1	"Beleriand" The Sun rises in the West.
	The Host of Fingolfin arrive on the shores of Middle-earth.
	The race of man awakens.
5	Fingolfin's son Fingon rescues Maedhros. Fingolfin is named high king of the Noldor.
20	Fingolfin holds the Feast of Reuniting. Emissaries from all the elves in Beleriand attend.
50-53	Turgon, son of Fingolfin, and his cousin, Finrod, are warned in dreams from Ulmo to look for places of strength and refuge. Finrod begins construction of Nargothrond. His sister Galadriel stays in Doriath with Melian. Turgon discovers the vale of Tumladen, and begins drafting plans for the hidden city of Gondolin.
60-445	(Siege of Angband)-Morgoth provokes the Dagor Agalareb ("The Glorious Battle"). The elves completely route his army of orcs and maintain a siege outside his fortress at Angband for nearly 400 years.
67	The truth of the Kinslaying and the Noldor's exile are revealed in Thingol's court. Thingol banishes the sons of Feanor from his kingdom (Doriath).
70-150	Morgoth learns of the awakening of men. He gives his servant Sauron (one of the Maiar) command of the war and begins to create dragons.
116	The city of Gondolin completed.
260	Fingon and a company of mounted archers defeat Glaurung, first of the fire dragons to appear, on the plains of Ard-galen.
260-445 The Long Peace	The Long Peace
262	Beor, eldest of the Fathers of Men, is born.
310	Finrod Felagund discovers the camp of Beor in Ossiriand. Through this, the Elves become aware of humans. Beor enters into the service of Finrod.
312-320	The migration of the Edain to elven lands. By the time that humans first enter the records of the Elves they had already split into three tribes—the House of Beor, the House of Hador, and the Haladin. The Elves called these peoples the Edain.
316	Aredhel, Turgon's sister, leaves Gondolin and is lost in Nan Elmoth. She is found by Eol the dark elf, who married her. Their son, Maeglin, is born in 320.
355	Beor the Old, Father of Men, dies of old age.
390	Hador Golden-haired born, most renowned of the Edain.
416	Galdor son of Hador born in Dor-lomin.
417	Fingolfin grants Hador the lordship of Dor-lomin.
432	Beren, son of Barahir of the House of Beor, is born in Dorthonion.
441	Hurin the Steadfast, son of Galdor son of Hador, born.
443	Morwen Eledhwen, daughter of Baragund of the House of Beor, born.
444	Huor brother of Hurin of the House of Hador born.
450	Rian daughter of Belegund of the House of Beor, mother of Tuor the Blessed, born.
455 The Fell Year	The Dagor Bragolach ("Battle of Sudden Flame"). Elves and men are driven back from Angband with grevious losses. Hador dies at Ethel Sirion. The sons of Feanor are defeated at the Pass of Aglon. The pact of Barahir and Felagund made. The folk of Dorthonion, among them Rian and Morwen, flee to Hithlum. Barahir and his surviving men become outlaws in their own land.
456	Fingolfin challenges Morgoth to single combat. Fingolfin wounds Morgoth 7 times before he himself is killed. Fingolfin's body is rescued by Thorondor, king of the giant eagles, who scars Morgoth's face with his talons. Fingon son of Fingolfin becomes high king of the Noldor. Hurin and Huor are taken by eagles to Gondolin, where they entered into the fosterage of Turgon.
457	Hurin and Huor are returned by the eagles to their people. Sauron captures Minas Tirith, the watchtower of Finrod. From then on it is known as Tol-in-Gaurhoth, the Isle of Werewolves.
458	The Men of Brethil, aided by Beleg Strongbow and elves of Doriath, defeat a legion of orcs at the Crossings of Teglin.
464	Hurin of the House of Hador weds Morwen of the House of Beor. Turin, their son, is born in Dor-lomin with omens of sorrow. Beren leaves Dorthonion and travels to Doriath. He meets Luthien Tinuviel in the forest of Neldoreth and they fall in love.
