Second Age

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Arda during the Second Age

The Second Age was the time-period of Arda that began after the climactic banishment of Morgoth into the Void by the Lords of the West (the Valar) and ended with the defeat of Sauron and his army by the Last Alliance of Elves and Men, a century after the Downfall of Númenor.

History

The Second Age lasted for 3,441 years in total. This age was characterized by the rise (eventually with increased insolence) of Númenor, and Sauron in Middle-earth, the emergence of the Ringwraiths, and the early wars of the Rings between Sauron and the Elves. The One Ring came into existence during this period.

Timeline

Year	Events
SA 1	Foundation of the Grey Havens under Círdan, and Lindon, the Ñoldorin Kingdom under Gil-galad.
32	Edain reach Númenor, Elros assumes the Sceptre as first King of Númenor.
c. 40	Many Dwarves abandon the ruined cities of Belegost and Nogrod in the Blue Mountains and join Durin's Folk in Khazad-dûm (bore it was named Moria).
61	Birth of Vardamir Nólimon, eldest child of Elros. Subsequently three more children are born.
192	Birth of Tar-Amandil.
222	Birth of Nolondil.
300	Birth of Celebrían.
350	Birth of Tar-Elendil.
361	Birth of Eärendur of Númenor.
442	Elros, also known as Tar-Minyatur, dies. Vardamir Nólimon succeeds to the throne but abdicates immediately. Tar-Amandil becomes third King of Númenor.
c. 500	Sauron arises again in Middle-earth.
521	Silmariën is born in Númenor, line of Lords of Andúnië splits off from the line of Kings.
532	Isilmë, sister of Silmariën, born.
543	Meneldur, brother of Silmariën, born.
590	Tar-Elendil becomes fourth King of Númenor.
600	First ships of the Númenóreans sail to Middle-earth.
700	Anardil born.
740	Tar-Meneldur becomes fifth King of Númenor.
750	The Ñoldor found the realm of Eregion near Khazad-dûm.
870	Anardil weds Erendis.
873	Ancalimë born.
882	Anardil and Erendis separate.
883	Tar-Aldarion becomes sixth King of Númenor.
985	Death of Erendis by drowning.
c. 1000	Sauron begins building Barad-dûr.
1075	Tar-Ancalimë becomes the first Ruling Queen and seventh ruler of Númenór.
c. 1200	Sauron deceives the Ñoldor in Eregion, but Gil-galad mistrusts him; the Númenóreans begin building permanent havens in Middle-earth at Lond Daer Enedh and other places.
1280	Tar-Anárion becomes seventh King of Númenor.
c. 1350	Celeborn and Galadriel, together with their daughter Celebrían, emigrate from Eregion to Lothlórien. Celebrimbor becomes lord of Eregion.
1394	Tar-Súrion becomes eighth King of Númenor.
c. 1500	The Ñoldor under Celebrimbor are instructed by Sauron, beginning of the forging of the Rings of Power.
1556	Tar-Telperiën becomes the second Queen and tenth ruler of Númenor.
c. 1600	Forging of the One Ring. Barad-dûr completed. Celebrimbor perceives Sauron's treachery. Glorfindel is reinstated to Middle-earth by Manwë, with Maia-like powers.
1693	War of the Elves and Sauron begins. The Three Rings are hidden.
1695	Elrond sent to Eregion as lieutenant of Gil-galad.
1697	Eregion destroyed. Elrond establishes the refuge of Rivendell. Celebrimbor dies.
1699	Rivendell and Lindon besieged.
1700	Minastir sends a great navy under Ciryatur to Lindon and he is victorious at the Battle of the Gwathló. Sauron's forces retreat from Eriador and are practically destroyed.
1731	Tar-Minastir becomes eleventh King of Númenor.
c. 1800	Númenor begins establishing permanent settlements in Middle-earth.
1869	Tar-Ciryatan becomes twelfth King of Númenor.
2029	Tar-Atanamir the Great becomes thirteenth King of Númenor but is hostile to the Valar. The Elendili or the "Faithful" still receive the Elves in secret.
2221	Tar-Ancalimon becomes fourteenth King of Númenor. The people of Númenor become separated into two parties; The King's Men and the Faithful.
2251	The Nazgûl first appear.
2280	Umbar is founded by the Númenóreans.
2350	Pelargir is built by the Faithful.
2386	Tar-Telemmaitë becomes fifteenth King of Númenor.
2526	Tar-Vanimeldë becomes third Queen and sixteenth ruler of Númenor.
2637	Herucalmo seizes the throne and rules as "Tar-Anducal", but is not counted in the list of kings.
2657	Tar-Alcarin becomes seventeenth King of Númenor.
2737	Tar-Calmacil becomes eighteenth King of Númenor.
2899	Ar-Adûnakhôr becomes twentieth King of Númenor and the first to take his royal name in Adûnaic, the Númenórean language, instead of Quenya, the high language of the Elves. He bans people from using the Elvish languages around him.
2962	Ar-Zimrathôn becomes twenty-first King of Númenor.
3033	Ar-Sakalthôr becomes twenty-second King of Númenor.
3102	Ar-Gimilzôr becomes twenty-third King of Númenor.
c. 3110	Usage of Elvish languages and contact with the Elves prohibited in Númenor.
3119	Birth of Elendil.
3177	Tar-Palantir becomes twenty-fourth King of Númenor, he repents, resulting in civil unrest in Númenor.
3209	Birth of Isildur
3219	Birth of Anárion.
3243	Death of Gimilkhâd, at 198 years old.
3255	Ar-Pharazôn the Golden weds his first-cousin Míriel, the daughter of Tar-Palantir, and seizes the throne of Númenor.
3261	Ar-Pharazôn sails to Middle-earth landing at Umbar, and takes Sauron captive.
3262	Sauron is taken as prisoner to Númenor, but begins corrupting the Númenóreans further.
c. 3265	Sauron becomes Ar-Pharazôn's court advisor.
3299	Elendur, eldest son of Isildur is born. Between SA 3262 and this year, Sauron establishes himself as high priest of Melkor, "Lord of the Dark". The Faithful are openly persecuted and sacrificed to Melkor. Isildur steals a fruit from Nimloth. The White Tree is felled and burnt in the Temple for Morgoth thereafter.
3310	At Sauron's instigation, Ar-Pharazôn begins building the Great Armament.
3318	Birth of Meneldil, fourth child of Anárion and last man born in Númenor.
3319	Ar-Pharazôn sets foot on Aman; the World is Changed: Aman and Tol Eressëa are removed from Arda, Númenor is drowned, and the world is made round. Elendil and his sons arrive on the shores of Middle-earth.
3320	Founding of Gondor and Arnor as realms-in-exile by Elendil and his sons, Isildur and Anárion. Umbar remains a stronghold of the King's Men, now the Black Númenóreans.
3339	Aratan, second son of Isildur born in Gondor.
3379	Ciryon, third son of Isildir born in Minas Ithil.
3429	Sauron's forces launch a surprise attack and capture Minas Ithil, burning the White Tree. Isildur sails to Arnor while Anárion defends Osgiliath. The War of the Last Alliance begins.
3430	The Last Alliance of Elves and Men is formed.
3434	Sauron's forces are defeated in the Battle of Dagorlad. Siege of Barad-dûr begins. Oropher and Amdír are slain.
3440	Anárion is slain.
SA 3441	Elendil and Gil-galad perish in single combat with Sauron. Isildur defeats Sauron by taking the shards of his father's sword Narsil and cutting the One Ring from Sauron's finger, destroying Sauron's physical form and winning the war. In the aftermath of the War many Elves of Gil-galad's following depart to Valinor: end of the Ñoldorin realms in Middle-earth.

