
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| [[Fourth Age 21|21]] || 1442 || [[Samwise Gamgee|Samwise]], [[Rose Cotton|Rose]] and [[Elanor Gardner|Elanor]] ride to [[Gondor]]; Master Tolman Cotton acts as deputy Mayor. [[Tolman Gardner]] born.
| [[Fourth Age 20|20]] || 1441 || [[Samwise Gamgee|Samwise]] elected Mayor for the third time.<ref name="B5"/> [[Legolas]] brought south [[Elves of Mirkwood|Elves out of Greenwood]], and they dwelt in [[Ithilien]], and it became once again the "fairest country in all the westlands."<ref>{{RK|Cormallen}}</ref><ref>{{App|Durin}}</ref>
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|[[Fourth Age 22|22]] || 1443 || [[Samwise Gamgee|Samwise]], [[Rose Cotton|Rose]] and [[Elanor Gardner|Elanor]] leave Gondor. Death of [[Filibert Bolger]]
| [[Fourth Age 21|21]] || 1442 || [[Samwise Gamgee|Samwise]], [[Rose Cotton|Rose]] and [[Elanor Gardner|Elanor]] ride to [[Gondor]]; Master [[Tolman Cotton Junior|Tolman Cotton]] acts as deputy Mayor.<ref name="B5"/>Birth of [[Tolman Gardner]].<ref name="C4"/>
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| [[Fourth Age 27|27]] || 1448 || [[Samwise Gamgee|Samwise]] elected Mayor for the fourth time
|[[Fourth Age 22|22]] || 1443 || [[Samwise Gamgee|Samwise]], [[Rose Cotton|Rose]] and [[Elanor Gardner|Elanor]] leave [[Gondor]].<ref name="B5"/> Death of [[Filibert Bolger]].<ref name="C5"/>
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| [[Fourth Age 30|30]] || 1451 || [[Elanor Gardner]] weds [[Fastred of Greenholm]] on the Far Downs.
| [[Fourth Age 27|27]] || 1448 || [[Samwise Gamgee|Samwise]] elected Mayor for the fourth time.<ref name="B5"/>
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| [[Fourth Age 31|31]] || 1452 || The [[Westmarch]] becomes a part of [[the Shire]] by the gift of the King. Many hobbits remove to it.
| [[Fourth Age 30|30]] || 1451 || [[Elanor Gardner]] weds [[Fastred of Greenholm]] on the Far Downs.<ref name="B5"/>
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| [[Fourth Age 33|33]] || 1454 || [[Elfstan Fairbairn]] born son of Fastred and Elanor
| [[Fourth Age 31|31]] || 1452 || '''The [[Westmarch]] becomes a part of [[the Shire]] by the gift of the King. Many hobbits move to it.'''<ref name="B5"/>
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| [[Fourth Age 34|34]] || 1455 || Death of [[Imrahil]]. [[Elphir]] becomes [[Prince of Dol Amroth]].<br>Fastred and Elanor make their dwelling at [[Undertowers]] on the Tower Hills, where their descendants, the [[Fairbairn Family|Fairbairns of the Towers]], dwelt for many generations.<br>[[Samwise Gamgee|Samwise]] elected Mayor for the fifth time. At his request the Thain makes Fastred [[Warden of Westmarch]]
| [[Fourth Age 33|33]] || 1454 || Birth of [[Elfstan Fairbairn]] son of Fastred and Elanor.<ref name="B5"/>
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| [[Fourth Age 41|41]] || 1462 || [[Holfast Gardner]] born<br>[[Samwise Gamgee|Samwise]] elected Mayor for the sixth time
| [[Fourth Age 34|34]] || 1455 || Death of [[Imrahil]]. [[Elphir]] becomes [[Prince of Dol Amroth]].<ref name="Elendil-221"/><br>Fastred and Elanor make their dwelling at [[Undertowers]] on the Tower Hills, where their descendants, the [[Fairbairn Family|Fairbairns of the Towers]], dwell for many generations.<ref name="B5"/><br>[[Samwise Gamgee|Samwise]] elected Mayor for the fifth time. At his request the [[Thain]] makes Fastred [[Warden of Westmarch]].<ref name="B5"/>
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| [[Fourth Age 42|42]] || 1463 || [[Faramir Took I]] weds [[Goldilocks Gardner]]
| [[Fourth Age 41|41]] || 1462 || Birth of [[Holfast Gardner]].<ref name="C4"/><br>[[Samwise Gamgee|Samwise]] elected Mayor for the sixth time.<ref name="B5"/>
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| [[Fourth Age 48|48]] || 1469 || [[Samwise Gamgee|Samwise]] becomes Mayor for seventh and final time
| [[Fourth Age 42|42]] || 1463 || [[Faramir Took I]] weds [[Goldilocks Gardner]].<ref name="B5"/>
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| [[Fourth Age 55|55]] || 1476 || [[Samwise Gamgee]] ends his seventh and last term as [[Mayor of Michel Delving]].
