2005

Tolkien-related events that took place in 2005.

January

• 4 - Humphrey Carpenter, biographer and editor dies.
• 14-16 - The One Ring Celebration.
• ? - Tolkien Gateway's IRC channel goes online.
• ? - Amon Hen 191 is published.

February

• 25 - Dutch translator Max Schuchart dies.
• ? - Vinyar Tengwar 47 is published.
• ? - Walking with Bilbo is published.

March

• 11 - Cartographer Karen Wynn Fonstad dies.
• 28 - The parody book The Soddit is published.
• 30 - Unsung Heroes of The Lord of the Rings is published.
• ? - Amon Hen 192 is published.

April

• 13 - German translator Wolfgang Krege dies.
• 15 - Reconsidering Tolkien is published.
• 22 - Norman Bird, who played Bilbo Baggins in The Lord of the Rings (1978 film), dies.
• 30 - Interrupted Music: The Making of Tolkien's Mythology is published.
• 30 - The Forsaken Realm of Tolkien is published.
• ? - Tolkien Studies: Volume 2 is published.
• ? - Reconsidering Tolkien is published.

May

• ? - Amon Hen 193 is published.

June

• 3 - Tolkien Gateway opens as a wiki.
• ? - Tolkien's Ordinary Virtues is published.

July

• 11-13 - Tolkien Thing VII.
• 12 - Der Berggeist is auctioned at Sotheby's.
• 25 - Tolkien's Mighty Pen is published.
• ? - Amon Hen 194 is published.
• ? - Mallorn 43 is published.

August

• 4 - 8 - Omentielva Minya - 1st International Conference on Tolkien's Invented Languages in Stockholm, Sweden.
• 5 - Perilous Realms: Celtic and Norse in Tolkien's Middle-earth is published.
• 9-10 - The Lord of the Rings Symphony plays in Herodion, Greece.
• 10 - The Tolkien Society Guide to Oxford is published.
• 11-15 - The convention Tolkien 2005 is held.

September

• 16-18 - Oxonmoot 2005.
• ? - Amon Hen 195 is published.
• ? - The Lord of the Rings Strategy Battle Game: Rulebook is published.

October

• 14 - Bernie Zuber, author and artist, dies.
• 20 - George Sayer, friend of J.R.R. Tolkien, dies.
• 25 - The Tolkien Ensemble publish their fourth album, Leaving Rivendell.
• 26 - Scholar Angus McIntosh, pupil and friend of J.R.R. Tolkien, dies.
• 27 - Tolkien's Modern Middle Ages is published.
• ? - The Lord of the Rings Sketchbook is published.

November

• 8 - The Lord of the Rings: Tactics is released.
• 22 - Ringers: Lord of the Fans is released.
• ? - Amon Hen 196 is published.

December

• 25 - Reading The Lord of the Rings: New Writings on Tolkien's Classic is published.
• 27 - The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion is published.
• ? - Vinyar Tengwar 48 is published.
• ? - The Art of Ruth Lacon is published.

?

• ? - The Ruins of Osgiliath is released.

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