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==On Earth== | ==On Earth== | ||
* [[1953]] - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] gives the [[W.P. Ker Lecture]] at Glasgow University on the religious themes adultery, temptation and repentance in ''[[Sir Gawain and the Green Knight]]''. | * [[1953]] - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] gives the [[W.P. Ker Lecture]] at Glasgow University on the religious themes adultery, temptation and repentance in ''[[Sir Gawain and the Green Knight]]''. | ||
*[[1917]] - [[Hans Conried]], man who voiced the part of [[Thorin II Oakenshield]] in [[Rankin/Bass' The Hobbit]]. | |||
==In Arda== | ==In Arda== | ||
* [[Third Age 2510|T.A. 2510]]: | * [[Third Age 2510|T.A. 2510]]: |
Revision as of 02:12, 26 April 2008
Events which occurred on 15 April.
On Earth
- 1953 - J.R.R. Tolkien gives the W.P. Ker Lecture at Glasgow University on the religious themes adultery, temptation and repentance in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.
- 1917 - Hans Conried, man who voiced the part of Thorin II Oakenshield in Rankin/Bass' The Hobbit.
In Arda
- T.A. 2510:
- Battle of the Field of Celebrant:
- The Balchoth and a great host of Orcs attack the inferior host of Gondor on the Field of Celebrant.
- All seems lost for Gondor until the Eotheod under leadership of Eorl come to its aid.
- Together with the Eotheod Gondor is victorious and Cirion, steward of Gondor, gives Calenardhon to Eorl which becomes the later Rohan.
- Battle of the Field of Celebrant: