TA 2953
2953 TA
Days before days - Years of the Trees - First Age - Second Age - Third Age - Fourth Age - Seventh Age - Dagor Dagorath
Events
- The Corsairs of Umbar officially ally themselves with Mordor and destroy the monument commemorating Ar-Pharazôn's victory over Sauron
- Death of Fengel, fifteenth King of Rohan
- Thengel becomes the sixteenth King of Rohan
- Last meeting of the White Council where Saruman lies to the Council by falsely claiming that the One Ring has been swept out to sea.
- Death of Turgon, twenty-fourth Ruling Steward of Gondor
- Ecthelion II becomes the twenty-fifth Ruling Steward of Gondor
- Saruman claims lordship over Isengard, and fortifies Orthanc
Location: Mordor