| [[Fourth Age 48|48]] || 1469 || [[Samwise Gamgee|Samwise]] becomes Mayor for seventh and final time.<ref name="B5"/>
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| [[Fourth Age 61|61]] || 1482 || Death of [[Rose Cotton|Rose Gamgee]] on Midyear's Day.<br>On September 22 [[Samwise Gamgee|Samwise]] rides out from Bag End and he comes to the Tower Hills, where he is last seen by Elanor. He gives her the [[Red Book of Westmarch|Red Book]] afterwards kept by the Fairbairns. Samwise passed the Towers, went to the Grey Havens and passed over Sea, last of the Ring-bearers.
| [[Fourth Age 55|55]] || 1476 || [[Samwise Gamgee]] ends his seventh and last term as [[Mayor of Michel Delving]].<ref name="B5"/>
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| [[Fourth Age 63|63]] || 1484 || (Spring) [[Meriadoc Brandybuck]] and [[Peregrin Took]] depart from [[the Shire]] and travel into the south. [[Faramir Took I]] succeeds his father [[Peregrin Took|Peregrin]] as [[Thain]] of [[the Shire]]. Meriadoc came to Edoras and was with King [[Éomer]] before he died in that autumn. Then he and Thain Peregrin went to Gondor and passed what short years were left to them in that realm, until they died and were laid in [[Rath Dínen]] among the great of Gondor. [[Elfwine]] becomes [[King of Rohan]]
| [[Fourth Age 61|61]] || 1482 || Death of [[Rose Cotton|Rose Gamgee]] on Midyear's Day.<ref name="B5"/><br>'''On [[22 September]] [[Samwise Gamgee|Samwise]] rides out from [[Bag End]] and he comes to the [[Tower Hills]], where he is last seen by [[Elanor]]. He gives her the [[Red Book]] afterwards kept by the [[Fairbairn Family|Fairbairns]]. Samwise passes the Towers, goes to the [[Grey Havens]] and passes over the [[Belegaer|Sea]], last of the Ring-bearers.'''<ref name="B5"/>
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| [[Fourth Age 67|67]] || 1488 || Death of Prince [[Elphir]]. [[Alphros]] becomes Prince of Dol Amroth.
| [[Fourth Age 63|63]] || 1484 || [[Peregrin Took]] commissions a copy of the original [[Red Book|Red Book of the Periannath]], later known as the [[Thain's Book]], at the request of King Elessar. [[Meriadoc Brandybuck]] and Peregrin depart from [[the Shire]] and travel south carrying the book. [[Faramir Took I]] succeeds his father Peregrin as [[Thain]] of [[the Shire]]. Meriadoc comes to [[Edoras]] and is with King [[Éomer]] before he dies in the autumn. Meriadoc and Peregrin come to [[Gondor]] and pass what short years are left to them in that realm, until they die and are laid in [[Rath Dínen]] among the great of [[Gondor]].<ref name="B5"/><br>[[Elfwine]] becomes [[King of Rohan]].<ref name="A2">{{App|A2}}</ref>
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| [[Fourth Age 80|80]] || 1501 || [[Harding of the Hill]] (Harding Gardner) born
| [[Fourth Age 67|67]] || 1488 || Death of Prince [[Elphir]]. [[Alphros]] becomes [[Prince of Dol Amroth]].<ref name="Elendil-223"/>
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| [[Fourth Age 82|82]] || 1503 || Death of [[Faramir]]. [[Elboron]] becomes [[Prince of Ithilien]] and Steward of the Reunited Kingdom
| [[Fourth Age 80|80]] || 1501 || Birth of [[Harding of the Hill]] (Harding Gardner), [[Samwise Gamgee]]'s great-grandson and the last head of the [[Gardner Family]] named in the histories.<ref name="C4"/>
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| [[Fourth Age 91|91]] || 1512 || Apparent death of [[Dwalin]] at 340 years of age.
