17 January
From Tolkien Gateway
Events which occurred on 17 January.
On Earth
- 1937 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 10.
- 2001 - Richard E. Blackwelder, Tolkien collector, dies.
In Arda
- T.A. 3019:
- The Fellowship of the Ring pass the Silverlode and reach the Naith and Cerin Amroth.
- The Orcs following them are killed or flee to the Misty Mountains.
- The Fellowship comes to Caras Galadhon in the evening.