22 September
From Tolkien Gateway
Events that occurred on 22 September.
On Earth
- 1937 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Jane Neave.
- 1954 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 152.
- 1963 - J.R.R. Tolkien starts writing a letter to Eileen Elgar.
- 1976 - Actor and stuntman Sala Baker is born.
- 1978 - Oxonmoot 1978 at Oxford Town Hall.
- 1981 - The Dutch Tolkien Society Unquendor is founded in Leiden, the Netherlands.
- 1989 - Oxonmoot 1989 at Oxford Town Hall.
- 1990 - Oxonmoot 1990 at Oxford Town Hall.
- 1991 - Oxonmoot 1991 at University College.
- 1992 - The Danish Tolkien Society Imladris is founded.
- 1996 - Oxonmoot 1996 at University College.
- 2000 - Oxonmoot 2000 at St Antony's College.
- 2001 - Oxonmoot 2001 at St Antony's College.
- 2003 - The Eleventy-First Birthday Party is held in Frankenmuth, Michigan.
- 2009 - The Frisian translation of The Hobbit, by Anne Tjerk Popkema, is published.
- 2010 - The Lonely Mountain Band release their first album Beyond the Western Seas.
- 2012 - Oxonmoot 2012 at Lady Margaret Hall.
- 2013 – Oxonmoot 2013 at Lady Margaret Hall.
- 2017 - Oxonmoot 2017 at St Antony's College.
- 2018 - Oxonmoot 2018 at St Antony's College.
In Arda
- T.A. 2890:
- Bilbo Baggins is born.
- T.A. 2941:
- Bilbo and the Dwarves arrive in Lake-town.
- T.A. 2968:
- Frodo Baggins is born.
- T.A. 3001:
- T.A. 3002
- Frodo celebrates his birthday and honors Bilbo in his "Hundred-weight Feast", with twenty guests.[3]
- T.A. 3018:
- The Black Riders reach Sarn Ford at evening and drive off the guard of Rangers.
- Gandalf overtakes Shadowfax.
- Frodo celebrates his birthday with Fredegar, Merry, Pippin and Folco during which he finishes the Baggins's Old Winyards. After a lot of food and songs they drink to Bilbo's health.
- Boromir travels towards Rivendell to ask for counsel.
- T.A. 3019:
- T.A. 3021:
- Frodo and Sam meet the Last Riding of the Keepers of the Rings in Woody End.[4]
- Bilbo Baggins becomes 131 years old, the longeviest Hobbit in history.
- Fo.A. 61:
- Samwise Gamgee leaves Bag End for the Tower Hills and to Grey Havens, last of the Ring-bearers.[5]
Notes
As Frodo and Sam ride through the Shire in 3021, the text tells us that “"the Moon went westward"” above them[6]. According to astronomy, in that date of that year, no moon should have been visible.[7]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, "A Long-expected Party"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Return of the Shadow, "The Second Phase: XIV. Return to Hobbiton"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, "The Shadow of the Past"
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B, "The Chief Days from the Fall of Barad-dûr to the End of the Third Age"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B, "Later Events Concerning the Members of the Fellowship of the Ring"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, The Grey Havens
- ↑ http://shire-reckoning.com/moon.html