16 February
From Tolkien Gateway
Events which occurred on 16 February.
On Earth
- 1856 - The wedding of John Benjamin Tolkien and Mary Jane Stow, J.R.R. Tolkien's paternal grandparents.
- 1903 - Actor Norman Shelley is born.
- 1991 – The second day of the first Colloquium on the Languages of Middle-earth at the house of E.L.F. member Bill Welden.
- 1995 - Tyalië Tyelelliéva issue 4 is published.
- 2006 - The Keys of Middle-earth is published.
In Arda
- T.A. 3019:
- Farewell to Lothlórien. Galadriel gives the Fellowship gifts on their departure.
- They travel south over the Anduin by boat while Gollum in hiding observes and follows them.