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Chronology of the Fellowship and Their Friends

First Age
Third Age
Fourth Age

First Age Shire Reckoning Event
510   Legolas of the Tree. Not Legolas son of Thranduil?

Third Age Shire Reckoning Event
130   Elladan and Elrohir born
241   Arwen Undomiel born
2789   Thrain leads folk to Blue Mountains
2879   Gimli is born
2890 1290 Bilbo born on September 22
2908 1308 Drogo (Frodo's father) is born
2911 1311 Fell Winter. (Bilbo is 21).
2920 1320 Primula (Frodo's mother) is born
2926 1326 Hamfast (Sam's father) is born
2931   Aragorn is born. (His mother Gilraen is 24).
2933   Arathorn II (Aragorn's father) is slain. Gilraen takes Aragorn to Imladris (Rivendell).
2940   Thorin II goes to Blue Mountains
2942   Bilbo returns to the Shire with the Ring
2951   Aragorn meets Arwen. Aragorn is 20. Arwen is 2710.
2956   Aragorn meets Gandalf. (Aragorn is 25).
2968 1368 Frodo is born on September 22
2978   Boromir is born
2980 1380 Primula and Drogo die in a boating accident (Frodo is 12)
2980 1380 Samwise is born (one version)
2980   Aragorn meets Arwen again, plight troth
2982 1382 Merry is born
2983   Faramir is born. (Brother Boromir is 5).
2983 1383 Samwise is born (one version)
2984 1384 Rosie is born
2985 1385 Estella Bolger (Merry's wife) is born
2988   Finduilas (Boromir and Faramir's mother), dies. Boromir is 10, Faramir is 5.
2989 1389 Frodo moves into Bag End. (Frodo is 21, Sam is 9, Merry is 7).
2990 1390 Pippin is born
2995   Eowyn is born
2995 1395 Diamond of Long Cleeve (Pippin's wife) is born
3001 1401 Bilbo's farewell. (Frodo is 33, Sam is 21, Merry is 19, Rose 17, Estella 16, Pippin 11, Diamond 6).
3018 1418 The War of the Ring (LOTR) begins. (Frodo is 50, Sam 38, Merry 36, Rose 34, Pippin 28, Aragorn 87, Boromir 40, Faramir 35, Eowyn 23).
3018   Gandalf falls at Moria. Aragorn knew him for 63 years.
3019 1419 The Ring is destroyed. The War of the Ring (LOTR) ends.
3019   Elessar and Arwen marry on Mid-Year's Day. (Aragorn is 88, Arwen is 2778).
3020 1420 Sam marries Rose on May 1. Frodo is ill on March 13 and Oct. 6
3021 1421 Frodo is ill on March 13.
3021 1421 Elanor (Sam and Rosie's daughter) is born on March 25
3021 1421 Frodo leaves Middle Earth for Aman. Sam returns to Bag End on Oct. 6

Fourth Age
(but Shire years continue)
Shire Reckoning Event
3023 1423 Frodo Gardner (Sam and Rosie's son) is born
3025 1425 Rose-lass (Sam and Rosie's daughter) is born
3027 1427 Merry-lad (Sam and Rosie's son) is born
3027 1427 Pippin and Diamond marry
3027 1427 Will Whitfoot resigns as Mayor, and Sam becomes Mayor of the Shire
3027 1427 Elessar declares Men cannot go into the Shire
3029 1429 Pippin-lad (Sam and Rosie's son) is born
3030 1430 Faramir, Pippin's son, is born
3031 1431 Goldilocks (Sam and Rosie's daughter) is born
3032 1432 Hamfast (Sam and Rosie's son) is born
3032 1432 Merry becomes Master of Buckland
3033 1433 Daisy (Sam and Rosie's daughter) is born
3034 1434 Pippin becomes Took and Thain. Elessar makes the Thain, the Master, and the Mayor all Counsellors of the North-Kingdom
3034 1434 Sam is mayor a second time
3035 1435 Primrose (Sam and Rosie's daughter) is born
3036 1436 Bilbo (Sam and Rosie's son) is born
3036 1436 Elessar rides north. Elanor is maid of honor to Arwen (Elanor is 15).
3038 1438 Ruby (Sam and Rosie's daughter) is born
3040 1440 Robin (Sam and Rosie's) is born
3041 1441 Sam is mayor a third time
3042 1442 Sam, Rosie and Elanor stay in Gondor a year
3042 1442 Tom (Sam and Rosie's son) is born
3048 1448 Sam is mayor a fourth time
3051 1451 Elanor marries Fastred (Elanor is 30).
3063 1463 Faramir (Pippin's son) marries Goldilocks (Sam and Rosie's daughter)

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