Third Age Notes: The End of an Age

Here are some of the last of the chief events of the Third Age. Again, some of these may have been covered but I find that Tolkien uses great imagery in his highlights and they are fun read:

• March 27th, 3019, "Bard II and Thorin III Stonehelm drive the enemy from Dale" (p. 376, The Return of the King)
• March 28th, 3019, "Celeborn crosses Anduin; destruction of Dol Guldur begins" (p. 376, The Return of the King)
• April 6th, 3019, "Meeting of Celeborn and Thranduil" (p. 376, The Return of the King)
• August 28th, 3019, Frodo, Merry, Pippin, Sam and others meet Saruman. He travels toward the Shire after they depart
• September 22nd, 3019, Saruman arrives at the Shire (Frodo and Bilbo's birthday)
• November 3rd, 3019, "Battle of Bywater, and Passing of Saruman. End of the War of the Ring" (p. 377, The Return of the King)
• May 1st, 3020, Sam marries Rosie Cotton
• March 25th, 3021, (In the Gondorian calendar this day marked year one of the Fourth Age) Birth of Elanor the Fair to Rosie and Sam. "She became known as 'the Fair' because of her beauty; many said that she looked more like an elf-maid than a hobbit" (p. 377, The Return of the King)
• September 29th, 3021, "Frodo and Bilbo depart over the Sea with the Three Keepers. The end of the Third Age" (p. 377, The Return of the King)

Middle-earth timeline: Third Age, March 27th 3019-September 29th, 3021

Today's reading comes from: The Return of the King, pages 376-377