Return of the Noldor to Middle-earth. Death of Feanor.

Awakening of Men in Hildorien.

Dagor-nuin-Giliath.

Journey of Turgon and Finrod.

Dagor Aglareb. The Siege of Angband is set by the Princes of the Noldor.

Foundation of Nargothrond.

Completion of Gondolin. Turgon's people begin the migration from Nevrast.

Glaurung ravages Beleriand, but is driven back to Angband.

Men are discovered in Ossiriand by Finrod Felagund.

Likely year of Maeglin's birth in Nan Elmoth.

Death of Eol the Dark Elf.

Return of Aredhel and Maeglin to Gondolin.

Approximate date of the birth of Haldir of the Haladin.

Birth of Hurin Thalion, later Lord of Dor-lomin.

Approximate date for the birth of Beren Erchamion.

Birth of Ereinion, later called Gil-galad.

Birth of Larnach.

Celegorm and Curufin flee Himlad for Nargothrond. Dagor Bragollach. Breaking of the Siege of Angband. Fingolfin slain in single combat with Morgoth. Hurin and Huor are brought to Gondolin by Thorondor.

Hurin and Huor return out of Gondolin to Dor-lomin.

Capture of Minas Tirith by the forces of Sauron.

Galdor is slain in the siege of Barad Eithel.

Birth of Turin in Dor-lomin.

Beren first comes upon Luthien.

Celegorm and Curufin are exiled from Nargothrond and journey to Himring. Beren sets out from Doriath on the Quest for the Silmaril

Finrod and Beren are imprisoned in Tol-in-Gaurhoth. Finrod is slain by a werewolf, but Beren is rescued by Luthien.

Beren and Luthien recover a Silmaril from Morgoth's Iron Crown, but it is taken by Carcharoth.

The Hunting of the Wolf, and the recovery of the Silmaril.

Fingon is slain in the Nirnaeth. Turgon becomes High King of the Noldor. Huor is slain in the Fen of Serech, and Hurin is captured by Morgoth. Birth of Tuor. The Nirnaeth Arnoediad.

Siege and capture of the Havens of Brithombar and Eglarest.

Birth of Dior Eluchíl on Tol Galen.

Approximate date of the reforging of Anglachel into Gurthang.

The coming of Tuor to Gondolin. Sack of Nargothrond.

Release of Hurin from Angband. Slaying of Glaurung, and deaths of Turin Turambar and Nienor Níniel in Brethil.

Approximate date Hurin's coming to the ruins Nargothrond. There, he slays Mim, last of the Petty-dwarves.

Death of Larnach.

Approximate date of the birth of Elwing.

Death of Hurin Thalion.

Death of Thingol and departure of Melian.

Journey of Dior to Doriath.

Assault by the Sons of Feanor on Menegroth. Dior, Celegorm, Curufin and Caranthir are all slain. Deaths of Beren and Luthien.

Fall of Gondolin and death of Turgon. Glorfindel slays a Balrog in the Encircling Mountains, and is himself slain.

Approximate date of the birth of Elrond and Elros.

Tuor and Idril sail into the West in the ship Earrame.

War of Wrath and the destruction of Beleriand. Angband is destroyed and Morgoth is banished from the World.

Foundation of the Grey Havens, and of Lindon.

The Edain reach Numenor.

Many Dwarves leaving their old cities in Ered Luin go to Moria and swell its numbers.

Death of Elros Tar-Minyatur.

Sauron begins to stir again in Middle-earth.

Birth in Numenor of Silmarien.

The first ships of the Numenoreans appear off the coasts.

Eregion founded by the Noldor.

Sauron, alarmed by the growing power of the Numenoreans, chooses Mordor as a land to make a stronghold. He begins the building of Barad-dur.

Tar-Ancalime becomes the first Ruling Queen of Numenor.

Sauron endeavors to seduce the Eldar. Gil-galad refuses to treat with him; but the smiths of Eregion are won over. The Numenoreans begin to make permanent havens.

The Elven-smiths instructed by Sauron reach the height of their skill. They begin the forging of the Rings of Power.

The Three Rings are completed in Eregion.

Sauron forges the One Ring in Orodruin. He completes the Barad-dur. Celebrimbor perceives the designs of Sauron.

War of the Elves and Sauron begins. The Three Rings are hidden.

Sauron's forces invade Eriador. Gil-galad sends Elrond to Eregion.

