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* '''[[17 February|17]]''' - [[Hilary Tolkien|Hilary Arthur Reuel Tolkien]], younger brother to [[J.R.R. Tolkien]], is born in [[Bloemfontein]], South Africa. | * '''[[17 February|17]]''' - [[Hilary Tolkien|Hilary Arthur Reuel Tolkien]], younger brother to [[J.R.R. Tolkien]], is born in [[Bloemfontein]], South Africa. | ||
==October== | ==October== | ||
* '''[[October | * '''[[18 October|18]]''' - [[Geoffrey Bache Smith]], childhood friend of Tolkien, is born. | ||
==November== | ==November== |
Revision as of 23:37, 8 June 2011
Tolkien-related events that took place in 1894.
February
- 17 - Hilary Arthur Reuel Tolkien, younger brother to J.R.R. Tolkien, is born in Bloemfontein, South Africa.
October
- 18 - Geoffrey Bache Smith, childhood friend of Tolkien, is born.
November
- Mabel, Hilary, and Ronald take a train to the coast near Cape Town so Ronald can be in the cooler air.
- After they return home a trip to England is decided as Mabel dislikes the hot climate and the Bloemfontein lifestyle, even though Arthur is happy with it.
Christmas
- "My first Christmas memory is of blazing sun, drawn curtains and a drooping eucalyptus" (Letter 163)
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