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The Chronicle of Arda

Welcome to The Chronicle of Arda. This section of the site provides automated annals for all four Ages of the Sun and Moon. For any period of Arda's history, the Chronicle will display the events that happened in that time. Events and characters are entered into the Chronicle as they are added to the main database: like the rest of The Encyclopedia of Arda this section of the site is expanding all the time.

You can have the Chronicle look up events for specific dates by entering one or two years in the form below. If you enter two dates, the Chronicle will display events that happened between those two years. If you leave one of the dates blank, the Chronicle will display events in the century around the single year you specify.

For years after III 1601 (the year of the foundation of Shire, and therefore Shire Year 1), the Chronicle will also show years by the Shire-reckoning in a second column.

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II 1075 to II 1280
(a period of 205 years)

 • 1,664 years after the Return of the Noldor
 • 2,039 years before the Downfall of Númenor
 • 5,179 years before the War of the Ring

The Rule of Queen Tar-Ancalimë

The Second Age

1075Tar-Aldarion surrenders the Sceptre of Númenor. He is succeeded by his daughter, who becomes the first Ruling Queen, Tar-Ancalimë.
1098Death of Tar-Aldarion of Númenor, twenty-three years after surrendering the Sceptre.
1174Birth of Surion son of Tar-Anárion, later to rule Númenor as Tar-Surion.
c.1200Sauron travels in person to Eregion, to teach the Jewel-smiths there in the form of Annatar, the so-called Lord of Gifts.
1211Death of Hallacar, consort to Queen Tar-Ancalimë of Númenor.
1280Tar-Anárion succeeds his mother Tar-Ancalimë to become King of Númenor.

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