| [[Fourth Age 82|82]] || 1503 || Death of [[Faramir]].<ref name="South">{{App|South}}</ref> [[Elboron]] becomes [[Prince of Ithilien]] and Steward of the [[Reunited Kingdom]].<ref name="Elendil-221">{{PM|Elendil}}, p. 221</ref>
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| [[Fourth Age 95|95]] || 1516 || Death of [[Alphros]]
| [[Fourth Age 91|91]] || 1512 || Death of [[Dwalin]] at 340 years of age.<ref name="A3">{{App|A3}}</ref>
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| [[Fourth Age 120|120]] || 1541 || March 1st: King [[Aragorn|Elessar]] dies. It is said that the beds of Meriadoc and Peregrin were set beside the bed of the great king. [[Eldarion]] becomes King of Gondor and Arnor.<br>[[Legolas]] builds a grey ship in [[Ithilien]], and with [[Gimli]] sails down [[Anduin]] and so over Sea. End in Middle-earth of the Fellowship of the Ring.
| [[Fourth Age 95|95]] || 1516 || Death of [[Alphros]].<ref name="Elendil-223">{{PM|Elendil}}, p 223</ref>
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| [[Fourth Age 121|121]] || 1542 || Death of [[Arwen|Arwen Undómiel]] in Lórien
| [[Fourth Age 120|120]] || 1541 || '''[[1 March]]: King [[Aragorn|Elessar]] dies. It is said that the beds of Meriadoc and Peregrin are set beside the bed of the great king. [[Eldarion]] becomes King of the Reunited Kingdom.'''<ref name="B5"/><br>'''[[Legolas]] builds a grey ship in [[Ithilien]], and with [[Gimli]] sails down [[Anduin]] and so over the [[Belegaer|Sea]]. End in [[Middle-earth]] of the [[Fellowship of the Ring]].'''<ref name="B5"/>
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| [[Fourth Age 125|125]] || 1545 || [[The New Shadow]] arises.
| [[Fourth Age 121|121]] || 1542 || Death of [[Arwen|Arwen Undómiel]] in [[Lothlórien|Lórien]].<ref>{{App|Tale}}</ref>
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| [[Fourth Age 172|172]] || 1593 || A copy of the [[Red Book of Westmarch]] is completed in [[Gondor]] by [[Findegil]], the [[King's Writer]].
| [[Fourth Age 171|171]] || 1592 || A copy of the [[Thain's Book]] is completed in [[Minas Tirith]] by [[Findegil]], the [[King's Writer]]; probably commissioned by an unnamed great-grandson of Peregrin Took. The copy is sent to the Shire, where it is kept in the library at [[Great Smials]].<ref>{{FR|Records}}</ref>
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| [[Fourth Age 185|185]] || 1606 || Death of [[Harding of the Hill]], [[Samwise Gamgee]]'s heir.
| ''After 171'' || ''After 1592'' || '''[[Durin VII]] is born, grows to adulthood, and retakes [[Khazad-dûm]] for the Dwarves of [[Durin's Folk]].'''<ref name="A3"/>
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| [[Fourth Age 220|220]] || 1641 || Death of [[Eldarion]]?
| [[Fourth Age 185|185]] || 1606 || Death of [[Harding of the Hill]].<ref name="Trees">{{PM|Trees}}</ref>{{rp|115}}
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| '''???''' || '''???''' || [[Durin VII]] retakes [[Moria]]
| [[Fourth Age 210|210]] || 1631 || Possible death date of [[Borlas]]' wife.<ref>{{PM|Shadow}}, p. 421, Note 14</ref>
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| [[Fourth Age 217|217]] || 1638 || Possible date when [[Berelach]], [[Beregond|Beregond's]] grandson, was given a high command, causing his visits to [[Pen-arduin]] to see his [[Borlas|father]] to become short and not very often.<ref>{{PM|Shadow}} pp. 416-17</ref>
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| [[Fourth Age 220|220]] || 1641 || Possible date for when [[Herumor (The New Shadow)|Herumor's]] [[Dark Tree|dark cult]] was active in [[Gondor]];<ref name="Shadow">{{PM|Shadow}}, p. 420</ref> the mysterious disappearance of a few Shipmen and a small vessel of the [[King's Ships]];<ref name="Shadow"/> [[Berelach|Berelach's]] [[April]] visit to [[Pen-arduin]];<ref name="Shadow"/> Borlas' later discussion with [[Saelon]] about the nature of evil;<ref name="Shadow"/> the discovery and overthrow of Herumor's dark cult.<ref>{{L|256}}</ref> '''About this time, [[Eldarion|Eldarion's]] reign as [[High King (Dúnedain)|High King]] comes to an end.'''<ref>{{L|338}}</ref>
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| ''Unknown'' || || '''[[Celeborn]], [[Círdan]], and any other Elves in Middle-earth who remember the First Age depart the Grey Havens on the [[Last Ship]].'''<ref name=prologue>{{FR|Records}}</ref>
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Fourth Age[edit | edit source]

