The Creation of Ea. The Valar, the Maiar, and Melkor enter Ea.

II.

The First War and the Marring of Arda. Tulkas enters Ea; Melkor retreats. The completion of Arda.

III.

The Spring of Arda begins. The Valar create the Lamps and settle at Almaren. Tulkas weds Nessa.

IV.

Melkor secretly returns to Arda, builds Utumno and the Ered Engrin, and partly blights the Spring.

V.

Melkor overthrows the Lamps; Almaren is destroyed. End of the Spring of Arda; beginning of the Sleep of Yavanna.

Fingolfin becomes High King of the Noldor-in-Exile in Hithlum.

VI.

The Valar raise the Pelori and settle in Aman.

VII.

The Valar create the Two Trees, which begin to shine on the First Day. Beginning of the Count of Time.

VIII.

Varda kindles new stars; the Elves awake in Cuivienen. They are harassed by Melkor; the first breeding of Orcs.

IX.

Orome discovers the Elves. The Battle of the Powers and the Chaining of Melkor. The Great Journey begins. Thingol and Melian wed.

X.

The first age of the Chaining of Melkor. The Sundering of the Elves. Some of the Eldar arrive in Aman; the Noontide of Valinor begins. The Sindar flourish in Beleriand. At the end of the age, Luthien is born.

XI.

The second age of the Chaining. Dwarves enter Beleriand and settle the Ered Luin. At the end of this age, Thingol builds Menegroth.

XII.

The third age of the Chaining. Evil things begin to stir in Middle-earth. The Laiquendi come to Beleriand. Daeron invents the Cirth

XIII.

Melkor is unchained. He raises dissension among the sons of Finwe. Feanor is banished for twelve years and Melkor vanishes from Valinor.

XIV.

The Darkening of Valinor; end of the Noontide Melkor and Ungoliant poison the Two Trees. Finwe, and steal the Silmarils.

XV.

The Long Night. Melkor and Ungoliant flee across the Helcaraxe and quarrel at Lammoth. Melkor rebuilds Angband. The revolt of the Noldor, the Kinslaying, and the utterance of the Doom of Mandos. Melkor invades Beleriand; the first battle of the Wars of Beleriand. The Girdle of Melian is raised.

XVI.

The Long Night continues. Feanor burns his ships at Losgar. Dagor-nuin-Giliath; Feanor slain and Maedhros captured. Fingolfin marches to the Helcaraxe. The Valar prepare the Moon and Sun.

XVII.

The Moon Rises. End of the Long Night (?) and the Sleep of Yavanna; the Second Spring of Arda. Fingolfin enters Middle-earth. The Moon crosses the sky seven times.

FA 1

The Years of the Sun begin: the Sun rises in the West. Men awaken. Fingolfin enters Mithrim. The Orcs flee into Angband. Fingon rescues Maedhros. Fingolfin is named High King of the Noldor. Varda causes the Sun to change direction.

FA 21

Mereth Aderthad.

FA 51

Ulmo appears to Finrod and Turgon in a dream. Finrod learns of the Caverns of Narog and begins to build Nargothrond, which is completed before Gondolin

FA 52

Ulmo reveals Tumladen to Turgon.

c. FA 60

Dagor Aglareb. The Siege of Angband begins

c. FA 65

Finrod rebuilds Eglarest and Brithombar

c. FA 70

Thingol forbids the Sindar to speak Quenya.

FA 104

The completion of Gondolin.

Turgon settles in Gondolin.

c. FA 160

Orcs attack Hithlum from Lammoth.

c. FA 260

Glaurung is defeated on Ard-galen. The Long Peace begins.

c. FA 304

Aredhel leaves Gondolin.

c. FA 306

Maeglin is born.

c. FA 310

Finrod meets the Edain in Ossiriand.

Finrod meets Beor and the First House of the Edain (The Beorians).

Beor's people settle in Estolad.

c. FA 311

Beor enters the service of Finrod.

The Haladin enter Ossiriand but move north and settle in Dor Caranthir

c. FA 314

The Marachians enter Beleriand and settle in Estolad

c. FA 315

Fingolfin sends messengers to welcome the Edain to Beleriand

c. FA 330

Aredhel and Maeglin enter Gondolin. Death of Aredhel and Eol.

c. FA 355

Death of Beor.

c. FA 365

Bereg of the First House returns to Eriador.

Council of the Edain is held in Estolad.

Many Marachians return to Eriador

Many Beorians migrate south.

c. FA 370

The Haladin are nearly destroyed by Orcs.  Haleth leads them to Estolad.

FA 375

Haleth brings the Haladin to the Forest of Brethil.

FA 389

Birth of Hador.