Eregion laid waste. Death of Celebrimbor. The gates of Moria are shut. Elrond retreats with remnant of the Noldor and founds the refuge of Imladris.

Sauron overruns Eriador.

Tar-Minastir sends a great navy from Numenor to Lindon. Sauron is defeated.

Sauron is driven out of Eriador. The Westlands have peace for a long while.

From about this time onward the Numenoreans begin to establish dominions on the coasts. Sauron extends his power eastwards. The shadow falls on Numenor.

Tar-Atanamir takes the sceptre. Rebellion and division of the Numenoreans begins. About this time the Nazgul or Ringwraiths, slaves of the Nine Rings, first appear.

Umbar is made into a great fortress of Numenor.

Pelargir is built. It becomes the chief haven of the Faithful Numenoreans.

Ar-Adunakhor takes the sceptre.

Repentance of Tar-Palantir. Civil war in Numenor.

Ar-Pharazon the Golden seizes the sceptre.

Ar-Pharazon sets sail and lands at Umbar.

Sauron is taken as prisoner to Numenor.

Sauron seduces the King and corrupts the Numenoreans.

Ar-Pharazon begins building the Great Armament.

Ar-Pharazon assails Valinor. Downfall of Numenor. Elendil and his sons escape.

Foundations of the Realms in Exile: Arnor and Gondor. The Stones are divided. Sauron returns to Mordor.

The Last Alliance of Elves and Men is formed.

Gil-galad and Elendil march east to Imladris.

The host of the Alliance crosses the Misty Mountains. Battle of Dagorlad and defeat of Sauron. Siege od Barad-dur begins.

Anarion slain.

Sauron overthrown by Elendil and Gil-galad, who perish. Isildur takes the One Ring. Sauron passes away and the Ringwraiths go into the shadows. The Second Age ends.

Isildur plants a seedling of the White Tree in Minas Anor. He delivers the South-kingdom to Meneldil. Disaster of the Gladden Fields; Isildur and his three elder sons are slain.

Ohtar brings the shards of Narsil to Imladris.

Valandil becomes King of Arnor.

Elrond weds Celebrian, daughter of Celeborn.

Birth of Elladan and Elrohir, sons of Elrond.

Birth of Arwen Undomiel.

King Ostoher rebuilds Minas Anor.

First invasion of Easterlings.

Romendacil I defeats the Easterlings.

Romendacil slain in battle.

Falastur begins the line of the Ship-kings of Gondor.

Death of Earendur, and division of Arnor.

King Earnil I takes Umbar, which becomes a fortress of Gondor.

Earnil lost at sea.

King Ciryandil slain in the siege of Umbar.

Hyarmendacil conquers the Harad. Gondor reaches the height of its power. About this time a shadow falls on Greenwood, and men begin to call it Mirkwood. The Periannath are first mentioned in records, with the coming of the Harfoots to Eriador.

The Wise (the Istari and the chief Eldar) discover that an evil power has made a stronghold at Dol Guldur. It is thought to be one of the Nazgul.

Reign of Atanatar Alcarin begins.

The Fallohide enter Eriador. The Stoors come over the Redhorn Pass and move to the Angle, or to Dunland.

Evil things begin to multiply again. Orcs increase in the Misty Mountains and attack the Dwarves. The Nazgul reappear. The chief of these comes north to Angmar. The Periannath migrate westward; many settle at Bree.

King Argeleb I slain in battle with Rhudaur. About this time the Stoors leave the Angle, and some return to Wilderland.

The Witch-king of Angmar invades Arnor. King Arvaleg I slain. Fornost and Turn Gorthad are defended. The Tower of Amon Sul is destroyed.

King Valacar of Gondor dies, and the civil war of the Kinstrife begins.

Burning of Osgiliath and loss of the palantir. Eldacar flees to Rhovanion; his son Ornendil is murdered.

Eldacar returns and drives out the usurper Castamir. Battle of the Crossings of Erui. Siege of Pelargir.

Rebels escape and seize Umbar.

King Aldamir slain in war with the Harad and Corsairs of Umbar.

Hyermendacil II defeats the Men of Harad.

Many Periannath migrate from Bree, and are granted land beyond Baranduin by Argeleb II.

The are joined by Stoors coming up from Dunland.

The Corsairs ravage Pelargir and slay King Minardil.

The Great Plague devastates Gondor. Death of King Telemnar and his children. The White Tree dies in Minas Anor. The plague spreads north and west, and many parts of Eriador become desolate. Beyond the Baranduin the Periannath survive, but suffer great loss.

