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* '''?''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes the poem ''[[Goblin Feet]]''.
* '''?''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes the poem ''[[Goblin Feet]]''.
==June==
==June==
* '''[[June 10|10]]''' - Exams start at Oxford University. Because of the war, only Tolkien and 24 others remain in the entire University. Tolkien passes.
* '''[[10 June|10]]''' - Exams start at Oxford University. Because of the war, only Tolkien and 24 others remain in the entire University. Tolkien passes.
* '''[[June 28|28]]''' -  Tolkien applies at the Oxford recruiting office to join the army.
* '''[[June 28|28]]''' -  Tolkien applies at the Oxford recruiting office to join the army.
* '''[[June 28|28]]''' - [[Przemyslaw Mroczkowski]], scholar and friend of [[J.R.R. Tolkien]], is born.
* '''[[June 28|28]]''' - [[Przemyslaw Mroczkowski]], scholar and friend of [[J.R.R. Tolkien]], is born.

Revision as of 18:46, 8 June 2011

Tolkien-related events that took place in 1915.

March

  • ? - Earliest "evidence" of Tolkien working on "fairy language".

April

June

  • 10 - Exams start at Oxford University. Because of the war, only Tolkien and 24 others remain in the entire University. Tolkien passes.
  • 28 - Tolkien applies at the Oxford recruiting office to join the army.
  • 28 - Przemyslaw Mroczkowski, scholar and friend of J.R.R. Tolkien, is born.
  • ? - Tolkien is awarded First Class Honours degree in English Language and Literature.

July

  • 15 - Tolkien is commissioned as a second lieutenant of the 13th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers, and begins training at Bedford.

September

October

November

  • 21 - G.B. Smith is shipped to France.
  • 26 - Tolkien writes Letter 3.

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Years
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