Year 3019 – The Lord of the Rings
March 16
- Debate of the commanders
- Frodo from the Morgai looks out over the camp to Mount Doom
March 17
- Battle of Dale
- King Brand and King Dáin Ironfoot fall
- Many Dwarves and Men take refuge in Erebor and are besieged
- Shagrat brings Frodo’s cloak, mail-shirt, and sword to Baraddûr
At the same time as the great armies besieged Minas Tirith a host of the allies of Sauron that had long threatened the borders of King Brand crossed the River Carnen, and Brand was driven back to Dale.
[The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B]
March 18
- The Host of the West marches from Minas Tirith
- Frodo comes in sight of the Isenmouthe; he is over-taken by Orcs on the road from Durthang to Udûn
March 19
- The Host comes to Morgul-vale
- Frodo and Samwise escape and begin their journey along the road to the Barad-dûr
March 22
- The dreadful nightfall
- Frodo and Samwise leave the road and turn south to Mount Doom
- Third assault on Lórien