King Tarondor removes the King's House to Minas Anor, plants a seedling of the White Tree. Osgiliath begins to fall into ruin. Mordor is left unguarded.

King Telumehtar Umbardacil retakes Umbar and drives out the Corsairs.

The attacks of the Wainriders upon Gondor begin.

Gondor loses its eastern territories, and Narmacil II falls in battle.

King Calimehtar defeats the Wainriders on Dagorlad.

Calimehtar builds the White Tower in Minas Anor.

Gondor and Arnor renew communications and form an alliance. Arvedui weds Firiel daughter of Ondoher of Gondor.

Ondoher falls in battle. Earnil defeats the enemy in South Ithilien. He then wins the Battle of the Camp, and drives Wainriders into the Dead Marshes. Arvedui claims the crown of Gondor.

Earnil II receives the crown.

End of the North-kingdom. The Witch-kingdom overruns Arthedain and takes Fornost.

Arvedui drowned in the Bay of Forochel. The palantiri of Annuminas and Amon Sul are lost. Earnur brings a fleet to Lindon. The Witch-king defeated at the Battle of Fornost, and pursued to the Ettenmoors. He vanishes from the North.

Aranarth takes the title of Chieftain of the Dunedain. The heirlooms of Arnor are given into the keeping of Elrond.

Frumgar leads the Eotheod into the North.

Bucca of the Marish becomes the first Thain of the Shire.

The Witch-king comes to Mordor and there gathers the Nazgul. A Balrog appears in Moria, and slays Durin VI.

Nain I slain. The Dwarves flee from Moria. Many of the Silvan Elves of Lorien flee south. Amroth and Nimrodel are lost.

Thrain I comes to Erebor and founds a dwarf-kingdom 'under the Mountain'.

The Nazgul issue from Mordor and besiege Minas Ithil.

Fall of Minas Ithil, afterwards known as Minas Morgul. The palantir is captured.

Earnur becomes King of Gondor. He is challenged by the Witch-king.

The challenge is renewed. Earnur rides to Minas Morgul and is lost. Mardil becomes the first Ruling Steward.

The power of Dol Guldur grows. The Wise fear that it may be Sauron taking shape again.

Gandalf goes to Dol Guldur. Sauron retreats and hides in the East. The Watchful Peace begins. The Nazgul remain quiet in Minas Morgul.

Thorin I leaves Erebor, and goes north to the Grey Mountains, where most of the remnants of Durin's Folk are now gathering.

Isumbras I becomes thirteenth Thain, and first of the Took line. The Oldbucks occupy the Buckland.

The Watchful Peace ends. Sauron returns with increased strength to Dol Guldur.

The White Council is formed. About this time Deagol the Stoor finds the One Ring, and is murdered by Smeagol.

About this time Smeagol-Gollum hides in the Misty Mountains.

Attack on Gondor renewed. Osgiliath finally ruined, and its stone-bridge broken.

Orcs begin to make secret strongholds in the Misty Mountains so as to bar all the passes into Eriador. Sauron begins to people Moria with his creatures.

Celebrian, journeying to Lorien, is waylaid in the Redhorn Pass, and receives a poisoned wound.

Celebrian departs over Sea. Orcs and Easterlings overrun Calenardhon. Eorl the Young wins the victory of the Field of Celebrant. The Rohirrim settle in Calenardhon.

Eorl falls in battle in the Wold.

Brego son of Eorl completes the Golden Hall.

Baldor son of Brego enters the Forbidden Door and is lost. About this time Dragons reappear in the far North and begin to afflict the Dwarves.

Dain I slain by a Dragon.

Thror returns to Erebor. Gror his brother goes to the Iron Hills.

Tolbold plants 'pipe-weed' in the Southfarthing.

Isengrim II becomes tenth Thain of the Took (1) line and begins the excavation of Great Smials.

Ecthelion I rebuilds the White Tower in Minas Tirith.

Orcs renew their invasions of Eriador.

Bandobras Took defeats an Orc-band in the Northfarthing.

Rohan attacked from west and east and overrun. Gondor attacked by fleets of the Corsair. Helm of Rohan takes refuge in Helm's Deep. Wulf seizes Edoras.

The Long Winter follows. Great suffering and loss of life in Eriador and Rohan. Gandalf comes to the aid of the Shire-folk.

