Timeline of the Age of the Trees
Donated by Gildor Inglorion
The units in which the events are counted, are the Valian Years: 1 Valian Year corresponds to approximately 10 (9.582) of our years.
| Year | Facts | Rulers/Battles/Events |
| -3500 | The Valar come to Arda. Melkor and Manwë debate about Arda. | War between Melkor and Manwë |
| -2000 | Tulkas the Strong comes to Arda. Melkor flees. The Two Lamps are made by Aulë and Varda. | |
| -1600 | The Two Lamps Illuin and Ormal are set upon mighty pillars, in the North and South of Middle-earth. The Valar make the Isle of Almaren. Melkor gathers evil spirits to his service | The Spring of Arda. |
| -100 | Tulkas marries Nessa, Oromë's sister. Melkor returns in secret to the North of Middle-earth. Building of Utumno begins. | |
| -50 | Melkor attacks: Illuin and Ormal are destroyed. Lake Cuiviénen in the east and Tol Eressëa in the sea are formed. Valar attack but Melkor flees. The Valar retreat to Aman and fortificate it with the Pelóri. | End of Spring. The Sleep of Yavanna begins. |
| 0 | Building of Valmar. Making of the Two Trees. | Beginning of the Age of Trees |
| 1 | Oromë guards Middle-earth which is full of shadows (c. 26000 BC) | |
| 500 | Around this time Aulë must had made the Dwarves. Probably under the Misty Mountains | |
| 1000 | Council of the Valar about the Eruhíni. Varda makes the Stars and Menelmacar. | |
| 1050 | Varda makes Valacirca. Awakening of the Elves. Melian looks from Taniquetil, desires Middle-earth and leaves. (c. 15500 BC) | |
| 1080 | About this time the spies of Melkor discovered the Quendi and afflicted them. | |
| 1085 | Oromë finds the Elves in Cuiviénen. | |
| 1086 | Oromë returns to Valinor and tells about the Quendi. Valar make council about their protection. Oromë returns and dwells with the Quendi. | |
| 1090 | Valar come to Middle Earth and fightwith Melkor earth is shaken. Bays are created on the North. | War of the Gods |
| 1092 | Siege of Utumno begins. North is desolated and sea widened. | |
| 1099 | Gates broken. Balrogs attack and Manwë slays them. Tulkas wrestles with Melkor and chains him. | |
| 1100 | Valar return to Valinor and judge Melkor. Melkor is chained. | Age of Chaining of Melkor. Noontide in Valinor starts. |
| 1101 | Valar make council about the protection of Eruhíni. Oromë Invite Elves to Valinor | |
| 1102 | Elves are unwilling so Oromë goes and invites the three elven ambassadors, Ingwë, Finwë and Elwë (Thingol) to come to Valinor. | |
| 1104 | Ambassadors dwell in Valinor for a while. Then return and invite the Elves. | |
| 1105 | Sundering of the Elves: some refuse the summons of the Valar and stay in Cuiviénen (Avari). The Eldar depart. They pass sea of Helcar and turn west. Some are terrified by the smokes of war and leave. | |
| 1105 | Possible time of awakening of the Dwarves | |
| 1115 | The host of the Elves passes Greenwood the Great and comes to the River Anduin. Some Teleri wish to stay there. After they pass, terrified by the Hithaeglir part of the Teleri, the Nandor, go south led by Náno. | |
| 1124 | Probable time of the awakening of the Ents . | |
| 1125 | The Vanyar and Noldor come to Beleriand. The foremost of them pass Sirion and reach the shores. Oromë goes to Aman for counsel. | |
| 1128 | The unwilling Teleri come to Beleriand and dwell east of Gelion. Thingol keeps frienship with Finwë and Noldor on the west. | |
| 1130 | Thingol returning from a meeting with Finwë meets Melian in Nan-Elmoth and falls in trance. | |
| 1131 | Possible birth of Cirdan | |
| 1132 | Ulmo brings Tol-Eressëa to Balar. The Vanyar and Noldor forget their fear for the sea and embark upon it while the Teleri look for Elwë. After learning of their embark, led by Olwé, they reach shores and meet Ossé and Uinen. | |
| 1133 | The Vanyar and Noldor come to Aman and build Eldamar. Calacirya is formed, and they begin the building of Tirion on Tuna. | |
| 1140 | Tirion and Mindon Eldaliéva is build in Valinor. Some Vanyar yearn for the Trees and go closer to Valinor. | |
| 1142 | Yavanna gives Galathilion, an image of Telperion, to the Noldor. | |
| 1149 | Finwë prays to Ulmo to bring the Teleri. However Ossé is grieved and presuades some to stay with him. Cirdan with some establish the havens of Brithombar and Eglarest. | |
| 1150 | Olwé and part of the Teleri leave Beleriand. Others are still looking for Elwë and are named Eglath. | |
| 1151 | Tol Eressëa stops moving. | |
| 1152 | Elwë (Thingol) awakes from the trance. | |
