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* [[Gollum]] is released from [[Mordor]]. He is taken by [[Aragorn]] in the [[Dead Marshes]], and brought to [[Thranduil]] in [[Mirkwood]].  
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*[[Gandalf]] visits [[Minas Tirith]] and reads the [[scroll of Isildur]].
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==January==
* [[Gollum]] is released from [[Mordor]].<ref name="TA">{{App|TA}}</ref> <ref group=note>The source doesn't mention January specifically, but it is easily deduced since Gollum was captured on the 1st of the second month.</ref>
==February==
* '''1''' - [[Aragorn]] captures [[Gollum]] in the [[Dead Marshes]].<ref name="Hunt">{{UT|Hunt}}</ref><ref name="TA"/>
==February/March==
* On his way to Mirkwood, Aragorn crosses the [[Anduin]] assisted by the [[Beornings]].<ref>{{UT|10}}, "(ii) Other Versions of the Story"</ref>
* [[Gandalf]] visits [[Minas Tirith]] and reads the [[scroll of Isildur]].<ref name="TA"/> He then leaves for [[the Shire]].<ref name=council>{{FR|Council}}</ref>
* On his way northwards, Gandalf gets word from [[Lothlórien]] that Aragorn passed by with captured Gollum, and changes his course to meet him.<ref name=council/>


==References==
==March==
* [[The Lord of the Rings]], [[The Return of the King]], [[Appendix B]]
* '''21''' - [[Aragorn]] brings Gollum to [[Thranduil]] in [[Mirkwood]].<ref name="Hunt"/><ref name="TA"/>
* '''23''' - Gandalf comes to Thranduil and questions Gollum.<ref name="Hunt"/>
* '''29''' - Gandalf leaves Mirkwood and resumes his course west for [[Hobbiton]].<ref name="Hunt"/>


==Unknown==
* Birth of [[Alphros]], son of [[Elphir]], [[Prince of Dol Amroth]].<ref>{{PM|Elendil}}, The Line of Dol Amroth, p. 221</ref>
* [[Éomer]] becomes [[Third Marshal of the Riddermark]].<ref>{{App|Mark}}, ''Third Line''</ref>
==Other versions of the legendarium==
The dates concerning Gollum are taken from ''[[The Hunt for the Ring]]'' in the ''[[Unfinished Tales]]'', where those events are said to take place a year later, in 3018; however the published ''[[The Tale of Years]]'' ([[Appendix B]]) places the capture in the year 3017. According to Hammond and Scull, Tolkien changed the date because he probably thought that more time was needed between the capture of Gollum and the arrival of Gandalf in Hobbiton (12 April, 3018).<ref>{{HM|RC}}, pp. 717-718</ref> This article reflects Tolkien's later decision, but uses the exact dates from ''The Hunt for the Ring''.
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[[Category:Third Age years|3, Third Age 3017]]
[[Category:Third Age years|3, Third Age 3017]]

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Third Age 3017 (abbreviated to T.A. 3017) is the 3017th year of the Sun of the Third Age of Middle-earth. Third Age 3017 was also known as S.R. 1417 in Shire-reckoning.

Notable events in this year include:

January[edit | edit source]

February[edit | edit source]

February/March[edit | edit source]

March[edit | edit source]

Unknown[edit | edit source]

Other versions of the legendarium[edit | edit source]

The dates concerning Gollum are taken from The Hunt for the Ring in the Unfinished Tales, where those events are said to take place a year later, in 3018; however the published The Tale of Years (Appendix B) places the capture in the year 3017. According to Hammond and Scull, Tolkien changed the date because he probably thought that more time was needed between the capture of Gollum and the arrival of Gandalf in Hobbiton (12 April, 3018).[7] This article reflects Tolkien's later decision, but uses the exact dates from The Hunt for the Ring.

Notes

  1. The source doesn't mention January specifically, but it is easily deduced since Gollum was captured on the 1st of the second month.

References