Death of Helm. Frealaf drives out Wulf, and begins second line of Kings of the Mark. Saruman takes up his abode in Isengard.

Smaug the Dragon descends on Erebor. Dale destroyed. Thror escapes with Thrain II and Thorin II.

Thror slain by an Orc in Moria. The Dwarves gather for a war of vengeance. Birth of Gerontius, later known as the Old Took.

The War of the Dwarves and Orcs begins.

Battle of Nanduhirion before the East-gate of Moria. Dain Ironfoot returns to the Iron Hills. Thrain II and his son Thorin wander westwards. They settle in the South of Ered Luin beyond the Shire (2802).

Orcs from the North trouble Rohan. King Walda slain by them.

Thrain II sets out to revisit Erebor, but is pursued by the servants of Sauron.

Thrain the Dwarf is imprisoned in Dol Guldur; the last of the Seven Rings is taken from him.

Gandalf again enters Dol Guldur, and discovers that its master is indeed Sauron, who is gathering all the Rings and seeking for news of the One, and of Isildur's Heir. He finds Thrain and receives the key of Erebor. Thrain dies in Dol Guldur.

The White Council meets. Gandalf urges an attack on Dol Guldur. Saruman overrules him. (It afterwards became clear that Saruman had then begun to desire to possess the One Ring himself, and he hoped that it might revel itself, seeking its master, it Sauron were let be for a time.) Saruman begins to search near the Gladden Fields.

Belecthor II of Gondor dies. The White Tree dies, and no seedling can be found. The Dead Tree is left standing.

Stirred up by emissaries of Sauron the Haradrim cross the Poros and attack Gondor. The sons of Folcwine of Rohan are slain in service of Gondor.

Bilbo born in the Shire.

Most of the remaining inhabitants of Ithilien desert it owing to the attacks of Uruks of Mordor. The secret refuge of Henneth Annun is built.

Birth of Gilraen mother of Aragorn II.

The Fell Winter. The Baranduin and other rivers are frozen. White Wolves invade Eriador from the North.

Great foods devastate Enedwaith and Minhiriath. Tharbad is ruined and deserted.

Death of the Old Took.

Arathorn son of Arador and the Dunedain weds Gilraen.

Arador slain by Trolls. Birth of Denethor II son of Ecthelion II in Minas Tirith.

Aragorn son of Arathorn II born on March 1st.

Arathorn II slain. Gilraen takes Aragorn to Imladris. Elrond receives him as foster-son and gives him the name Estel (Hope); his ancestry is concealed.

Saruman discovers that Sauron's servants are searching the Anduin near Gladden Fields, and that Sauron therefore has learned of Isildur's end. He is alarmed, but says nothing to the Council.

Thorin Oakenshield and Gandalf visit Bilbo in the Shire. Bilbo meets Smeagol-Gollum and finds the Ring. The White Council meets; Saruman agrees to an attack on Dol Guldur, since he now wishes to prevent Sauron from searching the River. Sauron having made his plans abandons Dol Guldur. The Battle of the Five Armies in Dale. Death of Thorin II. Bard of Esgaroth slays Smaug. Dain of the Iron Hills becomes King under the Mountain (Dain II).

Bilbo returns to the Shire with the Ring. Sauron returns in secret to Mordor.

Bard rebuilds Dale and becomes King. Gollum leaves the Mountains and begins his search for the 'thief' of the Ring.

Theoden son of Thengel, King of Rohan, is born.

Gandalf and Balin visit Bilbo in the Shire.

Finduilas, daughter of Adrahil of Dol Amroth, born.

Sauron declares himself openly and gathers power in Mordor. He begins the rebuilding of barad-dur. Gollum turns toward Mordor. Sauron sends three of the Nazgul to reoccupy Dol Guldur. Elrond reveals to 'Estel' his true name and ancestry, and delivers to him the shards of Narsil. Arwen, newly returned from Lorien, meets Aragorn in the woods of Imladris. Aragorn goes out into the Wild.

Last meeting of the White Council. They debate the Rings. Saruman feigns that he has discovered the One Ring has passed down the Anduin to the Sea. Saruman withdraws to Isengard, which he takes as his own, and fortifies it. Being jealous and afraid of Gandalf he sets spies to watch all his movements; and notes his interest in the Shire. He soon begins to keep agents in Bree and the Southfarthing.

Mount Doom bursts into flame again. The last inhabitants of Ithilien flee over Anduin.