Fourth Age
Fo.A. S.R. Events
1 1422 The Fourth Age begins in the reckoning of the Shire.[1] Birth of Eldarion, son of King Elessar and Queen Arwen.[2]
2 1423 Death of Adelard Took.[3] Birth of Frodo Gardner.[4]
4 1425 Birth of Rose Gardner.[4]
6 1427 Will Whitfoot resigns and Samwise is elected Mayor.[5] Merry Gardner born.[4] Peregrin Took marries Diamond of Long Cleeve.[5]
King Elessar issues an edict that Men are not to enter the Drúadan Forest and Shire, and he makes it a Free Land under the protection of the Northern Sceptre.[5]
7 1428 Death of Gaffer Gamgee.[4]
8 1429 Birth of Pippin Gardner.[4]
9 1430 Birth of Faramir Took I son of Peregrin Took.[3] Deaths of Merimac Brandybuck[6] and Vigo Boffin.[7]
10 1431 Birth of Goldilocks Gardner.[4] Death of Odovacar Bolger.[8]
11 1432 Death of the Saradoc Brandybuck.[6] Meriadoc becomes Master of Buckland and great gifts are sent to him by King Éomer and Lady Éowyn of Ithilien.[5] Birth of Hamfast Gardner.[4]
12 1433 Birth of Daisy Gardner.[4]
13 1434 Death of Paladin Took II.[3] Peregrin Took becomes the Thain and King Elessar makes the Thain, the Master of Buckland and the Mayor to be Counsellors of the North-kingdom.[5] Samwise elected Mayor for the second time.[5]
14 1435 Death of Olo Proudfoot.[9]Birth of Primrose Gardner.[4]
15 1436 King Elessar rides north and dwells for a while in Annúminas by Lake Evendim. He comes to the Brandywine Bridge, and there greets his friends. He gives the Star of the Dúnedain to Master Samwise, and Elanor is made a maid of honour to Queen Arwen.[5]
Death of Glóin.[10] Birth of Bilbo Gardner.[4]
17 1438 Birth of Ruby Gardner.[4]
19 1440 Birth of Robin Gardner.[4] Death of Farmer Cotton.[4]
20 1441 Samwise elected Mayor for the third time.[5] Legolas brought south Elves out of Greenwood, and they dwelt in Ithilien, and it became once again the "fairest country in all the westlands."[11][12]
21 1442 Samwise, Rose and Elanor ride to Gondor; Master Tolman Cotton acts as deputy Mayor.[5]Birth of Tolman Gardner.[4]
22 1443 Samwise, Rose and Elanor leave Gondor.[5] Death of Filibert Bolger.[8]
27 1448 Samwise elected Mayor for the fourth time.[5]
30 1451 Elanor Gardner weds Fastred of Greenholm on the Far Downs.[5]
31 1452 The Westmarch becomes a part of the Shire by the gift of the King. Many hobbits move to it.[5]
33 1454 Birth of Elfstan Fairbairn son of Fastred and Elanor.[5]
34 1455 Death of Imrahil. Elphir becomes Prince of Dol Amroth.[13]
Fastred and Elanor make their dwelling at Undertowers on the Tower Hills, where their descendants, the Fairbairns of the Towers, dwell for many generations.[5]
Samwise elected Mayor for the fifth time. At his request the Thain makes Fastred Warden of Westmarch.[5]
41 1462 Birth of Holfast Gardner.[4]
Samwise elected Mayor for the sixth time.[5]
42 1463 Faramir Took I weds Goldilocks Gardner.[5]
48 1469 Samwise becomes Mayor for seventh and final time.[5]
55 1476 Samwise Gamgee ends his seventh and last term as Mayor of Michel Delving.[5]
61 1482 Death of Rose Gamgee on Midyear's Day.[5]
On 22 September Samwise rides out from Bag End and he comes to the Tower Hills, where he is last seen by Elanor. He gives her the Red Book afterwards kept by the Fairbairns. Samwise passes the Towers, goes to the Grey Havens and passes over the Sea, last of the Ring-bearers.[5]
63 1484 Peregrin Took commissions a copy of the original Red Book of the Periannath, later known as the Thain's Book, at the request of King Elessar. Meriadoc Brandybuck and Peregrin depart from the Shire and travel south carrying the book. Faramir Took I succeeds his father Peregrin as Thain of the Shire. Meriadoc comes to Edoras and is with King Éomer before he dies in the autumn. Meriadoc and Peregrin come to Gondor and pass what short years are left to them in that realm, until they die and are laid in Rath Dínen among the great of Gondor.[5]
Elfwine becomes King of Rohan.[14]
67 1488 Death of Prince Elphir. Alphros becomes Prince of Dol Amroth.[15]
80 1501 Birth of Harding of the Hill (Harding Gardner), Samwise Gamgee's great-grandson and the last head of the Gardner Family named in the histories.[4]
82 1503 Death of Faramir.[16] Elboron becomes Prince of Ithilien and Steward of the Reunited Kingdom.[13]
91 1512 Death of Dwalin at 340 years of age.[10]
95 1516 Death of Alphros.[15]
120 1541 1 March: King Elessar dies. It is said that the beds of Meriadoc and Peregrin are set beside the bed of the great king. Eldarion becomes King of the Reunited Kingdom.[5]
