Final Notes on the Second Age

In the appendix The Return of the King J.R.R. Tolkien gave a timeline for the Second Age. Today as I thought I would read through it and make note of any items I may have missed before moving on to the Third Age of Middle-earth. So here goes:

• In year one the Grey Havens and Lindon were begun. The abode of Círdan and Gil-galad
• Circa 40 Second Age many Dwarves left to dwell in Moria
• Circa 500 Sauron begins to stir
• Circa 1000 Sauron chooses Mordor as his stronghold
• 1200, Númenóreans begin to make permanent settlements in Middle-earth
• Circa 1590 the Three Elven Rings are created
• Circa 1600, Sauron forges the One Ring
• 1697, after war with Sauron the doors of Moria are shut and Elrond established the haven of Rivendell
• Circa 1800 "From about this time on the Númenóreans begin to establish dominions on the coasts" (P. 364, The Return of the King)
• 2251, Around this time the Ringwraiths or Nazgûl first appear
• 2350 Pelagir is built and this is the haven of the Faithful of Númenor
• 3175, "Civil war in Númenor" (p. 364, The Return of the King). This was during Tar-Palantir's reign who had repented of the ways of the King's Men. And while it's noted earlier that his younger brother opposed him this is the only note I've found of civil war.
• 3262 Sauron taken "prisoner" to Númenor, not even 50 years later he has corrupted the majority of the Númenóreans.
• 3319, Downfall of Númenor
• 3429, Sauron makes war on the Faithful exiles in Gondor
• 3430 The Last Alliance is formed
• 3434 The Battle of Dagorlad results in the defeat of Sauron's forces and the siege of Barad-dûr begins
• 3440 Anárion, son of Elendil, is killed in the siege
• 3441 "Sauron overthrown by Elendil and Gil-galad, who perish. Isildur takes the One Ring. Sauron passes away and the Ringwraiths go into the shadows. The Second Age ends" (p. 365, The Return of the King).

Today's reading comes from: The Return of the King, pages 363-365