Aragorn meets Gandalf and their friendship begins.

Aragorn undertakes his great journeys and errantries. As Thorongil he serves in disguise both Thengel of Rohan and Ecthelion II of Gondor.

Birth of Frodo.

Denethor weds Finduilas of Dol Amroth.

Bain son of Bard becomes King of Dale.

Birth of Boromir son of Denethor II.

Aragorn enters Lorien, and there meets again Arwen Undomiel. Aragorn gives her the ring of Barahir, and they plight their troth upon the hill of Cerin Amroth. About this time Gollum reaches the confines of Mordor and becomes acquainted with Shelob. Theoden becomes King of Rohan. The death of Drogo and Primula Baggins. Birth of Samwise. (5)

The birth of Meriadoc. (2)

Faramir son of Denethor born.

Death of Ecthelion II. Denethor II becomes Steward of Gondor.

Finduilas dies young.

Balin leaves Erebor and enters Moria. Bilbo adopts Frodo.

The birth of Peregrin. (3)

Eomer Eomund's son born in Rohan.

Balin perishes, and the dwarf-colony is destroyed.

Eowyn sister of Eomer born.

The shadow of Mordor lengthens. Saruman dares to use the palantir of Orthanc, but becomes ensnared by Sauron, who has the Ithil Stone. He becomes a traitor to the Council. His spies report that the Shire is being closely guarded by the Rangers.

Bilbo's farewell feast. Gandalf suspects his ring to be the One Ring. The guard on the Shire is doubled. Gandalf seeks for news of Gollum and calls on the help of Aragorn.

Bilbo becomes a guest of Elrond, and settles in Rivendell.

Gandalf visits Frodo in the Shire, and does so at intervals during the next four years.

Brand son of Bain becomes King in Dale. Death of Gilraen.

In the autumn Gandalf pays his last visit to Frodo.

Gandalf and Aragorn renew their hunt for Gollum at intervals during the next eight years, searching in the vales of Anduin, Mirkwood, and Rhovanion to the confines of Mordor. At some time during these years Gollum himself ventured into Mordor, and was captured by Sauron. Elrond sends for Arwen, and she returns to Imladris; the Mountains and all lands eastward are becoming dangerous.

Gollum is released from Mordor. He is taken by Aragorn into the Dead Marshes, and brought to Thranduil in Mirkwood. Gandalf visits Minas Tirith and reads the scroll of Isildur.

12. Gandalf reaches Hobbiton.

20. Sauron attacks Osgiliath. About the same time Thranduil is attacked, and Gollum escapes.

4. Boromir sets out from Minas Tirith.
10. Gandalf imprisoned in Orthanc.

All trace of Gollum is lost. It is thought that at about this time, being hunted by both the Elves and Sauron's servants, he took refuge in Moria; but when he had at last discovered the way to the West-gate he could not get out.

18. Gandalf escapes from Orthanc in the early hours. The Black Riders cross the Fords of Isen.
19. Gandalf comes to Edoras as a beggar, and is refused admittance.
20. Gandalf gains entrance to Edoras. Theoden commands him to go: 'Take any horse, only be gone ere tomorrow is old!'
21. Gandalf meets Shadowfax, but the horse will not allow him to come near. He follows Shadowfax far over the fields.
22. The Black Riders reach Sarn Ford at evening; they drive off the guard of Rangers. Gandalf overtakes Shadowfax.
23. Four riders enter the Shire before dawn. The others pursue the Rangers eastward, and then return to watch the Greenway. A Black Rider comes to Hobbiton at nightfall. Frodo leaves Bag End. Gandalf having tamed Shadowfax rides from Rohan.
24. Gandalf crosses the Isen.
26. The Old Forest. Frodo comes to Bombadil.
27. Gandalf crosses Greyflood. Second night with Bombadil.
28. The Hobbits captured by a Barrow-wight. Gandalf reaches Sarn Ford.
29. Frodo reaches Bree at night. Gandalf visits the Gaffer.
30. Crickhollow and the Inn at Bree are raided in the early hours. Frodo leaves Bree. Gandalf comes to Crickhollow, and reaches Bree at night.

1. Gandalf leaves Bree.
3. He is attacked at night on Weathertop.
6. The camp under Weathertop is attacked at night. Frodo is wounded.
9. Glorfindel leaves Rivendell.
11. He drives the Riders off the Bridge of Mitheithel.
13. Frodo crosses the Bridge.
18. Glorfindel finds Frodo at dusk. Gandalf reaches Rivendell.
20. Escape across the Ford of Bruinen.
24. Frodo recovers and wakes. Boromir arrives in Rivendell at night.
25. Council of Elrond.

