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==February==
* '''[[15 February|15]]''' - Tolkien leaves the Oxford Dante Society.<ref>Jim Stockton, ''Inklings and Danteans Alike'', ''[[Mythlore 38]]''</ref>
==March==
==March==
* '''[[March 2|2]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes a [[Derrick Parnum 2 March 1955|letter to Derrick Parnum]].
* '''[[2 March|2]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes a [[Letter to Derrick Parnum|letter to Derrick Parnum]].
* '''[[March 3|3]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 159]].
* '''[[3 March|3]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 159]].
* '''[[March 6|6]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 160]].
* '''[[6 March|6]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 160]].
==April==
==April==
* '''[[April 14|14]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 161]].
* '''[[14 April|14]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 161]].
* '''[[April 18|18]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 162]].
* '''[[18 April|18]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 162]].
* '''[[18 April|18]]''' - [[Grant Major]] is born.
* '''[[21 April|21]]''' - The American edition of ''The Two Towers'' is published by the [[Houghton Mifflin Harcourt|Houghton Mifflin Company]].<ref>{{HM|RC}}, p. xxxv</ref>
* '''?''' - [[Christopher Tolkien]] draws ''[[Map of Rohan, Gondor, and Mordor]]''.<ref>{{HM|RC}}, p. lv</ref>
==May==
==May==
* '''[[May 19|19]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Miss Turnbull 19 May 1955|a letter to a Miss Turnbull]].
* '''[[2 May|2]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to Miss Turnbull (2 May 1955)|a letter to a Miss Turnbull]].
* '''[[12 May|12]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to Rayner Unwin (12 May 1955)|a letter to Rayner Unwin]].
* '''[[19 May|19]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to Miss Turnbull (19 May 1955)|a letter to a Miss Turnbull]].
* '''[[26 May|26]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 162a]].
==June==
==June==
* '''[[June 5|5]]''' - Harvey Breit writes an article on [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]] in the ''New York Times Book Review''. Breit tells of  "Dr. [[Tolkein]]", and the article contains many more errors. Tolkien sends an angry letter to him.  
* '''[[5 June|5]]''' - Harvey Breit writes an article on [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]] in the ''New York Times Book Review''. Breit tells of  "Dr. [[Tolkein]]", and the article contains many more errors. Tolkien sends an angry letter to him.  
* '''[[June 7|7]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 163]].
* '''[[7 June|7]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 163]].
* '''[[June 29|29]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 164]].
* '''[[13 June|13]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to Deirdre Levinson (13 June 1955)|a letter to Deirdre Levinson]].
* '''[[June 30|30]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 165]].
* '''[[29 June|29]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 164]].
* '''[[29 June|29]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes the Preface to ''[[The Ancrene Riwle]]''.
* '''[[30 June|30]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 165]].
==July==
==July==
* '''[[June 22|22]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 166]].
* '''[[5 July|5]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 165a]].
* '''[[15 July|15]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 165b]].
* '''[[22 July|22]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 166]].
* '''[[28 July|28]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to Mrs Dixey|a letter to Mrs Dixey]].
* '''[[28 July|28]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to Jennifer Brookes-Smith (28 July 1955)|a letter to Jennifer Brookes-Smith]].
* '''[[30 July|30]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] and his daughter [[Priscilla Tolkien|Priscilla]] visit Italy, and he writes several entries in [[The Diaries of J.R.R. Tolkien|his diary]] concerning the trip.
 
==August==
==August==
* '''[[August 11|11]]''' - During a holiday to Italy, [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] and his daughter [[Priscilla Tolkien|Priscilla]] visit a mass at [[wikipedia:Santa Chiara (Naples)|the church of Santa Chiara]].
 
* '''[[August 15|15]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 167]].
* '''[[12 August|12]]''' - During the holiday trip to Italy, [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] and his daughter [[Priscilla Tolkien|Priscilla]] attend High Mass at the [[Wikipedia:Basilica di Santa Chiara|Basilica di Santa Chiara in Assisi]].
* '''[[15 August|15]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 167]].
* '''[[22 August|22]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to John Roberts|a letter to John Roberts]].
 
