Chronology of all events in Middle-Earth for the Lord of the rings, Hobbits and ring of power franchise MIDDLE-EARTH TIMELINE

MIDDLE-EARTH TIMELINE

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The Book of Lost Tales: Part I

October 1983 / In-Universe period : First Age

The Book of Lost Tales stands at the beginning of the entire conception of Middle-earth and Valinor

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The Silmarillion

September 1977 / In-Universe period : First Age

The Silmarillion is an account of the Elder Days, of the First Age of Tolkien's world

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The Book of Lost Tales: Part II

August 1984 / In-Universe period : First Age

The second of a two-book set that contains the early myths and legends which led to the writing of Tolkien’s epic tale of war, The Silmarillion.

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The Lays of Beleriand

August 1985 / In-Universe period : First Age

The third volume that contains the early myths and legends which led to the writing of Tolkien's epic tale of war, The Silmarillion.

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The Shaping of Middle-earth

August 1986 / In-Universe period : First Age

The fourth volume that contains the early myths and legends which led to the writing of Tolkien’s epic tale of war, The Silmarillion.

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The Lost Road and Other Writings

August 1987 / In-Universe period : First Age - Second Age

The fifth volume of the History of Middle-earth, containing the early myths and legends which led to the writing of Tolkien’s epic tale of war, The Silmarillion.

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Morgoth’s Ring

September 1993 / In-Universe period : First Age

The first of two companion volumes which documents the later writing of The Silmarillion, Tolkien's epic tale of war.

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The War of the Jewels

October 1994 / In-Universe period : First Age

The second of two companion volumes which documents the later writing of The Silmarillion, Tolkien’s epic tale of war.

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The Children of Húrin

April 2007 / In-Universe period : First Age

The Children of Húrin tells the tragic story of Túrin and Nienor, cursed by Morgoth, and their doomed fates in Middle-earth

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Beren and Lúthien

May 2017 / In-Universe period : First Age

The tale of Beren and Lúthien was, or became, an essential element in the evolution of The Silmarillion, the myths and legends of the First Age of the World conceived by J.R.R. Tolkien.

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