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==March==
* '''?''' - Earliest "evidence" of Tolkien working on "fairy language".
==April==
* '''?''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes the poem ''[[Goblin Feet]]''.
==June==
* '''[[10 June|10]]''' - Exams start at Oxford University. Because of the war, only Tolkien and 24 others remain in the entire University. Tolkien passes.
* '''[[28 June|28]]''' -  Tolkien applies at the Oxford recruiting office to join the army.
* '''[[28 June|28]]''' - [[Przemyslaw Mroczkowski]], scholar and friend of [[J.R.R. Tolkien]], is born.
* '''?''' - Tolkien is awarded First Class Honours degree in English Language and Literature.
==July==
* '''[[15 July|15]]''' - Tolkien is commissioned as a second lieutenant of the 13th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers, and begins training at Bedford.
==September==
* '''[[25 September|25]]''' - The Big Four of the [[T.C.B.S.]] - Tolkien, [[Geoffrey Bache Smith|Smith]], [[Christopher Wiseman|Wiseman]] and [[Robert Gilson|Gilson]] - have their last meeting.
==October==
* '''[[4 October|4]]''' - Translator [[Tore Zetterholm]] is born.
==November==
* '''[[21 November|21]]''' -  G.B. Smith is shipped to France.
* '''[[26 November|26]]''' -  Tolkien writes [[Letter 3]].
==?==
==?==
* '''?''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] is awarded First Class Honours degree in English Language and Literature.
* '''?''' - The poem "[[Goblin Feet]]" is published in ''[[Oxford Poetry|Oxford Poetry 1915]]''.
* '''?''' - Is commissioned in the Lancashire Fusiliers.
 
* '''?''' - [[Goblin Feet]] is published.
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* '''?''' - Begins training for the army.
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Revision as of 15:42, 26 July 2011

Tolkien-related events that took place in 1915.

March

  • ? - Earliest "evidence" of Tolkien working on "fairy language".

April

June

  • 10 - Exams start at Oxford University. Because of the war, only Tolkien and 24 others remain in the entire University. Tolkien passes.
  • 28 - Tolkien applies at the Oxford recruiting office to join the army.
  • 28 - Przemyslaw Mroczkowski, scholar and friend of J.R.R. Tolkien, is born.
  • ? - Tolkien is awarded First Class Honours degree in English Language and Literature.

July

  • 15 - Tolkien is commissioned as a second lieutenant of the 13th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers, and begins training at Bedford.

September

October

November

  • 21 - G.B. Smith is shipped to France.
  • 26 - Tolkien writes Letter 3.

?

Years
1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918