Timeline (Earth-4552)/Third Age

The Third Age, often abbreviated to T.A., began after the first downfall of Sauron, when he was defeated by the Last Alliance of Elves and Men following the downfall of Númenor.

This age was characterized by the instability, uneasy peace and polictical turmoil in the Men city-states of Middle-Earth, the slow recovery of Sauron's power by new servants, namely the Akatsuki, and, also known as the Fading Years, the waning of the Elves.

It lasted for 4021 years, until Sauron was again defeated, this time finally, when his Ruling Ring was destroyed.

2

 * Isildur plants a Sapling of the White Tree in Minas Anor.
 * Death of Isildur - and his sons Elendur, Aratan and Ciryon - in the Battle of the Gladden Fields. The One Ring is lost.

3

 * Ohtar brings Shards of Narsil to Imladris.

10

 * Valandil, now at the age of 21, becomes the third Lord of Arnor.

388

 * Kon is born.

400

 * Moira is born.

454

 * Wander is born.
 * Wander's parents sets to the Fifth Great War, where they are slain by a young Tywin Lannister. Wander is then took in the tutelage of his grandmother, Moira.

489

 * In response to the king's murder of Rickard and Brandon Stark, the new Lord of Winterfell, Eddard Stark, raises the banners of the North. Robert Baratheon, Lord of Storm's End and betrothed to Lyanna, joins the rebellion, raising the banners of the Stormlands.
 * Lord Jon Arryn of the Vale, a mentor to both Robert and Eddard, does the same.
 * Lord Hoster Tully of Riverrun, who had planned to marry his daughter Catelyn to Brandon Stark, instead agrees to marry her to Eddard in exchange for his support in war. In addition, he marries his second daughter Lysa to Jon Arryn to shore up the alliance.
 * The Stark, Tully, and Arryn armies begin gathering north of the Trident, but Robert's forces are cut off far to the south. Leaving his brother Stannis to hold Storm's End, Robert marches his army north-west through enemy territory. He is defeated at the Battle of Ashford by Tyrell forces loyal to the king, but manages to cross the Trident and link up with the other rebels, while Lord Mace Tyrell besieges Storm's End for a year. Each side consolidates for a major showdown.

490

 * First invasion of Easterlings.