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* '''[[12 January|12]]''' - [[Simon Tolkien]] is born. | * '''[[12 January|12]]''' - [[Simon Tolkien]] is born. | ||
==February== | ==February== | ||
* '''[[4 February|4]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 214a]]. | |||
* '''[[5 February|5]]''' - [[Peter Emshwiller]], who would provide the voice of [[Thranduil]] in ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II]]'', is born. | * '''[[5 February|5]]''' - [[Peter Emshwiller]], who would provide the voice of [[Thranduil]] in ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II]]'', is born. | ||
==March== | ==March== | ||
* '''[[4 March|4]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 214b]]. | |||
* '''[[5 March|5]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to William Ready (5 March 1959)|a letter to William Ready]]. | * '''[[5 March|5]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to William Ready (5 March 1959)|a letter to William Ready]]. | ||
* '''[[20 March|20]]''' - Game designer [[Anders Blixt]] is born. | * '''[[20 March|20]]''' - Game designer [[Anders Blixt]] is born. | ||
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* '''[[17 April|17]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 215]]. | * '''[[17 April|17]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 215]]. | ||
* '''[[17 April|17]]''' - [[Sean Bean]], who would play [[Boromir]] in [[The Lord of the Rings (film series)|''The Lord of the Rings'' (film series)]], is born. | * '''[[17 April|17]]''' - [[Sean Bean]], who would play [[Boromir]] in [[The Lord of the Rings (film series)|''The Lord of the Rings'' (film series)]], is born. | ||
==May== | ==May== | ||
* '''[[26 May|26]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to Miss Robinson|a letter to Miss Robinson]]. | * '''[[26 May|26]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to Miss Robinson|a letter to Miss Robinson]]. | ||
* '''[[30 May|30]]''' - Swedish-French director [[Charlotte Brändström]] is born. | |||
==June== | ==June== | ||
* '''[[5 June|5]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] delivers the [[Valedictory Address to the University of Oxford]]. | * '''[[5 June|5]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] delivers the [[Valedictory Address to the University of Oxford]]. | ||
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==August== | ==August== | ||
* '''[[1 August|1]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] serves the first Mass of [[Robert Murray]]. | * '''[[1 August|1]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] serves the first Mass of [[Robert Murray]]. | ||
* '''[[4 August|4]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 215a]]. | |||
* '''[[12 August|12]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 216]]. | * '''[[12 August|12]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 216]]. | ||
==September== | ==September== | ||
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* '''[[16 October|16]]''' - J.R.R. Tolkien writes [[letter 219]]. | * '''[[16 October|16]]''' - J.R.R. Tolkien writes [[letter 219]]. | ||
==November== | ==November== | ||
* '''[[8 November|8]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter | * '''[[2 November|2]]''' - Actor [[Peter Mullan]] is born. | ||
* '''[[8 November|8]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 220a]]. | |||
* '''[[24 November|24]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 221]]. | * '''[[24 November|24]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 221]]. | ||
* '''?'''' - The poem "[[The Passing of the Elven-kind]]" by Ted Johnstone, the oldest known published [[fanfiction|Tolkien fan faction]], is published. | * '''?'''' - The poem "[[The Passing of the Elven-kind]]" by Ted Johnstone, the oldest known published [[fanfiction|Tolkien fan faction]], is published. | ||
==December== | ==December== | ||
* '''[[9 December|9]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 222]]. | * '''[[9 December|9]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 222]]. | ||
Latest revision as of 12:37, 18 December 2023
Tolkien-related events that took place in 1959.
January[edit | edit source]
- 10 - Screenwriter Fran Walsh is born.
- 12 - Simon Tolkien is born.
February[edit | edit source]
- 4 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 214a.
- 5 - Peter Emshwiller, who would provide the voice of Thranduil in The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II, is born.
March[edit | edit source]
- 4 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 214b.
- 5 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to William Ready.
- 20 - Game designer Anders Blixt is born.
April[edit | edit source]
- 17 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 215.
- 17 - Sean Bean, who would play Boromir in The Lord of the Rings (film series), is born.
May[edit | edit source]
- 26 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Miss Robinson.
- 30 - Swedish-French director Charlotte Brändström is born.
June[edit | edit source]
- 5 - J.R.R. Tolkien delivers the Valedictory Address to the University of Oxford.
July[edit | edit source]
- 16 - Bob Joles, who would voice Gimli, Treebeard and Dáin Ironfoot in various EA video games, is born.
August[edit | edit source]
- 1 - J.R.R. Tolkien serves the first Mass of Robert Murray.
- 4 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 215a.
- 12 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 216.
September[edit | edit source]
- 10 - Actor Jim Meskimen is born.
- 11 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 217.
October[edit | edit source]
- 9 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 218.
- 15 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 220.
- 16 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 219.
November[edit | edit source]
- 2 - Actor Peter Mullan is born.
- 8 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 220a.
- 24 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 221.
- ?' - The poem "The Passing of the Elven-kind" by Ted Johnstone, the oldest known published Tolkien fan faction, is published.
December[edit | edit source]
- 9 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 222.
- 29 - Brian Sergent, who would play Ted Sandyman in the extended edition of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, is born.
- ? - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Przemyslaw Mroczkowski.
?[edit | edit source]
- ? - J.R.R. Tolkien retires from the Merton professorship at the University of Oxford.
- ? - Author Douglas A. Anderson is born.
- ? - Science fiction scholar Michael Martinez is born.
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