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History of Arda
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Timeline of Arda

The Fourth Age was the time period that followed the Third Age and the War of the Ring. It was a time of peace, and was also known as the "Age of Men".

Contents

• 1 History
• 2 Behind the scenes
• 3 Timeline
• 4 Translations
• 5 References

History[]

The Fourth Age began two years after Sauron's fall and destruction of the One Ring, following the final diminishing of the Elves, and within a few months after Gandalf, Elrond, Galadriel, Bilbo, and Frodo sailed for the Undying Lands. The Shire and the kingdoms of Arnor and Gondor were restored. It marked the ascent of Men and the final diminishing of the Elves. At this point, most Elves were no longer in Middle-earth; some remnants would remain, but most of them would be secluded. Mankind then became the majority of Middle-earth's people.

The allies of Sauron were greatly diminished. Harad was defeated and concluded a peace with King Aragorn II Elessar, by which Umbar, whose fleet had been completely destroyed in the mouths of the Anduin, was returned to Gondor, with South Gondor and the eastern territories also annexed. The Easterlings of Rhûn also suffered a terrible defeat as their Orc allies fled in terror from the Battle of the Black Gate. However, King Elessar and his allies such as King Éomer of Rohan warred occasionally with their enemies, fighting in the east and south to bring security to their kingdoms. King Elessar died in FO 120 and was succeeded by his son Eldarion who ruled until about FO 220. Of the kings of the Reunited Kingdom after him, nothing is told.

In SR 1482, Samwise Gamgee, due to his being a Ring bearer, sailed to the Undying Lands. Following the death of King Elessar in SR 1541, Legolas and Gimli sailed to the Undying Lands.

Behind the scenes[]

J.R.R. Tolkien said that he thought the distance between the end of the Third Age and the 20th century A.D. was about 6000 years, and that 1958 should have been around the end of the Fifth Age if the Fourth and Fifth Ages were about the same length as the Second and Third Ages. He said, however, in a letter written in 1958 that he believed the Ages had quickened and that it was about the end of the Sixth Age or beginning of the Seventh (this letter is referred to in the "Fourth Age" article of The Encyclopedia of Arda, as mentioned below).[1]

Timeline[]

The Fourth Age (in the reckoning of Gondor) began on the year 1422 of the Shire-reckoning. The Fourth Age dates can be calculated by subtracting 1421 from the dates in the Shire Reckoning, or 1420 in some cases, since the Fourth Age began on March 25. This website lists some Fourth Age dates in the FO format, as in FO 1 (as opposed to FA, which generally used for the First Age).

• SR 1427 - Peregrin Took marries Diamond of Long Cleeve.
• SR 1430 - Birth of Faramir Took, son of Diamond of Long Cleeve and Peregrin Took.
• (Date Uncertain) - Birth Of Elfwine, son of Lothíriel and Éomer.
• SR 1434 - Peregrin Took becomes the 32nd Shire-thain of the Shire.
• SR 1436 - Death of Glóin, father of Gimli.
• SR 1455 - Death of Prince Imrahil. Imrahil's son Elphir succeeds him as Prince of Dol Amroth.
• SR 1462 - Birth of Holfast Gardner, son and heir of Frodo Gardner.
• SR 1482 - Samwise Gamgee leaves Middle-earth via Mithlond.
• SR 1484 - Meriadoc Brandybuck, aged 102, and Peregrin Took, aged 94; leave the Shire to live in Rohan and Gondor; death of Éomer, aged 93. His son Elfwine ascends the throne of Rohan. Meriadoc and Peregrin lived out their remaining years and died either that year or within the next few years.
• SR 1488 - Death of Prince Elphir, son of Imrahil, 23rd Prince of Dol Amroth. Elphir's son Alphros succeeds him.
• SR 1503 - Death of Faramir, aged 120. His son Elboron succeeds him.
• SR 1516 - Death of Prince Alphros, 24th Prince of Dol Amroth, son of Elphir.
• SR 1541 - Death of Aragorn II, King of the Reunited Kingdom of Arnor and Gondor, 210 years of age and after a reign of 122 years; Aragorn's son Eldarion ascends the throne. Legolas builds a ship and sails into the west to the Undying Lands, taking Gimli (now a very old Dwarf) with him.
• SR 1542 - Death of Arwen, aged 2901.
• SR 1592 - A copy of the Red Book of Westmarch is made.
• SR 1606 - Death of Harding of the Hill, Sam Gamgee's heir and great-grandson.
• SR 1641 - Events of the incomplete sequel The New Shadow were to happen this year.

