1965

Tolkien-related events that took place in 1965.

January

• 2 - The thirteenth episode of the Princess-serialization of The Hobbit is published.
• 6 - J.R.R. Tolkien receives a fan letter from Iris Murdoch.
• 6 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to his grandson Michael George, published as Letter 266.
• 9 - J.R.R. Tolkien starts writing Letter 267.
• 9 - The fourteenth episode of the Princess-serialization of The Hobbit is published.
• 15 - Actor James Nesbitt is born.
• 16 - The fifteenth and last episode of the Princess-serialization of The Hobbit is published.
• 17 - Joan O. Falconer writes a letter to J.R.R. Tolkien.
• 19 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 268.
• 20 - The 1965 BBC Interview with J.R.R. Tolkien is made.
• 24 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Joan O. Falconer.

February

• ? - The Tolkien Society of America is founded.

March

• 15 - Robyn Malcolm, who would play Morwen in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, is born.
• ? - Tree and Leaf is published in the US.

April

• 28 - Actor Steven Jay Blum is born.

May

• 12 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 269.
• 20 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 270.
• 25 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 271.
• 28 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes to an unknown reader.
• ? - Ace Books publishes an unauthorized paperback edition of The Fellowship of the Ring in the United States.

July

• 20 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 272.
• 21 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 273.
• 28 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 274.
• ? - Ace Books publishes an unauthorized paperback edition of The Two Towers in the United States.
• ? - Ace Books publishes an unauthorized paperback edition of The Return of the King in the United States.

August

• 3 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to The Librarian at Marquette
• 4 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 275.
• 6 - Carl F. Hostetter, renowned Tolkien linguist, is born.
• 26 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Paula Coston
• Between July and September, Tolkien makes revisions and corrections to The Lord of the Rings and sends them to Houghton Mifflin for a revised edition.

September

• 12 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letters 276 and 277.
• 16 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to his grandson Michael George Tolkien.
• 21 - David Wenham, who played Faramir in The Lord of the Rings (film series), is born.

October

• 4 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Agatha Carew Hunt.
• 20 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 278.
• 30 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to his grandson Michael George, published as Letter 279.
• 30 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to J.L.N. O'Loughlin.
• ? - The poems "Once upon a Time" and "The Dragon's Visit" by J.R.R. Tolkien are published in Winter's Tales for Children 1.
• ? - Ballantine Books publishes an authorized paperback edition of The Lord of the Rings incorporating Tolkien's recent revisions.

November

• 8 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 280.

December

• 6 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to G.S. Rigby Jr..
• 9 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to William McCullam.
• 9 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Jane Dixon.
• 9 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Miss Jaworski.
• 9 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Christine Jones.
• 15 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 281.
• 18 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 282.
• 27 - W.H. Auden talks at a meeting of the New York Tolkien Society.

Years 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968