Legolas builds a grey ship in Ithilien, and with Gimli sails down Anduin and so over the Sea. End in Middle-earth of the Fellowship of the Ring.[5]
121 1542 Death of Arwen Undómiel in Lórien.[17]
171 1592 A copy of the Thain's Book is completed in Minas Tirith by Findegil, the King's Writer; probably commissioned by an unnamed great-grandson of Peregrin Took. The copy is sent to the Shire, where it is kept in the library at Great Smials.[18]
After 171 After 1592 Durin VII is born, grows to adulthood, and retakes Khazad-dûm for the Dwarves of Durin's Folk.[10]
185 1606 Death of Harding of the Hill.[19]:115
210 1631 Possible death date of Borlas' wife.[20]
217 1638 Possible date when Berelach, Beregond's grandson, was given a high command, causing his visits to Pen-arduin to see his father to become short and not very often.[21]
220 1641 Possible date for when Herumor's dark cult was active in Gondor;[22] the mysterious disappearance of a few Shipmen and a small vessel of the King's Ships;[22] Berelach's April visit to Pen-arduin;[22] Borlas' later discussion with Saelon about the nature of evil;[22] the discovery and overthrow of Herumor's dark cult.[23] About this time, Eldarion's reign as High King comes to an end.[24]
Unknown Celeborn, Círdan, and any other Elves in Middle-earth who remember the First Age depart the Grey Havens on the Last Ship.[25]

References

  1. J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B, "The Chief Days from the Fall of Barad-dûr to the End of the Third Age"
  2. J.R.R. Tolkien, Carl F. Hostetter (ed.), The Nature of Middle-earth, "Part One. Time and Ageing: XI. Ageing of Elves", p. 78
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix C, "Took of Great Smials"
  4. 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13 4.14 4.15 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix C, "The Longfather-tree of Master Samwise"
  5. 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 5.12 5.13 5.14 5.15 5.16 5.17 5.18 5.19 5.20 5.21 5.22 5.23 5.24 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B, "Later Events Concerning the Members of the Fellowship of the Ring"
  6. 6.0 6.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix C, "Brandybuck of Buckland"
  7. J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix C, "Boffin of the Yale"
  8. 8.0 8.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix C, "Bolger of Budgeford"
  9. J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix C, "Baggins of Hobbiton"
  10. 10.0 10.1 10.2 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A, "Durin's Folk"
  11. J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, "The Field of Cormallen"
  12. J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A, "Durin's Folk"
  13. 13.0 13.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Peoples of Middle-earth, "VII. The Heirs of Elendil", p. 221
  14. J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A, "The House of Eorl"
  15. 15.0 15.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Peoples of Middle-earth, "VII. The Heirs of Elendil", p 223
  16. J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A, "The Númenorean Kings", "The Realms in Exile", "The Southern Line: Heirs of Anarion"
  17. J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A, "The Númenorean Kings", "The Tale of Aragorn and Arwen"
  18. J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, "Prologue", "Note on the Shire Records"
  19. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Peoples of Middle-earth, "III. The Family Trees"
  20. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Peoples of Middle-earth, "XVI. The New Shadow", p. 421, Note 14
  21. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Peoples of Middle-earth, "XVI. The New Shadow" pp. 416-17
  22. 22.0 22.1 22.2 22.3 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Peoples of Middle-earth, "XVI. The New Shadow", p. 420
  23. J.R.R. Tolkien; Humphrey Carpenter, Christopher Tolkien (eds.), The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter 256, (dated 13 May 1964)
  24. J.R.R. Tolkien; Humphrey Carpenter, Christopher Tolkien (eds.), The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter 338, (dated 6 June 1972)
  25. J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, "Prologue", "Note on the Shire Records"


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