1894
From Tolkien Gateway
February
- 17 - Hilary Arthur Reuel Tolkien, younger brother to J.R.R. Tolkien, is born in Bloemfontein, South Africa.
November
- Mabel, Hilary, and Ronald take a train to the coast near Cape Town so Ronald can be in the cooler air.
- After they return home a trip to England is decided as Mabel dislikes the hot climate and the Bloemfontein lifestyle, even though Arthur is happy with it.
Christmas
- "My first Christmas memory is of blazing sun, drawn curtains and a drooping eucalyptus" (Tolkien, letter to W.H. Auden, 7 June 1955, Letters, pg. 213)
