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* [[Third Age 2980|2,980]] Adventures of [[Thorongil]] end, [[Aragorn II]] and [[Arwen Undomiel]] betrothed, [[Gollum]] meets [[Shelob]], [[Fredegar Bolger]] born, Death of [[Thengel]], [[Théoden]] takes sceptre of [[Rohan]], [[Faramond Took]] born, Death of [[Fortinbras Took II]], [[Ferumbras Took III]] becomes [[Thain]] of the [[Shire]], [[Everard Took]] born, [[Berilac Brandybuck]] born, [[Tolman Cotton]] born, Deaths of [[Drogo Baggins]] and [[Primula Brandybuck]] ([[Baggins]])<br>
* [[Third Age 2980|2,980]] Adventures of [[Thorongil]] end, [[Aragorn II]] and [[Arwen Undomiel]] betrothed, [[Gollum]] meets [[Shelob]], [[Fredegar Bolger]] born, Death of [[Thengel]], [[Théoden]] takes sceptre of [[Rohan]], [[Faramond Took]] born, Death of [[Fortinbras Took II]], [[Ferumbras Took III]] becomes [[Thain]] of the [[Shire]], [[Everard Took]] born, [[Berilac Brandybuck]] born, [[Tolman Cotton]] born, Deaths of [[Drogo Baggins]] and [[Primula Brandybuck]] ([[Baggins]])<br>
* 2,981 [[Angelica Baggins]] born, [[Merimas Brandybuck]] born<br>
* 2,981 [[Angelica Baggins]] born, [[Merimas Brandybuck]] born<br>
* 2,982 Death of [[Adalgrim Took]]<br>
* [[Third Age 2982|2,982]] Death of [[Adalgrim Took]]<br>
* [[Third Age 2983|2,983]] [[Faramir son of Denethor II|Faramir]] born, [[Samwise Gamgee]] born, [[Mentha Brandybuck]] born, [[Marigold Gamgee]] ([[Cotton]]) born<br>
* [[Third Age 2983|2,983]] [[Faramir son of Denethor II|Faramir]] born, [[Samwise Gamgee]] born, [[Mentha Brandybuck]] born, [[Marigold Gamgee]] ([[Cotton]]) born<br>
* [[Third Age 2984|2,984]] Death of [[Ecthelion II]], [[Denethor II|Denethor]] becomes Ruling [[Steward of Gondor]], [[Rose Cotton]] ([[Gamgee Family|Gamgee]]) born, [[Wilcome Cotton]] born, Death of [[Hobson Gamgee]], [[Denethor II]] begins to use the [[Anor Palantir]]<br>
* [[Third Age 2984|2,984]] Death of [[Ecthelion II]], [[Denethor II|Denethor]] becomes Ruling [[Steward of Gondor]], [[Rose Cotton]] ([[Gamgee Family|Gamgee]]) born, [[Wilcome Cotton]] born, Death of [[Hobson Gamgee]], [[Denethor II]] begins to use the [[Anor Palantir]]<br>
* 2,985 [[Pervinca Took]] born, [[Estella Bolger]] born, [[Melilot Brandybuck]] born<br>
* [[Third Age 2985|2,985]] [[Pervinca Took]] born, [[Estella Bolger]] born, [[Melilot Brandybuck]] born<br>
* 2,986 [[Bowman Cotton]] born, Death of [[Jago Boffin]]<br>
* [[Third Age 2986|2,986]] [[Bowman Cotton]] born, Death of [[Jago Boffin]]<br>
* 2,987 [[Elphir]] born, [[Mosco Burrows]] born<br>
* [[Third Age 2987|2,987]] [[Elphir]] born, [[Mosco Burrows]] born<br>
* [[Third Age 2988|2,988]] Death of [[Finduilas]], [[Tosto Boffin]] born<br>
* [[Third Age 2988|2,988]] Death of [[Finduilas]], [[Tosto Boffin]] born<br>
* [[Third Age 2989|2,989]] Death of [[Flambard Took]], [[Doderic Brandybuck]] born, [[Carl Cotton]] born, [[Eomund]] weds [[Théodwyn]], [[Balin]]'s expedition to [[Moria]] <br>
* [[Third Age 2989|2,989]] Death of [[Flambard Took]], [[Doderic Brandybuck]] born, [[Carl Cotton]] born, [[Eomund]] weds [[Théodwyn]], [[Balin]]'s expedition to [[Moria]] <br>
* 2,990 [[Saruman]] begins breeding [[Orcs]], [[Erchirion]] born, [[Sancho Proudfoot]] born, [[Peregrin Took]] born, Death of [[Herugar Bolger]]<br>
* [[Third Age 2990|2,990]] [[Saruman]] begins breeding [[Orcs]], [[Erchirion]] born, [[Sancho Proudfoot]] born, [[Peregrin Took]] born, Death of [[Herugar Bolger]]<br>
* [[Third Age 2991|2,991]] [[Éomer]] born, [[Moro Burrows]] born, [[Ilberic Brandybuck]] born, Death of [[Sigismond Took]]<br>
* [[Third Age 2991|2,991]] [[Éomer]] born, [[Moro Burrows]] born, [[Ilberic Brandybuck]] born, Death of [[Sigismond Took]]<br>
* 2,993 [[Myrtle Burrows]] born<br>
* [[Third Age 2993|2,993]] [[Myrtle Burrows]] born<br>
* [[Third Age 2994|2,994]] Destruction of Balin's colony, deaths of [[Balin]], [[Óin]] and [[Ori]], [[Amrothos]] born, [[Celandine Brandybuck]] born<br>
