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* (''Early Summer''): [[Fall of Gondolin]]. Resulting deaths of [[Turgon the Wise]], [[Ecthelion of the Fountain]], [[Glorfindel of the Golden Flower]], [[Maeglin]], [[Penlod of the Pillar and the Tower of Snow]], [[Duilin of the Swallow]], [[Rog of the Hammer of Wrath]], [[Gothmog, Lord of Balrogs]], [[Orcobal]], [[Balcmeg]], [[Othrond]], [[Lug]], and possibly [[Salgant of the Harp]].
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* [[Ereinion Gil-galad]] becomes [[High King of the Noldor]]
==Midsummer==
* The [[Fall of Gondolin]]: [[Morgoth]] attacks [[Gondolin]] with an army of [[orcs]], [[dragons]], [[wolves]] and [[balrogs]].<ref name="Gondolin">{{S|Gondolin}}</ref><ref>{{WJ|Years}}, p. 351</ref>
* [[Ecthelion]] dies killing [[Gothmog (balrog)|Gothmog]], Lord of Balrogs.<ref name="Gondolin"/>
* Deaths of King [[Turgon]] and many chieftains of the [[Twelve Houses of the Gondothlim|noble houses]] of Gondolin.<ref name="Gondolin"/>
* [[Maeglin]] takes [[Idril]] and [[Eärendil]]. [[Tuor]] kills Maeglin.<ref name="Gondolin"/>
* [[Idril]] and [[Tuor]] lead a group of [[Exiles of Gondolin|survivors]] out a [[Idril's secret way|secret tunnel]] and across the [[Cirith Thoronath]]. [[Glorfindel]] dies there killing a Balrog. The exiles wander towards the [[Mouths of Sirion]].<ref name="Gondolin"/>
* [[Gil-galad]] becomes [[High King of the Noldor]].<ref name="Gondolin"/>


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First Age 510 (abbreviated to F.A. 510) is the 510th year of the Sun of the First Age of Middle-earth.

Notable events in this year include:

Midsummer

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of Tuor and the Fall of Gondolin"
  2. J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "Part Three. The Wanderings of Húrin and Other Writings not forming part of the Quenta Silmarillion: V. The Tale of Years", p. 351