This timeline complements the one I gave you in class, filling in the remaining chapters of the book. Like a map, it's sometimes useful to see how long they spend in each area and the relative briskness of their journey, which seems much longer!
THE
FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING CHRONOLOGY
YEAR 3001 of the THIRD AGE
Bilbo turns 111; leaves on his last adventure
YEAR 3004-3008: Gandalf visits Frodo to
check on him and the Ring
YEAR 3017: Gollum searching for Bilbo,
called to Mordor; captured and tortured, divulges the location of the Ring
YEAR 3018: Aragorn captures Gollum and
Gandalf learns the truth about the Ring
April 12: Gandalf tells Frodo about the Ring
End of June: Gandalf leaves Hobbiton for Isengard (imprisoned
July 20, escapes September 18)
September 22: Frodo’s Birthday Party
September 25: Hobbits come together in Crickhollow
September 26: The Old Forest & Old Man Willow; saved by Tom
Bombadil
September 28: Captured by the Barrow-Wight; again saved by Tom
Bombadil
September 29: Arrival at Bree; meet Strider
September 30: Leave Bree early in the morning for Weathertop
October 6: Attacked by the Black Riders (Ringwraiths); Frodo
injured
October 18-20: Glorfindel finds the party; they escape across
the Ford of Bruinen and make it to Rivendell
October 24: Arrival in Rivendell; Frodo healed; wakes up and
feasts with the hobbits and Gandalf, etc.
October 25: The Council of Elrond to form the Fellowship of the
Ring
December 25: The Fellowship leaves at dawn
January 11-12: Besieged by snow trying to cross Caradhras
January 13: Attacked by wolves; arrive at the Doors of Durin in
Moria
January 14-15: Attacked by orcs, goblins, and trolls in Moria;
Gandalf falls fighting the Balrog at the Bridge of Khazad-dum
January 17: The Fellowship arrives at Lothlorien (Caras
Galadhon)
February 14: Frodo gazes into the Mirror of Galadriel
February 16: The Fellowship leaves Lothlorien; followed by
Gollum
February 23-25: The Fellowship’s boats are attacked; they
continue down the river past the Argonath and camp in Parth Galen
February 26: The Breaking of the Fellowship; Boromir dies
defending the hobbits; Merry and Pippin are captured; Frodo and Sam head for
Mordor with Gollum following them; Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli set off in
pursuit of Merry and Pippin