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Greatest Events in the Third Age

EVENTS
Arnor breaks up
Kingdom of Angmar first appears
Disaster of the Gladden Fields
Great Plague
Battle of Fornost
The kingdom of Arthedain is conquered by Angmar
The Wainriders first attack Gondor
The Moria Dwarves awaken Durin's Bane
Ruling Stewards of Gondor
Thráin I discovers Arkenstone
Nazgûl return to Mordor
Gandalf drives Sauron from Dol Guldur
Oath of Eorl
Sméagol becomes bearer of the One Ring
Watchful Peace
Battle of Greenfields
Smaug lays waste to the town of Dale and captures Erebor
War of the Dwarves and Orcs
Fell Winter
Quest of Erebor
Bilbo Baggins obtains the One Ring
White Council drives Sauron out of Dol Guldur
Smaug killed by Bard the Bowman
Sauron reveals himself in Mordor
Last meeting of the White Council
Bilbo Baggins passes the One Ring on to Frodo Baggins
Hunt of Gollum
Council of Elrond
The Fellowship of the Ring sets out from Rivendell
Gandalf fights a Balrog in Moria
Gandalf resurrected
Death of Gandalf
First Battle of Fords of Isen
Battle of the Hornburg
Battle of the Pelennor Fields
Éowyn and Merry kill the Witch-king
Battle Under the Trees
Battle of Dale
Gollum seizes the One Ring and falls into the Cracks of Doom
Downfall of Barad-dûr
Passing of the Dark Lord Sauron
Aragorn is crowned King Elessar
Saruman arrives in the Shire
Battle of Bywater
Death of Saruman and Wormtongue
War of the Ring begins
Battle of Five Armies
Elrond, Galadriel, Gandalf, Frodo and Bilbo depart for the Grey Havens
Wars, Battles & Sieges
Periods
One Ring
Quests
Councils
Smaug
Gandalf
Nazgûl
Saruman
Sauron
Oaths & Prophecies
Other Events
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