| 1161 | The Teleri after the teachings of Ossé build ships. They leave Tol Eressëa and come to Valinor. | |
| 1162 | Olwé begins the building of Alqualonde with the help of Finwë | |
| 1165 | All the Vanyar depart from Tirion and Noldor stay only with Teleri. | |
| 1179 | Birth of Curufinwe Fëanáro (Fëanor), son of Finwë and Miriel. Noldor taught by Aulë start labouring and love the jewels. Rúmil makes the Sarati. | |
| 1190 | Birth of Ñolofinwe Ingoldo (Fingolfin), son of Indis and Finwë. | |
| 1200 | Probable birth of Luthien, daughter of Melian and Thingol in Neldoreth. | Second Age of Chaining of Melkor |
| 1230 | Birth of Arafinwe Ingalaurë (Finarfin), son of Indis and Finwë. | |
| 1234 ± 45 | Birth of Maitimo Ambarussa (Maedhros), son of Nerdanel and Fëanor. | |
| 1250 | Fëanor loves his skill. The Alphabet of Fëanor is designed. Elves meet with Dwarves. |
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| 1280 | Finarfin weds Olwé's daughter Eärwen. | |
| 1300 | Birth of Turucáno (Turgon), son of Fingolfin and Anairë Birth of Findaráto (Finrod), son of Finarfin and Eärwen. After Melian's advice, Dwarves and Elves begin the building of Menegroth. Dwarves are paid wih knowledge of Melian and with Nimphelos the pearl, that Cirdan caught. The Runes of Daeron are designed |
Third Age of chaining of Melkor |
| 1320 | Orcs appear in Beleriand. Dwarves make weapons for the Sindar. | |
| 1350 | Denethor with Nandor comes to Ossiriand from the south and befriends with Thingol. Peace is held in Beleriand. Daeron betters the Cirth which are adopted by the Dwarves and make them known east of the mountains. | |
| 1362 | Birth of Nerwendë Artanis (Galadriel), daughter of Finarfin and Eärwen. | |
| 1400 | Melkor is freed and repents before the Valar. | End of Chaining of Melkor |
| 1410 | Melkor dwells in Valinor and teaches the Noldor. | |
| 1440 | According to some calculations, around this time Durin the Deathless founds Khazad-dûm (c. 12000 BC). | |
| 1449 | Fëanor begins making the Silmarilli. | |
| 1450 | Fëanor makes the Silmarilli. Melkor begins spreading strife for 20 years and talking about weapons. | |
| 1490 | Valar summon Fëanor and they exile him to Formenos. Finwë followed. | |
| 1492 | Melkor visits Fëanor. Finwë warns the Valar and begin to pursue Melkor. Melkor hides and meets Ungoliant. | |
| 1495 | Ungoliant destroys the Two Trees while Morgoth kills Finwë and steals the Silmarilli. Morgoth and Ungoliant flee to Beleriand. They debate. Morgoth stays to Angband and raises the Thangorodrim. Fëanor fights with the Falmari and steals their swanships. The Flight of the Noldor begins. | FËANOR, High King of Noldor Battle of Alqualondë End of Noontide of Valinor |
| 1496 | Mandos (?) appears before the Noldor and the Prophecy of the North and the Doom of the Noldor is spoken. Finarfin returns to Valinor. | FINARFIN, High King of Noldor who stayed in Valinor |
| 1497 | Morgoth attacks Beleriand. Thingol is cut of from Cirdan and calls Laiquendi for help. Denethor is trapped and slain by orcs on amon areb but Thingol avenges him by rear destroying the eastern army. The Dwarves from Dolmed slain the retreating orcs. Cirdan with elves from Brithombar and Eglarest attack the western host but are driven back and besieged in their cities. Thingol summons his folk the Girdle of Melian is set around Doriath. The Laiquendi from now on remain hidden and had no other king. For Seven Years of the Sun, the servants of Morgoth control west Beleriand (except Doriath and the Falas). | First Battle |
| Then Fëanor crosses Helkaraxë and arrives to the Firth with the Teleri ships. Morgoth sees the fire and Orcs attack their camp at Hithlum and defeated. Their remnants were pursued till Ard-galen. The orcs besieging the havens went in aid to the others but Celegorm ambushed them near either Sirion. Traped between Celegorm and Fëanor the orcs fought for ten days, and the most perished in the Fens of Serech. The host followed the others. Fëanor who followed them at Dor Daedeloth was perished as suddenly the orcs were joined by Balrogs. He was rescued by Maedhros and other 3 sons. Fëanor dies. Maedhros met with Morgoth. Maedhros' forces were few and he was caught. | Second Battle: Dagor Nuin Giliath | |
| 1498 | Maedhros is chained in Thangorodrim. The Noldor do not depart as asked and make a great camp at Mihtrim. | |
| 1500 | Fingolfin and the rest of the Noldor come to Beleriand. The moon is made from a fruit of Telperion, the sun is made from a fruit of Laurelin. The moon rises. | Beginning of the First Age |