4 October
From Tolkien Gateway
Events which occurred on 4 October.
On Earth
- 1961 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 231.
- 1979 - The Jackanory episode "Out of the Frying-Pan and Into the Fire" is aired on the BBC.
- 1999 - Poems from The Hobbit is published.
In Arda
- T.A. 3018:
- Together with Strider the four hobbits travel towards Weathertop.
- Gandalf hurries towards Rivendell after the Black Riders attacked him on Weathertop.
- Boromir travels towards Rivendell to ask for counsel.
- T.A. 2:
- The Battle of the Gladden Fields
- Death of Isildur
- Death of Elendur
- Death of Aratan
- Death of Ciryon