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==Early== | |||
* '''?''' - [[Edith Tolkien|Edith Bratt]] converts to Catholicism and becomes engaged to [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]. | |||
==January== | |||
* '''[[6 January|6]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] begins working on ''[[The Book of Ishness]]''. | |||
* '''[[10 January|10]]''' - Scholar [[Angus McIntosh]], pupil and friend of [[J.R.R. Tolkien]], is born. | |||
* '''[[30 January|30]]''' - The [[Chequers Clubbe]], founded by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]], is given permission to organize dinners. | |||
* '''?''' - ''[[Rules of the Exeter College Essay Club]]'', signed by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]], is printed. | |||
==February== | |||
* '''[[14 February|14]]''' - Translator [[Britt G. Hallqvist]] is born. | |||
==June== | |||
* '''[[1 June|1]]''' - [[George Sayer]], friend of [[J.R.R. Tolkien]], is born. | |||
*'''[[18 June|18]]''' - The [[Chequers Clubbe]], founded by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]], meet to have dinner. | |||
==August== | |||
* '''[[4 August|4]]''' - The British Empire declares [[World War I|war]] on Germany, following tension and conflict on the mainland in July. [[Allen and Unwin|George Allen & Unwin]]'s offices are opened in London by [[Stanley Unwin]]. | |||
* '''[[9 August|9]]''' - Artist [[Tove Jansson]] is born. | |||
* '''?''' - [[Hilary Tolkien]] joins the army as a bugler. | |||
* '''?''' - [[Geoffrey Bache Smith]] and [[Robert Gilson]] join the army. [[Christopher Wiseman]] joins the navy instead. | |||
==September== | |||
* '''[[16 September|16]]''' - Author and librarian [[William Ready]] is born. | |||
* '''[[24 September|24]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes ''[[The Voyage of Eärendel the Evening Star]]''. | |||
==October== | |||
* '''[[1 October|1]]''' - [[Donald A. Wollheim]] is born. | |||
*'''?''' - Tolkien, still undergraduate, is training at the Officer's Training Corps. He writes [[Letter 1]] to his fiancée [[Edith Bratt]]. | |||
==November== | |||
* '''[[November 27|27]]''' - Tolkien writes [[Letter 2]]. | |||
==December== | |||
* '''[[22 December|22]]''' - Tolkien writes [[Ferrum et Sanguis: 1914]]. | |||
* '''[[25 December|25]]''' - The [[T.C.B.S.]] meet in London. | |||
==?== | ==?== | ||
* ''' | * '''Spring''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] is awarded the Skeat Prize for English by the [[University of Oxford#Exeter College|Exeter College]]. He spends the £5 prize money on buying [[List of books in Tolkien's library|four books]]. | ||
* | * '''?''' - Artist [[Horus Engels]] is born. | ||
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Latest revision as of 08:44, 17 March 2024
Tolkien-related events that took place in 1914.
Early[edit | edit source]
- ? - Edith Bratt converts to Catholicism and becomes engaged to J.R.R. Tolkien.
January[edit | edit source]
- 6 - J.R.R. Tolkien begins working on The Book of Ishness.
- 10 - Scholar Angus McIntosh, pupil and friend of J.R.R. Tolkien, is born.
- 30 - The Chequers Clubbe, founded by J.R.R. Tolkien, is given permission to organize dinners.
- ? - Rules of the Exeter College Essay Club, signed by J.R.R. Tolkien, is printed.
February[edit | edit source]
- 14 - Translator Britt G. Hallqvist is born.
June[edit | edit source]
- 1 - George Sayer, friend of J.R.R. Tolkien, is born.
- 18 - The Chequers Clubbe, founded by J.R.R. Tolkien, meet to have dinner.
August[edit | edit source]
- 4 - The British Empire declares war on Germany, following tension and conflict on the mainland in July. George Allen & Unwin's offices are opened in London by Stanley Unwin.
- 9 - Artist Tove Jansson is born.
- ? - Hilary Tolkien joins the army as a bugler.
- ? - Geoffrey Bache Smith and Robert Gilson join the army. Christopher Wiseman joins the navy instead.
September[edit | edit source]
- 16 - Author and librarian William Ready is born.
- 24 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes The Voyage of Eärendel the Evening Star.
October[edit | edit source]
- 1 - Donald A. Wollheim is born.
- ? - Tolkien, still undergraduate, is training at the Officer's Training Corps. He writes Letter 1 to his fiancée Edith Bratt.
November[edit | edit source]
December[edit | edit source]
- 22 - Tolkien writes Ferrum et Sanguis: 1914.
- 25 - The T.C.B.S. meet in London.
?[edit | edit source]
- Spring - J.R.R. Tolkien is awarded the Skeat Prize for English by the Exeter College. He spends the £5 prize money on buying four books.
- ? - Artist Horus Engels is born.
Years 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 |