FA 410

Finrod makes Boromir, great-grandson of Beor, Lord of Ladros.

c. FA 425

Fingolfin makes Hador Lord of Dor-lomin

The House of Hador settles in Dor-lomin.

c. FA 441

Birth of Hurin.

FA 444

Birth of Huor.

FA 455

Winter:  Dagor Bragollach; death of Hador and Fingolfin.

Fingon becomes High King of the Noldor-in-Exile.  Many Marachians and Beorians flee Estolad and return to Eriador.

Barahir becomes Lord of Ladros.  Most of the Beorians flee to Dor-Lomin.

FA 457

Sauron takes Tol Sirion. Beleg and Halmir hold the Crossings of Teiglin. Hurin and Huor spend a year in Gondolin. About this time the Easterlings enter Beleriand.   Also about this time the last of the Beorians flee Ladros and Borohir becomes an outlaw.

FA 460

Autumn: Death of Barahir and the outlaws of Dorthonion. Beren remains in Dorthonion.

About this time the Swarthy Men first enter Beleriand.  The Folk of Bor settle north of Himring and the Folk of Ulfgang settle in Thargelion.

FA 462

Orcs assault Hithlum from north and east; Galdor slain.

FA 464

Winter: Beren flees Dorthonion.

FA 465

Summer: Beren first sees Luthien. In this year Turin is born.

FA 466

Spring: Luthien returns Beren's love. Summer: Beren is brought to Menegroth and undertakes the Quest of the Silmaril. Autumn: Beren in Nargothrond.

FA 466-68

The Quest of the Silmaril. Death of Finrod and Draugluin. Tol Sirion cleansed; Sauron flees to Taur-nu-Fuin. Beren recovers a Silmaril. The Hunting of the Wolf; death of Beren, Huan, Carcharoth, and Luthien.

c. FA 470

Beren and Luthien in Tol Galen; Dior is born.

FA 473

The Year of Lamentation. The Union of Maedhros and the Nirnaeth Arnoediad; death of Fingon and Huor, capture of Hurin and Gwindor. Turin is sent to Doriath. Tuor and Nienor are born. Turgon becomes High King of the Noldor-in-exile.

FA 474

Fall of the Falas;  Brithombar and Eglarest are taken. Cirdan and Ereinion retreat to Balar and build the Havens of Sirion.

FA 482-85

Turin fights with Beleg in the marches of Doriath.

FA 485

Death of Saeros; Turin flees Doriath and becomes an outlaw.

FA 486

Beleg finds Turin. Turin settles at Amon Rudh.

FA 487

The Two Captains in Dor-Cuarthol. Amon Rudh betrayed. Beleg and Gwindor free Turin; death of Beleg. Turin comes to Nargothrond.

FA 490

Tuor enslaved by Lorgan.

FA 492

Tuor escapes and becomes an outlaw in Mithrim.

FA 496

Defeat of the Haladin. Glaurung invades West Beleriand; the Battle of Tumhalad and the sack of Nargothrond. Death of Orodreth, Gwindor, and Finduilas. Turin ensnared by Glaurung. Tuor comes to Nevrast and Gondolin. The Fell Winter.

FA 497

Turin in Brethil.

FA 500

Turin and Nienor wed.

FA 501

Death of Glaurung, Nienor, Brandir, and Turin.

(Turin slays Glaurung and then himself).

FA 502

Hurin released from Thangorodrim. Death of Morwen. Hurin brings the Nauglamir to Thingol.

FA 503

Wedding of Tuor and Idril. About this time Hurin dies.

FA 504

Spring: Birth of Earendil.

c. FA 505

Death of Thingol. The Dwarves sack Menegroth.

c. FA 505

Beren recovers the Nauglamir.

c. FA 509

Second death of Beren and Luthien. The sons of Feanor sack Menegroth; death of Dior and Nimloth. Elwing flees to the Havens of Sirion.

FA 511

Midsummer: Fall of Gondolin. Death of Ecthelion, Gothmog, Turgon, Maeglin, and Glorfindel. Tuor, Idril, and Earendil flee to the Havens of Sirion. Gil-galad named High King of the Noldor.

c. FA 543

Tuor and Idril sail West. Earendil becomes lord of the people of the Havens and marries Elwing. Sometime after this Elrond and Elros are born.

NOTE:

From this point dates must be figured backward from the end of the Age.  Since Elros died in SA 442 at the age of 500, he was born 58 years before the end of the First Age.  If Tuor began to feel old at age 70 (as we have assumed here), then the First Age ended after about 600 Years of the Sun.  This is not to say, of course, that the First Age lasted six hundred years; the Sleep of Yavanna alone may have endured for the equivalent of tens of thousands of Years of the Sun.

References:

   The Complete Guide to Middle-earth, by Robert Foster

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