1937

January

• 4 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 9.
• 7 - At the request of his father, young Rayner Unwin writes a book report on Farmer Giles of Ham. This is the first of many positive critiques.
• 16 - Artist Klaus Ensikat is born.
• 17 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 10.

February

• 5 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 11.

April

• 13 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 12.

May

• 13 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 13.
• 28 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 14.

July

• 1 - Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics is published.

August

• 1 - Ian Hogg, who would voice Tom Bombadil in BBC's radio series of Tales from the Perilous Realm, is born.
• 5 - Alan Howard, the voice for the One Ring in Peter Jackson's The Fellowship of the Ring and The Return of the King, is born.
• 31 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 15.

September

• 21 - The Hobbit is published.
• 28 - Donald Gee, who would voice Radagast in 1981 radio series, is born.

October

• 3 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 16.
• 8 - C.S. Lewis reviews The Hobbit in The Times.
• 15 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 17.
• 16 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 19.
• 19 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 20.
• 23 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 18.

December

• 25 - Father Christmas writes a letter to J.R.R. Tolkien's children.
• ? - Tolkien writes the first chapter of the "New Hobbit" which will later become The Lord of the Rings.

?

• ? - Tolkien submits The Father Christmas Letters and The Silmarillion for publication but they are rejected.
• ? - Author Jared Lobdell is born.

Years 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940