16 March

Events that occurred on 16 March

On Earth

• 1837 - Mary Wall dies.
• 1916 - J.R.R. Tolkien receives his degree from the University of Oxford.
• 1921 - J.R.R. Tolkien is appointed to membership of the Faculty of Arts and the Board of the Faculty Arts at the University of Leeds.
• 1931 - Philosopher Anthony Kenny is born.
• 1933 - Tolkien writes a letter to Kenneth Sisam.
• 1949 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 120.
• 1964 - Artist Quinton Hoover is born.
• 1967 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Hans-Jörg Modlmayr.
• 1972 - Tolkien writes Letter 333.
• 2004 - The World of Tolkien is published.

In Arda

• T.A. 2510:
  • Borondir is on his way in search of the Éothéod.
• T.A. 3019:
  • Mustering of the Host of the West. Debate of the commanders outside Minas Tirith.
  • Frodo and Sam travel northward along the Morgai. They look out over the camp to Mount Doom.