October 5


 * TA 2
 * Isildur, 2nd King of Gondor and Arnor, is killed by orcs in the War of the Last Alliance, after loosing the One Ring in the Anduin river.
 * The Ring is lost and so will remain for nearly 2,500 years.
 * Valandil, the only one of four children of Isildur to survive the war, becames King of Arnor.
 * Meneldil, nephew of Isildur becames -apparently de facto- King of Gondor.