Timeline of Arda

This article includes several chronologies relating to J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium. In Tolkien's cosmology, Arda (the Earth) is at first created without the Sun and Moon to illumine it, and its earliest history is measured in Valian Years (V.Y.).After the creation of the Trees of the Valar, a new tally of Years of the Trees is begun in V.Y. 3501.In about V.Y. 4550, at the First Age of the Children of Ilúvatar begins with the Awakening of the Elves.

Timeline of Arda

This article includes several chronologies relating to J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium. In Tolkien's cosmology, Arda (the Earth) is at first created without the Sun and Moon to illumine it, and its earliest history is measured in Valian Years (V.Y.).After the creation of the Trees of the Valar, a new tally of Years of the Trees is begun in V.Y. 3501.In about V.Y. 4550, at the First Age of the Children of Ilúvatar begins with the Awakening of the Elves.