Third Age 1975
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Third Age 1975 (abbreviated to T.A. 1975) is the 1975th year of the Sun of the Third Age of Middle-earth. Third Age 1975 was also known as S.R. 375 in Shire-reckoning.
Notable events in this year include:
Early
- Having learned from Aranarth about King Arvedui, Cirdan send an elven ship to Forochel to rescue him.[1]
March
- Long winter, the ice of the north didn't break yet.[1]
- Arvedui drowned in the Icebay of Forochel.[2][1]
- The palantíri of Annúminas and Amon Sûl are lost.[2][1] The Ring of Barahir stays with the chief of the Lossoth.[1]
Later
- Angmar War: Eärnur brings a fleet to Lindon.[2][3]
- The Host of the West is assembled; Glorfindel with a force from Rivendell joins them.[3]
- The Witch-king defeated at the Battle of Fornost. He is pursued to the Ettenmoors where Eärnur fails to fight him. He vanishes from the North.[2][3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A, "The Númenorean Kings", "Eriador, Arnor, and the Heirs of Isildur"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B, "The Third Age"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A, "The Númenorean Kings", "Gondor and the Heirs of Anárion"