22 September
From Tolkien Gateway
Events that occurred on 22 September.
On Earth
- 1937 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Jane Neave.
- 1954 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 152.
- 1963 - J.R.R. Tolkien starts writing a letter to Eileen Elgar.
- 1976 - Actor and stuntman Sala Baker is born.
- 1978 - Oxonmoot 1978 at Oxford Town Hall.
- 1981 - The Dutch Tolkien Society Unquendor is founded in Leiden, the Netherlands.
- 1989 - Oxonmoot 1989 at Oxford Town Hall.
- 1990 - Oxonmoot 1990 at Oxford Town Hall.
- 1991 - Oxonmoot 1991 at University College.
- 1992 - The Danish Tolkien Society Imladris is founded.
- 1996 - Oxonmoot 1996 at University College.
- 2000 - Oxonmoot 2000 at St Antony's College.
- 2001 - Oxonmoot 2001 at St Antony's College.
- 2003 - The Eleventy-First Birthday Party is held in Frankenmuth, Michigan.
- 2009 - The Frisian translation of The Hobbit, by Anne Tjerk Popkema, is published.
- 2010 - The Lonely Mountain Band release their first album Beyond the Western Seas.
- 2012 - Oxonmoot 2012 at Lady Margaret Hall.
- 2013 – Oxonmoot 2013 at Lady Margaret Hall.
In Arda
- T.A. 2890:
- Bilbo Baggins is born.
- T.A. 2941:
- Bilbo and the Dwarves arrive in Lake-town.
- T.A. 2968:
- Frodo Baggins is born.
- T.A. 3001:
- Bilbo turns 111 and throws the Farewell Party at which he announces his intention to leave the Shire. He leaves behind the One Ring and sets off.
- Frodo turns 33 and comes of age. He inherits Bag End and all the things Bilbo leaves behind.
- T.A. 3018:
- T.A. 3019:
- T.A. 3021:
- Frodo and Sam meet the Last Riding of the Keepers of the Rings in Woody End.
- Bilbo Baggins becomes 131 years old, the longeviest Hobbit in history.
- Fo.A. 61:
- Samwise Gamgee leaves Middle-earth, last of the Ring-bearers.
Notes
As Frodo and Sam ride through the Shire in 3021, the text tells us that “"the Moon went westward"” above them[1]. According to astronomy, in that date of that year, no moon should have been visible.[2]
