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** [[Frodo Baggins|Frodo]] wakes and hears [[Orcs]] moving past the [[flet]] on which he is sleeping, along with Gollum climbing the trunk of the tree. | ** [[Frodo Baggins|Frodo]] wakes and hears [[Orcs]] moving past the [[flet]] on which he is sleeping, along with Gollum climbing the trunk of the tree. | ||
** The [[Fellowship of the Ring]] is led through [[Lothlórien|Lórien]]. | ** The [[Fellowship of the Ring]] is led through [[Lothlórien|Lórien]]. | ||
**Last quarter of the Moon<noinclude><ref>{{HM|RC}}, p. xlix</ref> | **Last quarter of the Moon.<noinclude><ref>{{HM|RC}}, p. xlix</ref> | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
The text mentions that Frodo sees the "sickle Moon". According to astronomy, this moon should really be exactly half-full in 3019, rather than sickle, eight days after the full moon.<ref>http://shire-reckoning.com/moon.html</ref> | The text mentions that Frodo sees the "sickle Moon". According to astronomy, this moon should really be exactly half-full in 3019, rather than sickle, eight days after the full moon.<ref>http://shire-reckoning.com/moon.html</ref> | ||
{{references}} | {{references}} | ||
[[Category:Dates|016]][[fi:16. tammikuuta]]</noinclude> | [[Category:Dates|016]][[fi:16. tammikuuta]]</noinclude> | ||
Revision as of 21:42, 12 February 2021
Events that occurred on 16 January.
On Earth
- 1937 - Artist Klaus Ensikat is born.
- 1938 - The Observer newspaper publishes a letter asking about the The Hobbit's links to Beowulf, as well as the origins of Tolkien's Hobbits.
- 1965 - The fifteenth and last episode of the Princess-serialization of The Hobbit is published.
- 2005 - The final day of the first "The One Ring Celebration".
- 2020 - Christopher Tolkien dies.
In Arda
Notes
The text mentions that Frodo sees the "sickle Moon". According to astronomy, this moon should really be exactly half-full in 3019, rather than sickle, eight days after the full moon.[2]
