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The Battle of the Pelennor Fields: One of the major battles in the War of the Ring, it occurred over
the days of March 13th to 15th. It was during the days of this battle
that the following happened: 
Théoden, King of Rohan was slain
Merry and Éowyn slew the Lord of the Nazgûl
The Gates of Gondor were broken by the rams of the host of Mordor
under the guidance of the Lord of the Nazgûl.
The first and second circles of Minas Tirith were set to burn by
the Enemy.
Denethor, Steward of Gondor attempted to burn both himself and his
son, Faramir. Faramir was saved by Gandalf and Beregond, but Denethor
killed himself.
Aragorn brought the fleet from Pelargir and turned the tide of battle
The Rohirrim host arrived.The forces of the West were victorious in this battle, though with
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The Battle of Helms Deep: One of the major battles in the War of the Ring, the Battle of
the Hornburg occurred on March 3rd 3019. This was a battle between
Rohan and the armies of Saruman, then known as Saruman the White.
The forces of Rohan had the aid of the Huorns from Fangorn Forest
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Battle of Bywater: The last recorded battle fought in the Shire, the battle of Bywater was fought on November 20, 3019. |
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Battle of the Five Armies: The Battle of the Five Armies occurred in 2941 of the Third Age.
This battle began between the Dwarves on one side and the Wood-Elves
and the Men of Lake-Town on the other. The Men of Lake-Town and
the King of the Wood-Elves demanded a portion of the spoils of the
Lonely Mountain after the death of Smaug, and Thorin refused them.
At that time there were only the thirteen dwarves from the quest
of Erebor. Thorin sent a message by raven to his cousin Dain in
the Iron Hills. Several days later they arrived and seeing the siege,
attacked the Men and Elves. Gandalf appeared in the middle of things
and forced a truce, during which he informed them of the approaching
army of Orcs and wargs. The Men, Dwarves and Elves allied against
the Orcs, but even so they were greatly outnumbered. Then the Eagles
arrived, as did Bëorn. These brought victory against the Orcs. However,
Thorin, Fíli and Kíli died in the battle. |
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Battle of Azanulbizar: The final battle in the war of the Dwarves and the Orcs, in which
the Dwarves, in return for an insult done to the body of Thror,
pursued an extermination policy against the orcs. In this final
battle the Dwarves had the victory, though with great loss. Thanks
to this battle, the Orc population was diminished for many years,
allowing safer travel. However, the orc population had grown back
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Battle of the Gladden Fields: The battle of the Gladden Fields was fought between orcs, guarding
the area from retreating Dúnedain after the War of the Last Alliance
and Isildur, with a small guard. Isildur was heading north towards
the passes of the Misty Mountains and Rivendell. He was ambushed
with a small guard. They managed to survive the day, but that evening,
Isildur, wearing the Ring, attempted to swim the Anduin. The Ring
slipped off his finger and he was seen by the orcs. He was shot
by their arrows and killed. However, as was later found, the area
where they were was not very deep, about shoulder deep on a tall
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Battle of the Fords of Isen: There were two battles against Saruman's forces at the Fords of Isen during the War of the
Ring, the first on February 25 3019, and the second on March 2 3019.
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The Chaining of Melkor: The imprisonment of Melkor after the Battle of the Powers. Melkor
was sentenced to 3 ages in the halls of Mandos. This was the time
period just after the awakening of the Eldar at Cuiviénen, and was
also the Noontide of the Valar. |
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The Change of the World: The removal of the Undying Lands from Arda, and the changing of
the world into the globe we know now. |
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Dagor Aglareb: The Glorious Battle. One of the major battles fought between the
Noldor and Morgoth. In this battle the Noldor were victorious and
completely destroyed the armies sent against them. |
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Dagor Bragollach:
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Dagor-Nuin-Giliath: The Battle Beneath the Stars, this was the second major battle
in the wars in Beleriand. The Noldor slaughtered two orc hosts,
but in the end, Fëanor was fatally wounded and Maedhros was captured. |
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Farewell Party: Bilbo's 111th birthday party, in which he disappeared, leaving
Bag-End and all his belongings, including the Ring, to Frodo, who
had had his 33rd birthday on the same day, and come of age according
to Shire custom. The date was September 22 3001 of the Third Age. |
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Fell Winter: The long and unusually cold winter of Third Age 2911. In the records
of the hobbits, it bears the name the Fell winter. During this winter,
the Brandywine River froze over and the Shire was invaded by wolves. |
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First War: The first war between Melkor and the Valar. This took place during
the completion of the building of Arda. Melkor fled the latecomer,
Tulkas and the Valar were able to complete their creation. |
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Great Battle: The battle that ended the First Age of the Sun. It ended with the
defeat of Morgoth and the unfortunate destruction of most of Beleriand.
It was also the last time that the Valar will have left Aman for
battle until the end of time yet to come in the Final Battle. Most
of the Eldar in Aman at that time joined the Valar for this battle. |
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The Great Journey: The journey of the Elves from the eastern regions of Middle-Earth
to Aman. This journey lasted many years and was led by the Vala
Oromë. The hosts of the Elves were in three sections, the Vanyar,
who came first, the Noldor, who were the second, and the Teleri,
who were the greatest numbers, and many left the journey and remained
in Middle-Earth, especially among the Teleri. |
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Great Plague: A plague that swept through Middle-Earth from the south-east. It
occurred in the Third Age during the years 1636 and 1637. Many parts
of the lands were deserted afterwards, and the watch on Mordor was
abandoned. The casualties included the King of Gondor and all of
his children. At the same time the White Tree died.