465	The romance and quests of Beren and Luthien, told in the "Lay of Leithian," begin.
466	Beren fulfills the command of Thingol and with the aid of Lúthien manages to steal a Silmaril from the crown of Morgoth. At the gates of Angband, Carcharoth, the greatest of the werewolves, bites off the hand of Beren that holds the Silmaril. Beren and Luthien return to Doriath. Carcharoth, driven mad by the pain of the Silmaril in his gut, ravages Doriath. He is killed by Huan, the great hound of Valinor, though both Huan and Beren are mortally wounded.
467	Luthien lays her body down and sends her spirit forth from Middle-earth to the Halls of the Dead in Aman. She sings a song of such sorrow and beauty that Mandos is moved to pity and grants her and Beren a second mortal life. Meanwhile a terrible winter falls upon the kingdom of Thingol.
468-469	Beren and Luthien return to the world. They go to Doriath, where Luthien ends the winter of Thingol, then settle on the island of Tol Galen.
470	Dior Aranel, son of Beren and Luthien and father of Elwing Half-elven, is born in Tol Galen.
471	Huor weds Rian daughter of Belegund.
472	The Year of Lamentation. Elves and humans are utterly routed in the Nirnaeth Aronediad ("Battle of Unnumbered Tears"). Fingon, king of the Noldor, is killed in battle. The House of Hador is destroyed and Hurin Steadfast is taken captive by Morgoth. Only the army of Gondolin escapes intact. Turgon becomes high king of the Noldor. Rian gives birth to Tuor and dies of grief soon afterword. Morwen, wife of Hurin, sends her son Turin with two aged servants to the land of Doriath.
473	Nienor daughter of Hurin born. Turgon makes his last attempt to send an emissary to Valinor.
480	Celeborn and Galadriel cross the Ered Luin and settle in Eriador.
481-494	Turin becomes the companion of the elf Beleg Strongbow but Turin is exiled from Doriath and becomes an outlaw. Beleg finds Turin, but they are betrayed by the dwarf Mim and Turin is captured by orcs. Beleg frees Turin, but Turin mistakes him for an orc and slays him. Turin goes to Nargothrond and in time he becomes its warlord.
488	Tuor son of Huor comes to Dor-lomin seeking his kin, but instead is captured and enslaved by Easterlings, men corrupted by the evil of Morgoth.
494	Lorgan, chieftain of the Easterlings of Hithlum, attempts to size Nienor by force. Morwen and Nienor flee to Doriath.
495-496	Tuor escapes from Hithlum. He is visited by Ulmo, Lord of Waters, and sent with Voronwe an elf, to seek the hidden city of Gondolin. Dire warnings reach Nargothrond of evil forces gathering. Glaurung the dragon and his host assault Nargothrond and the city is sacked. Tuor and Voronwe finally reach Gondolin during the "Fell Winter" which lasts five months. Handir of Brethil is slain in a pitched battle with orcs.
496	Turin travels to Brethil, seeking news of his kin and joins forces with its people. Meanwhile, Morwen and Nienor travel to Nargothrond seeking news of Turin. Glaurung attacks them, and Morwen is lost in the wild. Glaurung lays a spell of forgetfulness on both Nienor and Turin. Turin, now calling himself Turambar, finds Nienor and names her Niniel.
497	Dior, son of Beren and Luthien, weds Nimloth of Ossiriand.
498	"Turambar" and "Niniel" marry in autumn. Glaurung learns that Turin is in Brethil.
499	Glaurung assaults Brethil. Turin slays Glaurung, but as the dragon dies his spells are lifted. When Turin and Nienor realize what they've done they kill themselves. Standing stones, the Talbor, are raised to mark their graves.
