First Age 472 (abbreviated to F.A. 472) is the 472nd year of the Sun of the First Age of Middle-earth. This year is also known as the Year of Lamentation.
Notable events in this year include:
Spring
Midsummer
- The Fifth Battle of Beleriand: Nirnaeth Arnoediad (Battle of Unnumbered Tears). The army of elves, men and dwarves are betrayed by Ulfang causing their defeat. The armies suffer heavy losses in the face of Morgoth's orcs, dragons and balrogs.[3]
- Fingon dies in battle with Gothmog, Lord of Balrogs.[3]
- Azaghâl dies in battle with Glaurung.[3]
- Deaths of Huor, Hundar, Haldir, Gelmir, Uldor, Ulfast, Ulwarth, Borlach, Borlad and Borthand.[3]
- Húrin and Gwindor are captured. Húrin refuses to tell Morgoth the location of Gondolin; Morgoth taunts Húrin at the Haudh-en-Ndengin.[4]
- Turgon succeeds Fingon as High King of the Noldor in Middle-earth and returns to Gondolin.[3]
Late
- Birth of Tuor. Rían commits Tuor to the care of the elf Annael.[5]
- Rían goes to the Haudh-en-Nirnaeth and dies.[5]
- Death of Glóredhel.[6]
- Túrin sent to Doriath by his mother Morwen.[7]
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "Part One. The Grey Annals": Note on §216
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Children of Húrin, "The Childhood of Túrin", p. 50
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of the Fifth Battle: Nirnaeth Arnoediad"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "Narn i Hîn Húrin (The Tale of the Children of Húrin)", "The Words of Húrin and Morgoth"
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "Part One. The Grey Annals": §251
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "Part Two. The Later Quenta Silmarillion: Of the Coming of Men into the West (Chapter 14)", p. 234
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Children of Húrin, "The Departure of Túrin", p. 70