25. The Company of the Ring leaves Rivendell at dusk.

8. The Company reaches Hollin.
11, 12. Snow on Caradhras.
13. Attack by Wolves in the early hours. The Company reaches the West-gate of Moria at nightfall. Gollum begins to trail the Ring-bearer.
14. Night in Hall Twenty-one.
15. The Bridge of Khazad-dum, and fall of Gandalf. The Company reaches Nimrodel late at night.
17. The Company comes to Caras Galadhon at evening.
23. Gandalf pursues the Balrog to the peak of Zirakzigil.
25. He casts down the Balrog, and passes away. His body lies on the peak.

14. The Mirror of Galadriel. Gandalf returns to life, and lies in a trance.
16. Farewell to Lorien. Gollum hiding on the west bank observes the departure.
17. Gwaihir bears Gandalf to Lorien.
23. The boats are attacked at night near Sarn Gebir.
25. The Company pass the Argonath and camp at Parth Galen. First Battle of the Fords of Isen; Theodred son of Theoden slain.
26. Breaking of the Fellowship. Death of Boromir; his horn is heard in Minas Tirith. Meriadoc and Peregrin captured. Frodo and Samwise enter the eastern Emyn Muil. Aragorn sets out in pursuit of the Orcs at evening. Eomer hears of the descent of the Orc-band from Emyn Muil.
27. Aragorn reaches the west-cliff at sunrise. Eomer against Theoden's orders sets out from Eastfold about midnight to pursue the Orcs.
28. Eomer overtakes the Orcs just outside Fangorn forest.
29. Meriadoc and Peregrin (4) escape and meet Treebeard. The Rohirrim attack at sunrise and destroy the Orcs. Frodo descends from the Emyn Muil and meets Gollum. Faramir sees the funeral boat of Boromir.
30. Entmoot begins. Eomer returning to Edoras meets Aragorn.

1. Frodo begins the passage of the Dead Marshes at dawn. Entmoot continues. Aragorn meets Gandalf the White. They set out for Edoras. Faramir leaves Minas Tirith on an errand to Ithilien.
2. Frodo comes to the end of the Marshes. Gandalf comes to Edoras and heals Théoden. The Rohirrim ride west against Saruman. Second Battle of Fords of Isen. Erkenbrand defeated. Entmoot ends in afternoon. The Ents on Isengard and reach it at night.
3. Theoden retreats to Helm's Deep. Battle of the Hornburg begins. Ents complete the destruction of Isengard.
4. Theoden and Gandalf set out from Helm's Deep for Isengard. Frodo reaches the slag-mounds on the edge of the Desolation of the Morannon.
5. Theoden reaches Isengard at noon. Parley with Saruman in Orthanc. Winged Nazgul passes over the camp at Dol Baran. Gandalf sets off with Peregrin for Minas Tirith. Frodo hides in sight of the Morannon, and leaves at dusk.
6. Aragorn overtaken by the Dúnedain in the early hours. Theoden sets out from the Hornburg for Harrowdale. Aragorn sets out later.
7. Frodo taken by Faramir to Henneth Annun. Aragorn comes to Dunharrow at nightfall.
8. Aragorn takes the 'Paths of the Dead' at daybreak; he reaches Erech at midnight. Frodo leaves Henneth Annun.
9. Gandalf reaches Minas Tirith. Faramir leaves Henneth Annun. Aragorn sets out from Erech and comes to Calembel. At dusk Frodo reaches the Morgul-road. Theoden comes to Dunharrow. Darkness begins to flow out of Mordor.
10. The Dawnless Day. The Muster of Rohan; the Rohirrim ride from Harrowdale. Faramir rescued by Gandalf outside the gates of the City. Aragorn crosses Ringlo. An army from the Morannon takes Cair Andros and passes into Anorien. Frodo passes the Cross Roads, and sees the Morgul-host set forth.
11. Gollum visits Shelob, but seeing Frodo asleep nearly repents. Denethor sends Faramir to Osgiliath. Aragorn reaches Linhir and crosses into Lebennin. Eastern Rohan is invaded from the north. First assault on Lorien.
12. Gollum leads Frodo into Shelob's lair. Faramir retreats to the Causeway Forts. Theoden camps under Minrimmon. Aragorn drives the enemy towards Pelargir. The Ends defeat the invaders of Rohan.
13. Frodo captured by the Orcs of Cirith Ungol. The Pelennor is overrun. Faramir is wounded. Aragorn reaches Pelargir and captures the fleet. Theoden is Druadan Forest.
14. Samwise finds Frodo in the Tower. Minas Tirith is besieged. The Rohirrim led by the Wild Men come to the Grey Wood.
15. In the early hours the Witch-king breaks the Gates of the City. Denethor burns himself on a pyre. The horns of the Rohirrim are heard at cockcrow. Battle of the Pelennor. Theoden is slain. Merry wounds the Witch-king of Angmar, and Eowyn gives the killing blow. Aragorn raises the standard of Arwen. Frodo and Samwise escape and begin their journey north along the Morgai. Battle under the trees in Mirkwood; Thranduil repels the forces of Dol Guldur. Second assault on Lorien.
16. Debate of the commanders. Frodo from the Morgai looks over the camp to Mount Doom.
17. Battle of Dale. King Brand and King Dain Ironfoot fall. Many Dwarves and Men take refuge in Erebor and are besieged. Shagrat brings Frodo cloak, mail-shirt, and sword to Barad-dur.
18. The Host of the West marches from Minas Tirith. Frodo comes in sight of the Insenmouthe; he is overtaken by Orcs on the road from Durthang to Udun.
19. The Host comes to Morgul-vale. Frodo and Samwise escape and begin their journey along the road to the Barad-dur.
22. The dreadful night. Frodo and Samwise leave the road and turn south to Mount Doom. Third assault on Lorien.
23. The Host passes out of Ithilien. Aragorn dismisses the faint-hearted. Frodo and Samwise cast away their arms and gear.
24. Frodo and Samwise make their last journey to the feet of Mount Doom. The Host camps in the Desolation of the Morannon.
25. The Host is surrounded on the Slag-hills. Frodo and Samwise reach the Sammath Naur. Gollum seizes the Ring and falls into the Cracks of Doom. Downfall of Barad-dur and passing of Sauron.