500-501	The twin sons of Dior, Elured and Elurin, are born. Morgoth releases Hurin, who goes to Hithlum. Hurin seeks in vain the entrance to Gondolin, betraying its general location to Morgoth. He journeys to Nargothrond, and claims the Nauglamir—a bejewelled golden necklace made for Finrod by the dwarves—from the treasure of Glaurung. He brings the necklace to Thingol, then leaves, never to be seen again.
502	Tuor weds Idril, daughter of Turgon, in Gondolin. This is the second of only three human-elf marriages in Middle-earth's history.
503	Thingol gives the dwarves Nauglamir to rework and mount the Silmaril upon. When Thingol goes to fetch the completed necklace he is slain. The dwarves of Belegost and Nogrod invade Doriath. Thingol's wife Melian escapes and leaves Middle-earth. Dior goes to Doriath to recover Thingol's kingdom. Beren leaves Tol Galen to help battle the dwarves.
504	Dior restores the kingdom of Doriath. Beren and Luthien die and Dior receives the Silmaril.
	Elwing the White, daughter of Dior, is born in Doriath. Earendil, the son of Tuor and Idril, is born in Gondolin.
505	The sons of Feanor demand the Silmaril from Dior, who doesn't reply.
506-507	The Second Kinslaying. The sons of Feanor assault Doriath and kill Dior and his wife Nimloth. Dior's daughter Elwing flees west with the Silmaril to Arvernien. In Arvernien, Círdan the Shipwright established a port on the mouth of the Sirion River, which became known as the "Havens of Sirion".
509	Ulmo gives a final warning to Gondolin, but Turgon is confident his city will remain hidden from Morgoth. Morgoth's spies capture Maeglin.
510	Morgoth's forces assault and sack Gondolin. The kingship of the Noldor passes to Gil-galad, son of Fingon, on the Isle of Balar.
511-512	Refugees of Gondolin reach the Havens of Sirion, which prospers with the power of the Silmaril. The Sons of Feanor learn that the Silmaril is in Arvernien.
525	Tuor departs into the west with Idril. Earendil weds Elwing and becomes lord of Arvernien.
527	Torment falls upon Maedhros and his brethren because of their unfulfilled oath to recover the Silmarils.
532	Elros and Elrond, twin sons of Earendil, are born.
533-541	Earendil builds the great ship Vingilot and begins his legendary voyages.
538	The Third and Last Kinslaying. The Sons of Feanor attack Arvernien and take Elros and Elrond captive. Elwing carries away the Silmaril and comes to Earendil in the likeness of a bird.
540	"Middle-earth" The last free elves and those men who remain friendly to them are driven out of Beleriand. They take refuge on the Isle of Balar.
542	"Aman" Earendil comes to Valinor. He pleads the case for aiding the Elves and Edain against Morgoth to the Valar. As a sign to his kindred in Middle-earth, Varda sets Earendil with his ship and the Silmaril in the heavens as a star.
545	"Beleriand" The mighty host of the Valar sails out of the West and lands in Beleriand.
545-587 War of Wrath	The Last War of the Elder Days, also called Great Battle and the War of Wrath. Morgoth's Angband is razed. The last two Silmarils are recovered. Earendil slays Ancalagon the Black, greatest of the winged dragons, and all but two of the dragons are destroyed. The Valar aid in the defeat and destruction of Morgoth, who is thrust beyond the Gates of Night never to return. In the process, the land of Beleriand is broken and slips under the seas. The only remaining evidence are some peaks of the Blue Mountains, which marked Beleriand's eastern border.
587	Maedhros and Maglor, the last surviving sons of Feanor, seize the last two Silmarils. Tainted by the evil deeds of their family, the Silmarils burn their hands. Maedhros, horrified by the violence he has committed, leaps with his gem into a fiery chasm, while Maglor tosses his into the sea and wanders alone along the shore until he dies of grief.
590	As a reward for their great sacrifice in defeating Morgoth, the Elves are summoned to return to Aman while the Edain are given the island of Numenor. The Edain set sail, following Earendil the Evening Star.