25 March
From Tolkien Gateway
Events that occurred on 25 March.
On Earth
- 1934 - J.R.R. Tolkien's poem Firiel is published within The Chronicle of the Convents of the Sacred Heart (Volume IV).
- 1967 - The Scotsman publishes an interview of J.R.R. Tolkien by William Foster.
- 1968 - Actor Michael Reisz is born.
- 1979 - Actor Lee Pace is born.
- 1986 - The Swiss Tolkien Society Eredain is founded.
- Since 2003 - Tolkien Reading Day.
- 2014 - Anglo-Saxon Community in J.R.R. Tolkien's the Lord of the Rings is published.
- 2015 - Tolkien Estate launches a new version of the website tolkienestate.com, including many articles.
- 2019 - Tolkien the Pagan? is published.
In Arda
- T.A. 2510:
- Borondir reaches the Éothéod and delivers them the message of Cirion, Steward of Gondor.
- T.A. 3019:
- The Host of the West is surrounded by enemies on the Slag-hills.
- Frodo and Samwise reach the Sammath Naur. Gollum seizes the Ring and falls in the Cracks of Doom.
- Downfall of Barad-dûr and passing of Sauron.
- Beginning of the New Year in Gondor.
- T.A. 3020:
- T.A. 3021:
- Beginning of the Fourth Age in the reckoning of Gondor.[1]
- Elanor the Fair, daughter of Samwise, is born.[1]
Inspiration
Tolkien noted in Nomenclature that the date the Ring was destroyed was purposefully chosen. It coincides with the feast of Annunciation or Lady Day.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B, "The Chief Days from the Fall of Barad-dûr to the End of the Third Age"