27. Bard II and Thorin III Stonehelm drive the enemy from Dale.
28. Celeborn crosses Anduin; destruction of Dol Guldur begun.

6. Meeting of Celeborn and Thranduil.
8. The Ring-bearers are honoured on the Field of Cormallen.

1. Crowning of King Elessar; Elrond and Arwen set out from Rivendell.
8. Eomer and Eowyn depart for Rohan with the sons of Elrond.
20. Elrond and Arwen come to Lorien.
27. The escort of Arwen leaves Lorien.

14. The sons of Elrond meet the escort and bring Arwen to Edoras.
16. They set out for Gondor.
25. King Elessar finds the sapling of the White Tree.

Lithe 1. Arwen comes to the City.

Wedding of Elessar and Arwen.

18. Eomer returns to Minas Tirith.
19. The funeral procession of Theoden sets out.

7. The escort comes to Edoras.
10. The funeral of Theoden.
14. The guests take leave of King Eomer.
18. They come to Helm's Deep.
22. They come to Isengard; they take leave of the King of the West at sunset.
28. They overtake Saruman; Saruman turns toward the Shire.

6. The halt in sight of the Mountains of Moria.
13. Celeborn and Galadriel depart, the others set out for Rivendell.
21. They return to Rivendell.
22. The hundred and twenty-ninth birthday of Bilbo. Saruman comes to the Shire.

5. Gandalf and the Hobbits leave Rivendell.
6. They cross the Ford of Bruinen; Frodo feels the first return of pain.
28. They reach Bree at nightfall.
30. They leave Bree. The 'Travellers' come to the Brandywine Bridge at dark.

1. They are arrested at Frogmorton.
2. They come to Bywater and rouse the Shire-folk.
3. Battle of Bywater, and Passing of Saruman. End of the War of the Ring.

13. Frodo is taken ill (on the anniversary of his poisoning by Shelob).

6. The mallorn flowers in the Party Field.

1. Samwise marries Rose.

Frodo resigns office of mayor, and Will Whitfoot is restored.

22. Bilbo's hundred and thirtieth birthday.

6. Frodo is again ill.

13. Frodo is again ill.
25. Birth of Elanor the Fair, daughter of Samwise. On this day the Fourth Age began in the reckoning of Gondor.