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Hunt for the Ring: A seventeen year search for the One Ring. Sauron involved the Ringwraiths,
orcs, and many spies in this search. Sometime between the years
2980 and 3009 of the Third Age, Gollum was captured on the borders
of Mordor and tortured by Sauron. Though Gollum did not give out
much information, he did give Bilbo's name. |
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The Hiding of Valinor: The raising of the Pelóri and the establishment of the Shadowy
Seas and the Enchanted Isles as a barrier to both Morgoth and those
of the Noldor who had left Aman against the will of the Valar. |
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The first evil of the Oath of Fëanor, and a major cause of the
eventual Doom of the Noldor. |
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The Kin-Strife: The civil war in Gondor between the years 1432 and 1448 of the
Third Age, it was fought over favours shown to the Northmen and
the fear that it was weakening the Dúnedain blood and shortening
their lifespan. The King had to flee Gondor, but ten years later
returned with an army and retook his country. The surviving rebels
fled to Umbar, where they caused trouble until the time of the War
of the Ring. |
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Last Alliance: The Last Alliance of Men and Elves. This army was the greatest
in Middle-Earth after the host of the Valar in the Great Battle.
In 3434 of the Second Age, Gil-galad, the last High King of the
Noldor and Elendil, the High King of Arnor and Gondor, declared
war on Sauron. They successfully besieged Barad-Dûr after winning
the battle on the Dagorlad. The siege lasted until 3441, when Sauron
was overthrown on the slopes of Orodruin. However, both Elendil
and Gil-galad died also. Isildur claimed the Ring, and set the stage
for the War of the Ring which ended the Third Age. |
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The Last Battle: The final battle after which Arda will be free of evil. The Halls
of Mandos will be emptied, though it is not clear what part Men
and Dwarves will have. |
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Long Winter: The winter of 2758-2759 of the Third Age of the Sun. Famine was
widespread, especially in Rohan. In the Shire, disaster was averted
with the aid of Gandalf. |
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Long Peace: Nearly 200 years of peace in the Elves war against Morgoth. It
was at this time that the Edain first came to Beleriand. |
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Nirnaeth Arnoediad: The Battle of Unnumbered Tears. The most disastrous of the battles
in Beleriand. It was this battle that ended most of the resistance
to Morgoth in northern Beleriand. This was also the first battle
in which treachery played a part as the Men of Ulfang turned on
the host of Maedhros, delaying them and preventing and effective
use of the armies. From all of the armies of the Edain, of whom
most fell screening the retreat of the armies of Turgon there was
only one survivor, Hurín. He was captured by Morgoth, and kept in
torment for many years atop Thangorodrim. |
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The Quest of Erebor: The journey of Bilbo, detailed in is memoirs, now called the Hobbit.
This tale tells about the journey to the Lonely Mountain with Thorin,
Óin, Ori, Bifur, Bofur, Bombour, Fíli, Kíli, Dori, Balin, Dwalin,
Gloín and Nori. This took place in the year 2941 of the Third Age.
A small event in this quest, though it was to play a major part
of the end of the Third Age was the finding of the magic ring in
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The Quest of Mount Doom: Frodo's quest to destroy the One Ring. This happened during the
War of the Ring in the years 3018 to 3019 of the Third Age. This
quest was successful, though with great cost for Frodo as he was
seriously injured several times, including by the Morgul Knife belonging
to the Witch-King, the sting of Shelob and by Gollum biting off
his finger, in order to get the One Ring. The full tale is told
in the book The Lord of the Rings, written by Bilbo Baggins,
Frodo Baggins and Samwise Gamgeee. |
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The Quest of the Silmaril: This came about because of Thingol's request that in order to marry
Lúthien, Beren had to gain one of the three Silmarils from Morgoth's
crown. The quest was successful though both Beren and Lúthien died
in the end. |
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The Siege of Gondor: Beginning on the 13th of March, 3019 of the Third Age, the siege
of Gondor lasted until the 15th of March, culminating in the destruction
of the Gate to Minas Tirith, the coming of the Rohirrim and of the
Grey Company, and the death of the Witch-King. The siege caused
heavy losses to the forces of Gondor and was very demoralizing as
the Nazgûl were constantly overhead and the fumes of Orodruin were
causing an evil darkness over the land. At the end, the Steward
Denethor burned himself on a pyre rather than submit to defeat as
he thought would come. |
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The Siege of Angband: A four hundred year period of the ongoing war between Morgoth and
the Eldar, this was a time of relative peace for the Eldar and the
Atani. It began after the Dagor Aglareb, and extended until the
Dagor Bragollach. |
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The Siege of Barad-Dûr: The final seven years of the War of the Last Alliance. During this
time period, Anárion was slain by a cast stone from the tower. The
siege began in the year 3434 of the Second Age of the Sun and lasted
until 3441 of the Second Age. |
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The War of the Jewels: This war lasted almost from the rising of the Sun until the end
of the First Age of the Sun. It was between Morgoth and the Eldar,
after the Dark Lord stole the Silmarils. Unfortunately it eventually
ended up with elf fighting elf, due to the the Oath of Fëanor: |
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War of the Dwarves and the Orcs: War between the Orcs of the Misty Mountains and the Dwarves, lasting
between the years 2793 and 2799 of the Third Age. It ended with
the Battle of Azanulbizar, in which the Dwarves were victorious.
The Orc population had been reduced enough to make passage through
the mountains safe for the next century or so. |
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The War of the Ring: The events of the years 3018 and 3019 of the Third Age. For more
information, see the calendar on this
site. |
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The Watchful Peace: The years between 2063 and 2460 of the Third Age. Sauron remained
hidden in Dol Guldur and the Nazgûl were quiet within Minas Morgul. |
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Books Used in this Document: The Lord of the Rings The Silmarillion The Unfinished Tales The Hobbit The Complete Guide to Middle Earth by Robert Foster
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