* [[Third Age 2994|2,994]] Destruction of Balin's colony, deaths of [[Balin]], [[Óin]] and [[Ori]], [[Amrothos]] born, [[Celandine Brandybuck]] born<br>
* [[Third Age 2995|2,995]] [[Éowyn]] born, [[Diamond of Long Cleeve]] born<br>
* [[Third Age 2995|2,995]] [[Éowyn]] born, [[Diamond of Long Cleeve]] born<br>
* 2,996 [[Minto Burrows]] born<br>
* [[Third Age 2996|2,996]] [[Minto Burrows]] born<br>
* 2,997 Death of [[Adalbert Bolger]]<br>
* [[Third Age 2997|2,997]] Death of [[Adalbert Bolger]]<br>
* 2,999 [[Lothíriel]] born, Deaths of [[Falco Chubb-Baggins]], [[Gruffo Boffin]] and [[Dodinas Brandybuck]]<br>
* [[Third Age 2999|2,999]] [[Lothíriel]] born, Deaths of [[Falco Chubb-Baggins]], [[Gruffo Boffin]] and [[Dodinas Brandybuck]]<br>
* [[Third Age 3000|3,000]] [[Saruman]] ensnared by [[Sauron]], Death of [[Wilibald Bolger]]<br>
* [[Third Age 3000|3,000]] [[Saruman]] ensnared by [[Sauron]], Death of [[Wilibald Bolger]]<br>
* [[Third Age 3001|3,001]] [[Gandalf]] begins to suspect the [[One Ring]] is in the [[Shire]], [[Bilbo]]'s birthday feast<br>
* [[Third Age 3001|3,001]] [[Gandalf]] begins to suspect the [[One Ring]] is in the [[Shire]], [[Bilbo]]'s birthday feast<br>
* [[Third Age 3002|3,002]] Deaths of [[Éomund]] and [[Théodwyn]], [[Bilbo]] comes to [[Imladris]]<br>
* [[Third Age 3002|3,002]] Deaths of [[Éomund]] and [[Théodwyn]], [[Bilbo]] comes to [[Imladris]]<br>
* [[Third Age 3004|3,004]] [[Gandalf]] begins to visit the [[Shire]] on a regular basis, Death of [[Gerda Boffin]] ([[Bolger]])<br>
* [[Third Age 3004|3,004]] [[Gandalf]] begins to visit the [[Shire]] on a regular basis, Death of [[Gerda Boffin]] ([[Bolger]])<br>
* 3,005 Death of [[Odo Proudfoot]]<br>
* [[Third Age 3005|3,005]] Death of [[Odo Proudfoot]]<br>
* 3,006 Death of [[Dora Baggins]]<br>
* [[Third Age 3006|3,006]] Death of [[Dora Baggins]]<br>
* [[Third Age 3007|3,007]] [[Brand]] takes sceptre of [[Dale]]<br>
* [[Third Age 3007|3,007]] [[Brand]] takes sceptre of [[Dale]]<br>
* [[Third Age 3008|3,008]] [[Gandalf]]'s regular visits to the [[Shire]] end, Death of [[Rorimac Brandybuck]], [[Saradoc Brandybuck]] becomes [[Master of Buckland]]<br>
* [[Third Age 3008|3,008]] [[Gandalf]]'s regular visits to the [[Shire]] end, Death of [[Rorimac Brandybuck]], [[Saradoc Brandybuck]] becomes [[Master of Buckland]]<br>
* [[Third Age 3009|3,009]] [[Arwen]] returns to [[Imladris]], [[Hunt for Gollum]], Death of [[Dudo Baggins]]<br>
* [[Third Age 3009|3,009]] [[Arwen]] returns to [[Imladris]], [[Hunt for Gollum]], Death of [[Dudo Baggins]]<br>
* 3,010 Death of Adrahil, Imrahil becomes Prince of Dol Amroth, Deaths of Bruno Bracegirdle and Dinodas Brandybuck<br>
* [[Third Age 3010|3,010]] Death of Adrahil, Imrahil becomes Prince of Dol Amroth, Deaths of Bruno Bracegirdle and Dinodas Brandybuck<br>
* 3,012 Deaths of [[Otho Sackville-Baggins]], and [[Asphodel Brandybuck]] ([[Burrows]])<br>
* [[Third Age 3012|3,012]] Deaths of [[Otho Sackville-Baggins]], and [[Asphodel Brandybuck]] ([[Burrows]])<br>
* 3,014 [[Gríma Wormtongue]] becomes chief council for [[Théoden]]<br>
* 3,014 [[Gríma Wormtongue]] becomes chief council for [[Théoden]]<br>
* 3,015 Death of [[Ferumbras Took III]], [[Paladin Took II]] becomes [[Thain]] of the [[Shire]]<br>
* [[Third Age 3015|3,015]] Death of [[Ferumbras Took III]], [[Paladin Took II]] becomes [[Thain]] of the [[Shire]]<br>
* [[Third Age 3017|3,017]] [[Gollum]] captured and taken to [[Barad-dûr]], [[Alphros]] born, [[Éomer]] becomes [[Marshal]], [[Gandalf]] reads the scroll in [[Minas Tirith]] <br>
* [[Third Age 3017|3,017]] [[Gollum]] captured and taken to [[Barad-dûr]], [[Alphros]] born, [[Éomer]] becomes [[Marshal]], [[Gandalf]] reads the scroll in [[Minas Tirith]] <br>
* [[Third Age 3018|3,018]] [[Thranduil]] assailes by [[Orcs]], [[Osgiliath]] taken, [[Gollum]] hides in [[Moria]], [[Sauron]] learns of the treachery of [[Saruman]],<br>
* [[Third Age 3018|3,018]] [[Thranduil]] assailes by [[Orcs]], [[Osgiliath]] taken, [[Gollum]] hides in [[Moria]], [[Sauron]] learns of the treachery of [[Saruman]],<br>