21. Frodo and Samwise set out from Hobbiton.
22. They meet the Last Riding of the Keepers of the Rings in Woody End.
29. They come to the Grey Havens. Frodo and Bilbo depart over the Sea with the Three Keepers. The end of the Third Age.

6. Samwise returns to Bag End.

With the beginning of this year the Fourth Age began in the count of years in the Shire; but the numbers of the years of Shire Reckoning were continued.

Will Whitfoot resigns. Samwise is elected Mayor of the Shire. Peregrin Took marries Diamond of Long Cleeve. King Elessar issues an edict that Men are not to enter the Shire, and he makes it a Free Land under the protection of the Northern Sceptre.

Faramir, son of Peregrin, is born.

Goldilocks, daughter of Samwise, is born.

Meriadoc, called the Magnificent, becomes Master of Buckland. Great gifts are sent to him by King Eomer and the Lady Eowyn of Ithilien.

Peregrin becomes the Took and Thain. King Elessar makes the Thain, the Master, and the Mayor Counsellors of the North-kingdom. Master Samwise is elected Mayor for a second time.

King Elessar rides north, and dwells for a while by the Lake Evendim. He comes to the Brandywine Bridge, and there greets his friends. He gives the Star of the Dunedain to Master Samwise, and Elanor is made a maid of honour to Queen Arwen.

Master Samwise becomes Mayor for the third time.

Master Samwise and his wife and Elanor ride to Gondor and stay there for a year. Master Tolman Cotton acts as deputy Mayor.

Master Samwise becomes Mayor for the fourth time.

Elanor the Fair marries Fastred of Greenholm on the Far Downs.

The Westmarch, from the Far Downs to the Tower Hills (Emyn Beraid), is added to the Shire by the gift of the King. Many hobbits remove to it.

Elfstan Fairbairn, son of Fastred and Elanor, is born.

Master Samwise becomes Mayor for the fifth time. At his request the Thain makes Fastred Warden of the Westmarch. Fastred and Elanor make their dwelling at Undertowers on the Tower Hills, where their descendants, the Fairbairns of the Towers, dwelt for many generations.

Master Samwise becomes Mayor for the sixth time.

Faramir Took marries Goldilocks, daughter of Samwise.

Master Samwise becomes Mayor for the seventh and last time, being in 1476, and the end of his office, ninety-six years old.

Death of Mistress Rose, wife of Master Samwise, on Mid-year's Day. On September 22 Master Samwise rides out from Bag End. He comes to the Tower Hills, and is last seen by Elanor, to whom he gives the Red Book afterwards kept by the Fairbairns. Among them the tradition is handed down from Elanor that Samwise passed the Towers, and went to the Grey Havens, and passed over the Sea, last of the Ring-bearers.

In the spring of the year a message came from Rohan to Buckland that King Eomer wished to see Master Holdwine once again. Meriadoc was then old (102) but still hale. He took counsel with his friend the Thain, and soon after they handed their goods and offices to their sons and rode away over the Sarn Ford, and they were not seen again in the Shire. It was heard that Master Meriadoc came to Edoras and was with King Eomer 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 Dinen among the great of Gondor.

In this year on March 1st came at last the Passing of King Elessar. It is said that the beds of Meriadoc and Peregrin were set beside the bed of the great king. Then Legolas built a grey ship in Ithilien, and sailed down Anduin and so over the Sea; and with him, it is said, went Gimli the Dwarf. And when the ship passed an end was come in Middle-earth of the Fellowship of the Ring.

First Age timeline provided by the Encyclopedia of Arda.
All other information transcribed from Appendix B, Return of the King (with some additons, as I have seen fit).

(1): The original text did not specify that Isengrim II was the tenth Thain of the Took line; he couldn't be the tenth Thain ever, since Isumbras I had been the thirteenth Thain.
(2): Added Merry's birth year as indicated in Appendix C: Family Trees.
(3): Added Pippin's birth year as indicated in Appendix C: Family Trees.
(4): All mentions of Pippin in the original text list him as Peregrin, not Pippin. So, for consistancy, I changed this mention as well.
(5): There is a discrepancy between the original text and the birthdate published in Appendix C: Family Tree. In the original text, Sam is listed as having been born in 3083/1483 (which would make him one year younger than Merry). But on the family tree, which is more than likely the correct date, lists his birthdate as 3080/1480.

This is a work-in-progress. I will likely ammend the information as time goes on.