Third Age 2759
From Tolkien Gateway
- The Long Winter ends. Great suffering and loss of life in Eriador and Rohan.[1][2]
- The Days of Dearth, a dreadful famine in The Shire, continues.[3]
- Death of Thain Isumbras Took III[4]
- Ferumbras Took II, son of Isumbras Took III, becomes the twenty-fourth Thain of the Shire.[4]
- Death of King Helm Hammerhand of Rohan.[2]
- Fréaláf, son of King Helm, slays Wulf and becomes the tenth king,[2] starting the second line of Kings of the Mark.[1]
- Saruman takes up his abode in Isengard.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B, "The Third Age"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A, "The House of Eorl", "The Kings of the Mark"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, "Prologue", "Concerning Hobbits"
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix C, "Took of Great Smials"