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Years of the Lamps

"After ages of labour beyond knowledge or reckoning in the great halls of Eä the Valar descended into Arda in the beginning of its being, and they began there their labour fore-ordained for the shaping of its lands and its waters, even from the foundations to the highest towers of the Air."
― The Annals of Aman

Years of the Trees Begin

(i) According to the reckoning by the Trees

12 hours (a full flowering of both Trees) = 1 day
1000 days (12,000 hours) = 1 year
100 years = 1 age of the Valar

(ii) Relation of the reckoning by the Trees to the reckoning by the Sun

1 hour of the Trees = 7 hours of our time
1 day of the Trees = (7 x 12) 84 hours of our time
1 year of the Trees = (7 x 12,000) 84,000 hours of our time

There are (365.25 x 24) 8766 hours in a Sun Year, and thus:

1 year of the Trees = (84,000 / 8766) 9.5824777549623545516769336071184 Sun Years

(iii) Original intention of the Valar for the new reckoning by the Sun and Moon

12 hours of moonlight + 12 hours of sunlight = 24 hours = 1 full day
700 times of sunlight and moonlight = 350 full days = 1 Sun Year
1 hour = 1/7 of 1 hour of the Trees

Therefore:

1 Sun Year would have (24 x 350) 8400 hours = (8400 / 7) 1200 hours of the Trees = 1/10 of a Valian Year (see (i) above); thus 1 Valian Year would = 10 Sun Years

The matter can be expressed more concisely thus:

1 year of the Trees = (7 x 12,000) 84,000 hours of our time
84,000 / (350 x 24) 8400 = 10

but

84,000 / (365.25 x 24) 8766 = 9.582

(iv) The dates of the first flowering of the Trees and the first rising of the Moon

The Trees first flowered after 3500 Valian Years had passed, or 33,530 Sun Years. The Moon first rose after 5000 Valian Years had passed, or 47,901 Sun Years. The Trees shone for 1495 Valian Years, or 14,322 Sun Years.

-- The Annals of Aman, Notes

Dates given in Valian Years (9.582 Sun Years)

The First Age

The Second Age

The Third Age

The Fourth Age

References

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