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* '''?''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] begins work on [[The Book of Lost Tales]].
==January==
* '''[[2 January|2]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to the War Office|a letter to the War Office]].
*'''[[12 January|12]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]]'s leave of absence (to recover from his [[wikipedia:trench fever|trench fever]]) ends, but he is far from recovered.
* '''[[23 January|23]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] faces a Medical Board in [[Birmingham]], but he is not deemed fit to return to [[World War I|war]].
==February==
* '''[[27 February|27]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] faces his third Medical Board, and again his leave is extended.
==April==
*'''[[15 April|15]]''' - [[Hans Conried]], who would voice [[Thorin]] in [[The Hobbit (1977 film)|''The Hobbit'' (1977 film)]], is born.
*'''[[18 April|18]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] and [[Christopher Wiseman]], the Great Twin Brethren, meet in Harrogate, and discuss the fate of the [[T.C.B.S.|Barrovians]] and the future of the Society.
*'''[[19 April|19]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]], in revalidation, is assigned to the Humber Garrison, but is not fit enough.
 
==May==
* '''[[1 May|1]]''' - Actress [[Pauline Letts]] is born.
==June==
* '''[[1 June|1]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] is considered fit for service again, but he is not reassigned to the Lancashire Fusilliers.
* '''[[18 June|18]]''' - [[Richard Boone]], who would voice [[Smaug]] in [[The Hobbit (1977 film)|''The Hobbit'' (1977 film)]], is born.
* '''[[29 June|29]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] succumbs to gastritis while at Brocton Camp.


==August==
* '''[[1 August|1]]''' - [[Thomas Kenneth Barnsley|"Tea Cake" Barnsley]] is killed in Ypres, Belgium.
==October==
* '''[[13 October|13]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] is found unfit for duty for six months, but able to do a desk job.
==November==
==November==
* '''16''' - The Tolkien's first son, [[John Tolkien|John]], is born.
* '''[[14 November|14]]''' - [[John Justin]], who would play [[Thorin]] in [[The Hobbit (1968 radio series)|''The Hobbit'' (1968 radio series)]], is born.
* '''[[16 November|16]]''' - The Tolkien's first son, [[John Tolkien|John]], is born.
 
==?==
* '''?''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] begins work on ''[[The Book of Lost Tales Part One]]''.


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Revision as of 15:09, 29 May 2014

Tolkien-related events that took place in 1917.

January

February

  • 27 - J.R.R. Tolkien faces his third Medical Board, and again his leave is extended.

April

May

June

August

October

  • 13 - J.R.R. Tolkien is found unfit for duty for six months, but able to do a desk job.

November

?

Years
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