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* '''[[14 January|14]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to Peter Alford (14 January 1956)|a letter to Peter Alford]].
* '''[[14 January|14]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to Peter Alford (14 January 1956)|a letter to Peter Alford]].
* '''[[22 January|22]]''' - The ''New York Times Book Review'' publishes [[W.H. Auden]]'s review of ''[[The Return of the King]]'': "[[At the End of the Quest, Victory]]".
* '''[[22 January|22]]''' - The ''New York Times Book Review'' publishes [[W.H. Auden]]'s review of ''[[The Return of the King]]'': "[[At the End of the Quest, Victory]]".
* '''[[24 January|24]]''' - [[Ted Nasmith]], Canadian artist and illustrator is born.
* '''[[28 January|28]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to Doris Elizabeth Sykes (28 January 1956)|a letter to Doris Elizabeth Sykes]].
* '''[[28 January|28]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to Doris Elizabeth Sykes (28 January 1956)|a letter to Doris Elizabeth Sykes]].
* '''?''' - [[Diana Glyer]] is born.
* '''?''' - [[Diana Glyer]] is born.
==February==
==February==
* '''[[5 February|5]]''' - Dan Wickenden gives a positive review of [[The Return of the King]] in the ''New York Herald Tribune'' titled "Notable Allegorical Trilogy Comes to Triumphant End".
* '''[[5 February|5]]''' - Dan Wickenden gives a positive review of [[The Return of the King]] in the ''New York Herald Tribune'' titled "Notable Allegorical Trilogy Comes to Triumphant End".
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==November==
==November==
* '''[[2 November|2]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 193]].
* '''[[2 November|2]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 193]].
* '''[[5 November|5]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to Mr Britten|a letter to Mr Britten]].
* '''[[5 November|5]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to Mr Britten (5 November 1956)|a letter to Mr Britten]].
* '''[[6 November|6]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 194]].
* '''[[6 November|6]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 194]].
* '''[[11 November|11]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to Mr Britten (11 November 1956)|a letter to Mr Britten]].
* '''[[22 November|22]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to Miss Stanley-Smith (22 November 1956)|a letter to Miss Stanley-Smith]].
* '''[[22 November|22]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to Miss Stanley-Smith (22 November 1956)|a letter to Miss Stanley-Smith]].
==December==
==December==
* '''[[8 December|8]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to Anthony Roberts|a letter to Anthony Roberts]].
* '''[[14 December|14]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] makes a [[Oxford Mail 15 December 1956|a speech at the opening of the new Deddington Library]].
* '''[[14 December|14]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] makes a [[Oxford Mail 15 December 1956|a speech at the opening of the new Deddington Library]].
* '''[[15 December|15]]''' - Linguist [[Patrick H. Wynne]] is born.
* '''[[15 December|15]]''' - Linguist [[Patrick H. Wynne]] is born.
* '''[[15 December|15]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 195]].
* '''[[15 December|15]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 195]].
* '''[[15 December|15]]''' - The [[Oxford Mail 15 December 1956|''Oxford Mail'']] publishes an article about [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]'s speech at the opening of the new Deddington Library.
* '''[[15 December|15]]''' - The [[Oxford Mail 15 December 1956|''Oxford Mail'']] publishes an article about [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]'s speech at the opening of the new Deddington Library.
* '''[[16 December|16]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to Mr Britten (16 December 1956)|a letter to Mr Britten]].
* '''[[19 December|19]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to Miss Stanley-Smith (19 December 1956)|a letter to Miss Stanley-Smith]].
* '''[[19 December|19]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to Miss Stanley-Smith (19 December 1956)|a letter to Miss Stanley-Smith]].
* '''[[20 December|20]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to Deirdre Levinson (20 December 1956)|a letter to Deirdre Levinson]].
* '''[[20 December|20]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to Deirdre Levinson (20 December 1956)|a letter to Deirdre Levinson]].
* '''[[24 December|24]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to Patricia Kirke (24 December 1956)|a letter to Patricia Kirke]].
* '''[[24 December|24]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to Patricia Kirke (24 December 1956)|a letter to Patricia Kirke]].
*'''?''' - Tolkien visits [[Cambridge]] to view the ''Ancrene Wisse'' manuscript.


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