19 July

Events that occurred on 19 July.

On Earth

• 1915 - Newly-commissioned Second Lieutenant J.R.R. Tolkien enters army training camp.
• 1924 - Director Arthur Rankin, Jr. is born.
• 1947 - Author and scholar Colin Duriez is born.
• 1950 - Voice actor Simon Cadell is born.
• 1969 - Voice actress Courtenay Taylor is born.
• 1976 - Actor Benedict Cumberbatch is born.
• 1981 - The twentieth episode of the 1981 radio series of The Lord of the Rings is aired on BBC Radio 4.
• 1998 - Mythcon 29 in Wheaton, Illinois.
• 2009 - Mythcon 40 in Los Angeles, California.
• 2010 - Mythcon 41 in Dallas, Texas.
• 2020 - Middle-earth, or There and Back Again is published.

In Arda

• T.A. 3018:
  • Gandalf is held captive by Saruman on the pinnacle of Orthanc.
  • Boromir travels towards Rivendell to ask for counsel.

Other versions of the legendarium

In some editions of The Lord of the Rings, the funeral escort of Théoden left Minas Tirith on this day of T.A. 3019. In other editions this was moved to 22 July.