=> The greatest battles in Tolkien’s Middle Earth
- Valian Years – Years of the Lamps
. Melkor’s assault and destruction of the Lamps in Arda
. Valars leave newly formed Middle Earth to settle in Aman (West Lands)
- Valian Years – Years of the Trees
. No known battles in Aman
- Begining of the Age of the Children of Iluvatar (First Age)
. First Age of the Children of Iluvatar starts with the Awakening of the Elves at Cuiviénen in the centre of Middle-Earth (4550)
. War of the Valars against Melkor (4590-4599)
. Siege of Utumno (4592-4599)
. Melkor defeated and brought captive to Valinor (4600). After repentance, her returns to Beleriand in 4900
. The First Kinslaying (4995) – Melkor and Ungoliant kill the two Trees
. First Battle of Beleriand (4997) – Beginning of the War of the Jewels
. Dagor-nuin-Giliath (Battle under the Stars) (4997) – 2nd Battle of Beleriand
. Battle of the Lammoth (4997)
. Beginning of the Years of the Sun in 4999
- The First Age:
. Dagor Aglareb, or Glorious Battle (59) – 3rd Battle of Beleriand
. Siege of Angband (60)
. Assault upon Hithlum (155)
. Battle of Ard-Galen (260)
. Battle of Thargelion (375)
. Dagor Bragollach (“Battle of Sudden Flame”) (455) – 4th Battle of Beleriand
. Capture of Tol Sirion (457)
. 2nd battle of Hithlum (462)
. Nírnaeth Arnoediad, “The Battle of Unnumbered Tears” (472) – 5th Battle of Beleriand
. Siege of the Havens of the Falas (473)
. Siege of Amon Rûdh (486-489)
. Battle of Tumhalad, Fall of Nargothrond (495)
. Battle of the forest of Brethil (498)
. Sack of Doriath (503)
. Second Kinslaying and destruction of Doriath (506-507)
. The Fall of Gondolin (510)
. Third Kinslaying (538)
. The War of Wrath (545-587) – Last Battle of Beleriand
. The First Age ends with the cast of Morgoth into the Void (590)
- The Second Age: The age of Numenor
. Key dates of early 2nd age: 32 – Edain reach Númenor, Elros is crowned first King of Númenor. c. 500 – Sauron arises again in Middle-Earth. c. 1050 – Sauron begins building Barad-dûr. c. 1500 – the Noldor under Celebrimbor are instructed by Sauron, beginning of the forging of the Rings of Power
. War of the Elves and Sauron (1693-1700) – Conquest of Eriador
. Siege of Rivendell (1699)
. Siege of Lindon (1699-1700)
. Eastern conquest of Sauron (c. 1800)
. First appearance of the Ring Wraith (2251)
. Civil War in Numenor (3177)
. Battle of Umbar and capture of Sauron (3261) – Sauron is taken to Numenor and starts corrupting the Numenorean.
. Ar-Pharazôn sets foot on Aman, World is changed: Aman is removed from Arda and Numenor is drowned (3319)
. Founding of Gondor and Arnor in Middle earth (3320)
. Sauron attacks Gondor and takes Minas Ithil (3429)
. The Last Alliance of Men and Elves (3430)
. Battle of Dagorlad (3434)
. Siege of Barad Dur (3434-3441)
. Disaster of the Gladden Fields – Final battle, physical death of Sauron and disappearance of the One Ring (3441)
- The Third Age:
. Easterlings 1st invasion of Gondor (490)
. Easterlings 2nd invasion of Gondor (541)
. Conquest of Rhun by Gondor (550)
. The taking of Umbar (933)
. The siege of Umbar (1015-1030)
. The reconquest of Umbar (1050)
. 3rd war against Easterlings (1248)
. Nazgul appears and kingdom of Angmar formed (1300)
. Invasion of Arthedain by Rhudaur (1356)
. Conquest of Cardolan (1409)
. Kin-Strife – Civil war in Gondor (1432-1447)
. Sack of Pelargir (1634)
. Destruction of Umbar (1810)
. First Wainriders invasion of Gondor (1851-1856)
. The battle of Rhovanion (1899)
. The capture of Umbar by Haradrim, Wainriders and the Variags of Khand (1944)
. Battle of the Camp (1945)
. The Conquest of Arthedain by Angmar (1974)
. Battle of Fornost (1975) – Gondor destroys Angmar, the Witch King flees to Mordor
. The awakening of the Balrog in Moria (1980-1981)
. The Witch King challenges and Kills the last King of Gondor at Minas Morgul (2050)
. Battle of Dol Guldur (2063) – Gandalf drives away Sauron, beginning of the Watchful Peace (2063-2460)
. Sauron returns to Middle Earth, establishes in Dol Guldur again (2460)
. Smeagol becomes the 4th bearer of the One Ring (2463)
. Battle of the Field of Celebrant – 4th Easterlings Invasion (2510) – Gondor and Rohan ally.
. Battle of the Wold (2545)
. War of the Dwarves and Dragons in the Grey Mountains (2570-2590)
. Battle of Dor-en-Ernil (2746)
. Battle of Greenfields (2747) – First participation of Hobbits
. Invasion of Rohan by Dunlendings – Siege of Hornbug (2758-2759)
. Sack of Dale and capture of Erebor by Smaug (2770)
. War of the Dwarves and Orcs (2790- 2799)
. The battle of Moria (2790)
. Battle of Azanulbizar (2799)
. Battle of Crossings of Poros (2885)
. Bilbo Baggins becomes the 5th bearer of the One Ring (2941)
. Battle of the Five Armies at Esgaroth (2941) – Dragon Smaug is slain.
. Reconquest of Moria (2989-2994)
. Frodo Baggins becomes the 6th bearer of the One Ring (3001)
- The War of the Ring
. Battle of Osgiliath (June 3018)
. Battles of Fords of Isen ( February 3019)
. Battle of the Hornburg (3 March 3019)
. Destruction of Isengard (5 March 3019)
. Capture of Cair Andros (10 March 3019)
. Siege of Lorien (11-15 March 3019)
. Capture of the Umbar Fleet at Pelargir (13 March 3019)
. Battle of the Pelennor Fields – Defense of Minas Tirith (15 March 3019)
. Battle under the Trees of Battle of Mirkwood (15 March 3019)
. Battle of Dale (17 March 3019)
. Battle of Dol Guldur (March 3019)
. Samwise Gamgee becomes the 7th and last bearer of the One Ring (March 3019)
. Battle of the Morannon – Destruction of the One Ring and of Sauron
(25 March 3019)
. Battle of Bywater (3 November 3019) – Death of Saruman
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