==September==
==September==
* '''[[August 7|7]]''' -  [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 168]].
* '''?''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes the draft of [[letter 171]].
* '''[[August 11|11]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 169]].
* '''[[7 September|7]]''' -  [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 168]].
* '''[[August 18|18]]''' - [[Bob Papenbrook]], who would voice [[Théoden]] and [[Gimli]] in the video game [[The Lord of the Rings: War of the Ring]], is born.
* '''[[8 September|8]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 168a]].
* '''[[August 30|30]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 170]].
* '''[[11 September|11]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 169]].
* '''[[18 September|18]]''' - [[Bob Papenbrook]], who would voice [[Théoden]] and [[Gimli]] in the video game [[The Lord of the Rings: War of the Ring]], is born.
* '''[[30 September|30]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 170]].
==October==
==October==
* '''[[October 12|12]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 172]].
* '''[[12 October|12]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 172]].
* '''[[October 14|14]]''' - [[Gerard Murphy]], the narrator of [[The Lord of the Rings (1981 radio series)|the 1981 radio series of ''The Lord of the Rings'']], is born.
* '''[[20 October|20]]''' - '''[[The Return of the King]], the third and final volume of [[The Lord of the Rings]], is published'''.
* '''[[October 20|20]]''' - ''[[The Return of the King]]'' is published.
* '''[[21 October|21]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] presents his paper [[English and Welsh]].
* '''[[October 21|21]]''' - Tolkien gives the O'Donnell Lecture on Celtic, not his favourite language.
* '''[[24 October|24]]''' - Tolkien writes [[letter 173]].
* '''[[October 24|24]]''' - Tolkien writes [[letter 173]].
* '''[[30 October|30]]''' - Radio broadcast about Tolkien's works. Tolkien misses it because he is on a visit in [[Cambridge]], in a house that has no radio.


==November==
==November==
* '''[[November 10|10]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 174]].
* '''[[10 November|10]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 174]].
* '''[[November 25|25]]''' - [[Bruce Hopkins]], who would play [[Gamling]] in ''[[Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings]]'', is born.
* '''[[25 November|25]]''' - [[Bruce Hopkins]], who would play [[Gamling]] in [[The Lord of the Rings (film series)|''The Lord of the Rings'' (film series)]], is born.
* '''[[November 30|30]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 175]].
* '''[[30 November|30]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 175]].
* '''?''' - The first episode of the [[The Lord of the Rings (1955 radio series)|first radio series of ''The Lord of the Rings]]'' is aired on [[BBC|BBC Radio]]
* '''?''' - The first episode of the [[The Lord of the Rings (1955 radio series)|first radio series of ''The Lord of the Rings]]'' is aired on [[BBC|BBC Radio]].
* '''?''' - ''[[The Ancrene Riwle]]'' is published.
 
==December==
==December==
* '''[[December 3|3]]''' - Tolkien's poem ''[[Imram]]'' is published in ''Time and Tide''.
* '''[[2 December|2]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to Elizabeth Jennings|a letter to Elizabeth Jennings]].
* '''[[December 8|8]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes letters [[letter 176|176]] and [[letter 177|177]].
* '''[[3 December|3]]''' - Tolkien's poem ''[[Imram]]'' is published in ''[[Time and Tide (3 December 1955)|Time and Tide]]''.
* '''[[December 12|12]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 178]].
* '''[[8 December|8]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes letters [[letter 176|176]] and [[letter 177|177]].
* '''[[December 14|14]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 179]].
* '''[[12 December|12]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 178]].
* '''[[12 December|12]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to David Masson (12 December 1955)|a letter to David Masson]].
* '''[[14 December|14]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 179]].
* '''[[16 December|16]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to Mr Capan|a letter to Mr Capan]].
* '''[[20 December|20]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 179a]].
* '''[[20 December|20]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 179b]].
* '''[[21 December|21]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to Mrs Rachael Feichtmeir|a letter to Mrs Rachael Feichtmeir]].


==?==
==?==
* '''?''' - [[Grant Major]] is born.
* '''?''' - [[Pete Fenlon]] is born.
* '''?''' - [[Pete Fenlon]] is born.
 
* '''?''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to David Masson (1955)|an 8-page draft letter to Mr David Masson]].
* '''?''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letters not published in The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien#1950|a letter to August Closs]].
* '''?late''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to G.E. Selby (1955/6)|a letter to G.E. Selby]].
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  • 15 - Tolkien leaves the Oxford Dante Society.[1]

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