Translations

Foreign Language	Translated name
Afrikaans	Tweede Era
Albanian	Mosha e Dytë
Armenian	Երկրորդ Տարիքը
Arabic	العصر الثاني
Assamese	দ্বিতীয় যুগ
Azerbaijani	Ikinci Yaş
Belarusian Cyrillic	Другой Эпохі
Basque	Bigarren Adina
Bengali	ব্যবহৃত বয়স
Bosnian	Drugoj Starosnoj
Bulgarian Cyrillic	Втората епоха
Burmese	ဒုတိယအခေတ်
Cambodian	ទីពីរកាលសម័យ
Catalan	Segona Edat
Chinese (Hong Kong)	第二紀元
Cornish	Ooj Nessa
Croatian	Drugo doba
Czech	Druhý Věk
Danish	Anden Alder
Dutch	Tweede Era
Esperanto	Dua Aĝo
Estonian	Teine Ajastu
Finnish	Toinen aika
Filipino	Pangalawang Edad
French	Deuxième Âge
Galician	Segunda Idade
Georgian	მეორე ეპოქა
German	Zweites Zeitalter
Greek	Δεύτερη Εποχή
Gujarati	બીજા ઉંમર
Haitian Creole	Dezyèm Laj
Hebrew	העידן השני
Hindi	दूसरा आयु
Hungarian	Másodkor
Irish Gaelic	Dara Aois
Italian	Seconda Era
Japanese	第二紀
Kannada	ಸೆಕೆಂಡ್ ಏಜ್
Kazakh	Екінші Жасы (Cyrillic) Ekinşi Jası (Latin)
Korean	제2시대
Kyrgyz Cyrillic	Экинчи Жашы
Laotian	ຍຸກທີສອງ
Latin	Aetas Secunda
Latvian	Otrā Ēra
Lithuanian	Antroje Amžiaus
Lombard	Segonda Età
Luxembourgish	Zweeten Zäitalter
Macedonian Cyrillic	Второто Доба
Maithili	द्वितीय युग
Malagasy	Faharoa Taona
Malaysian	Kedua Umur
Marathi	दुसरे वय
Mongolian Cyrillic	Хоёр дахь Нас
Nepalese	दोस्रो आयु
Norwegian (Bokmål)	Andre Tideverv
Occitan	Edat Segonda
Pashto	دوهم عمر
Persian	دوران دوم
Polish	Druga Era
Punjabi	ਦੂਜੀ ਉਮਰ
Romanian	Doilea Ev
Russian	Вторая Эпоха
Scottish Gaelic	Dàrna Aois
Serbian	Друга доба (Cyrillic) Druga Doba (Latin)
Sinhalese	දෙවන යුගය
Spanish	Segunda Edad
Slovenian	Drugo Starostno
Slovak	Druhý vek
Somali	Labaad Da'da
Swahili	Umri wa pili
Swedish	Andra Åldern
Tajik Cyrillic	Синну дуюм
Tamil	இரண்டாம் வயது
Telugu	రెండవ వయసు
Thai	ยุคที่สอง
Turkish	İkinci Çağ
Turkmen	Ikinji Döwür
Ukrainian Cyrillic	Друга епоха
Urdu	دوسرا عمر
Uyghur	ئىككىنچى دەۋر
Uzbek	Иккинчи Йош (Cyrillic) Ikkinchi Yosh (Latin)
Welsh	Yr Ail Oes
Yiddish	רגע עלטער