Year 2942 – The Hobbit
May 7
- Bilbo and Gandalf leave Rivendell
Year 3019 – The Lord of the Rings
May 8
- Eomer and Eowyn depart for Rohan with the sons of Elrond
And Eowyn said to Faramir: “Now I must go back to my own land and look on it once again, and help my brother in his labour; but when one whom I long loved as father is laid at last to rest, I will return”.
[The Return of the King, Chapter 5: The Steward and the King]