Translations[]

Foreign Language	Translated name
Afrikaans	Vierde Era
Albanian	Epoka e Katërt
Amharic	አራተኛ እድሜ
Arabic	العصر الرابع
Armenian	չորրորդ Տարիք
Azerbaijani	Dördüncü Dövr
Basque	Laugarren Aroa
Belarusian Cyrillic	Чацвёртая эпоха
Bengali	চতুর্থ যুগ
Bosnian	Četvrto doba
Bulgarian Cyrillic	Четвърта Епоха
Cambodian	អាយុទីបួន
Catalan	Quarta Edat
Cebuano	Ikaupat nga Edad
Chinese	第四紀元
Cornish	Ooj-Pajwora ?
Croatian	Četvrto doba
Czech	Čtvrtý věk
Danish	Fjerde Tidsalder
Dutch	Vierde Era
Esperanto	Kvara Aĝo
Estonian	Neljas Ajastu
Filipino	Ikaapat na Edad
Finnish	Neljäs Aika
French	Quatrième Âge
Galician	Cuarta Idade
Georgian	მეოთხე ეპოქა
German	Viertes Zeitalter
Greek	Τέταρτη Εποχή
Gujarati	ચોથી ઉંમર
Hebrew	העידן הרביעי
Hindi	चौथा आयु
Hmong	Plaub hnub nyoog
Hungarian	Negyedkor
Icelandic	Fjórða Öldin
Indonesian	Tahun ke-empat
Irish Gaelic	Ceathrú Aois
Italian	Quarta Era
Japanese	第四紀
Kannada	ನಾಲ್ಕನೇ ವಯಸ್ಸು
Kazakh	Төртінші жасы (Cyrillic) Törtinşi jası (Latin)
Korean	제 4 시대
Kyrgyz Cyrillic	Төртүнчү жашы
Latin	Quartum Aetate
Latvian	Ceturtā vecuma
Lithuanian	Ketvirtas Amžius
Luxembourgish	Véierten Alter
Macedonian Cyrillic	Четврто Години
Malagasy	Taona Fahaefatra
Malaysian	keempat Umur
Maltese	Ir-raba 'età
Manx	Eash Kiarroo
Marathi	चौथ्या वय
Mongolian Cyrillic	Дөрөв дэх эрин
Nepalese	चौथो युग
Norwegian	Fjerde tideverv
Pashto	څلورم عمر
Persian	دوران چهارم
Polish	Czwarta Era
Portuguese	Quarta Era
Punjabi	ਚੌਥਾ ਉਮਰ
Romanian	Patrulea Ev
Romansh	temps Quart
Russian	Четвёртая Эпоха
Scottish Gaelic	An Ceathramh Aois
Sindhi	چوٿين هاڻوڪو
Sinhalese	හතරවන වයස
Slovak	Štvrtý vek
Slovenian	Četrta doba
Somalian	Da'da Afaraad
Spanish	Cuarta Edad
Sundanese	Kaopat Jaman
Swahili	Umri wa Nne
Swedish	Fjärde åldern
Tajik Cyrillic	Синну чорум
Tamil	நான்காம் வயது
Telugu	ఫోర్త్ వయసు
Thai	ยุคที่สี่แห่งอาร์ดา
Turkish	Dördüncü Çağ
Urdu	چوتھا عمر
Ukrainian Cyrillic	Четверта Епоха
Uzbek	Тўртинчи давр (Cyrillic) To'rtinchi davr (Latin)
Vietnamese	Kỷ nguyên thứ tư
Welsh	Y Pedwerydd Oes
Yiddish	פערט עלטער

References[]

1. ↑ The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B

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