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==Events==

*'''[[:Category:Chronology:Lord of the Rings|Lord of the Rings]]:''' '''c. 7073 BC ([[Second Age of Middle-Earth|II]] 3429).''' [[Sauron]]'s armies attack [[Gondor]], seizing [[Minas Ithil]] and burning the [[White Tree]]. [[Isildur]] escapes to [[Elendil]]. [[Anarion]] mounts a defense of [[Minas Anor]] and [[Osgiliath]]. (''The Return of the King'')

*'''[[:Category:Chronology:Lord of the Rings|Lord of the Rings]]:''' '''c. 7072 BC ([[Second Age of Middle-Earth|II]] 3430).''' The [[Last Alliance]] is formed to oppose Sauron. (''The Return of the King'')

*'''[[:Category:Chronology:Lord of the Rings|Lord of the Rings]]:''' '''c. 7071 BC ([[Second Age of Middle-Earth|II]] 3431).''' [[Gil-galad]] and Elendil march to [[Imladris]]. (''The Return of the King'')

*'''[[:Category:Chronology:Lord of the Rings|Lord of the Rings]]:''' '''c. 7068 BC ([[Second Age of Middle-Earth|II]] 3434).''' The Last Alliance crosses the [[Misty Mountains]]; Sauron's forces are defeated in the [[Battle of Dagorlad]]. A siege of [[Barad-dur]] begins. (''The Return of the King'')

*'''[[:Category:Chronology:Lord of the Rings|Lord of the Rings]]:''' '''c. 7062 BC ([[Second Age of Middle-Earth|II]] 3440).''' Anarion is slain. (''The Return of the King'')

*'''[[:Category:Chronology:Lord of the Rings|Lord of the Rings]]:''' '''c. 7061 BC ([[Second Age of Middle-Earth|II]] 3441/[[Third Age of Middle-Earth|III]] 1).''' The Last Alliance destroys Sauron (temporarily), but Elendil and Gil-galad die in the battle. Isildur claims the [[One Ring]] rather than destroy it. End of the Second Age, beginning of the Third Age. (''The Return of the King'')

*'''[[:Category:Chronology:Lord of the Rings|Lord of the Rings]]:''' '''c. 7060 BC ([[Third Age of Middle-Earth|III]] 2).''' Isildur plants the seedling of a new White Tree in [[Minas Anor]]. Isildur also "delivers" the South-kingdom to [[Meneldil]]. On the [[Gladden Fields]], Isildur and his sons are ambushed and slain; the One Ring is lost. (''The Return of the King'')

*'''[[:Category:Chronology:Lord of the Rings|Lord of the Rings]]:''' '''c. 7059 BC ([[Third Age of Middle-Earth|III]] 3).''' The shattered fragments of [[Narsil]] are brought to [[Imladris]]. (''The Return of the King'')

*'''[[:Category:Chronology:Lord of the Rings|Lord of the Rings]]:''' '''c. 7052 BC ([[Third Age of Middle-Earth|III]] 10).''' [[Valandil|King Valandil]] rises to the throne of [[Arnor]]. (''The Return of the King'')


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