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==January==
* '''[[14 January|14]]''' - Reader N.J. Kyle writes [[Letter to N.J. Kyle|a letter to J.R.R. Tolkien]].
* '''[[17 January|17]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to N.J. Kyle|a letter to N.J. Kyle]].
* '''[[24 January|24]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 347a]].
* '''[[25 January|25]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to Patrick Hunt|a letter to Patrick Hunt, who is in prison]].
==February==
* '''[[26 February|26]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to Stefan Petterson|a letter to Stefan Petterson]].
==March==
==March==
* '''[[March 6|6]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 348]].
* '''[[3 March|3]]''' - A [[Cigar bill (3 March 1972)|tobacco bill]] is submitted to [[J.R.R. Tolkien]], on which he scribbles a note.
* '''[[March 8|8]]''' - Tolkien writes [[Letter 349]].
* '''[[6 March|6]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 348]].
* '''[[8 March|8]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 348a]].
* '''[[8 March|8]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 349]].
* '''[[24 March|24]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 349a]].
==April==
==April==
* '''[[April 9|9]]''' - [[Warren "Warnie" Lewis|W.H. Lewis]], [[Inklings|Inkling]], dies.  
* '''[[9 April|9]]''' - [[Warren "Warnie" Lewis|W.H. Lewis]], [[Inklings|Inkling]], dies.
* '''[[20 April|20]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to Dr. Denis Tolhurst|a letter to Dr. Denis Tolhurst]].
* '''[[20 April|20]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to John Higgins|a letter to John Higgins]].
==May==
==May==
* '''[[May 16|16]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] takes a holiday to [[Bournemouth]].
* '''[[16 May|16]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] takes a holiday to [[Bournemouth]].
* '''[[May 24|24]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 350]].
* '''[[18 May|18]]''' - [[R.B. McCallum]] dies.
* '''[[May 29|29]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 351]].
* '''[[24 May|24]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] is [[Index:Interviews with J.R.R. Tolkien|interviewed]] concerning the election to the Oxford Poetry chair.
* '''[[24 May|24]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 350]].
* '''[[29 May|29]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 351]].
* '''[[30 May|30]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes a [[Letter to Philip Brown|letter to Philip Brown]].
 
==June==
==June==
* '''[[June 5|5]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 352]].
* '''[[5 June|5]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 352]].
* '''[[5 June|5]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to James A.H. Murray|a letter to James A.H. Murray]].
* '''[[14 June|14]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to Elena Jeronimides|a letter to Elena Jeronimides]].
* '''[[14 June|14]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to Bruce Charlton|a letter to Bruce Charlton]].
==July==
* '''[[8 July|8]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to Norman Power|a letter to Norman Power]].
* '''[[28 July|28]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to Campbell]].
 
==August==
==August==
* '''[[August 4|4]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 353]].
* '''[[4 August|4]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 353]].
* '''[[August 9|9]]''' - The [[:Image:Jrrt 1972 tree.jpg|last fotograph]] of J.R.R. Tolkien is taken, in front of his favourite tree, the [[wikipedia:European_Black_Pine|''Pinus Nigra'']], at the botanic garden in [[Oxford]].
* '''[[9 August|9]]''' - The [[:Image:Jrrt 1972 tree.jpg|last photograph]] of J.R.R. Tolkien is taken by Michael Tolkien, in front of his favourite tree, the [[wikipedia:European_Black_Pine|''Pinus Nigra'']], at the botanic garden in [[Oxford]].
* '''[[August 17|17]]-[[August 20|20]]''' - [[Mythcon IV]].
* '''[[17 August|17]]-[[20 August|20]]''' - [[Mythcon 4]].
* '''[[August 24|24]]''' - Actress [[Grey DeLisle]] is born.
* '''[[24 August|24]]''' - Actress [[Grey DeLisle]] is born.
* '''[[August 28|28]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] takes a holiday to visit friends in [[Bournemouth]].  
* '''[[25 August|25]]''' -  [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes a [[Letter to Glyn Daniel|letter to Glyn Daniel]].
* '''[[August 29|29]]''' -  [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 354]], the last letter to be included in ''[[The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien]]''.
* '''[[28 August|28]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] takes a holiday to visit friends in [[Bournemouth]].  
* '''[[29 August|29]]''' -  [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 354]], the last letter to be included in ''[[The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien]]''.
* '''[[30 August|30]]''' -  [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] goes to a birthday party for Denis Tolhurst's wife.
* '''?''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] [[A Tribute to Tolkien|lunches with Robert Murray]] (and possibly others).
* '''?''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] [[A Tribute to Tolkien|lunches with Robert Murray]] (and possibly others).


==September==
==September==
* '''[[September 2|2]]''' - After visiting friends in [[Bournemouth]], [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] becomes ill and dies, at the age of eighty-one. He is buried next to his wife, [[Edith Tolkien|Edith]].
* '''[[2 September|2]] - After visiting friends in [[Bournemouth]], [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] becomes ill and dies, at the age of eighty-one. He is buried next to his wife, [[Edith Tolkien|Edith]].'''
* '''[[September 6|6]]''' - A requiem Mass for [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] is held in the Church of St Anthony of Padua in Headington, [[Oxford]]. Father [[Robert Murray]] assists.
* '''[[6 September|6]]''' - A requiem Mass for [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] is held in the Church of St Anthony of Padua in Headington, [[Oxford]]. Father [[Robert Murray]] assists.  
* '''[[September 28|28]]''' - The ''[http://www.nationalreview.com/flashback/flashback200510030823.asp National Review]'' publishes an article on [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]'s death.  
* '''[[29 September|29]]''' - [[W.H. Auden]], long time friend of Tolkien, dies.
* '''[[September 29|29]]''' - [[W.H. Auden]], long time friend of Tolkien, dies.
* '''?''' - [[Mythprint (Vol.8, No.3)|''Mythprint'' (Vol.8, No.3)]], including a [[Letter to Joan O. Falconer|letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to Joan O. Falconer]], is published.


==December==
==December==
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* '''?''' - Games designer [[Nathan Segerlind]] is born.
* '''?''' - Games designer [[Nathan Segerlind]] is born.
==?==
==?==
* '''?''' - [[Rosfrith Murray]], friend of [[J.R.R. Tolkien]], dies.
* '''?''' - ''[[Funeral Customs in Tolkien's Trilogy]]'' is published.
* '''?''' - ''[[Funeral Customs in Tolkien's Trilogy]]'' is published.
* '''?''' - [[R.B. McCallum]], [[Inklings|Inkling]], dies.
* '''?''' - [[The J.R.R. Tolkien Calendar 1974]] released.
* '''?''' - [[The J.R.R. Tolkien Calendar 1973]] released.
* '''?''' - [[The Myth and Fantasy Calendar 1974]] released.
* '''?''' - [[The J.R.R. Tolkien Calendar 1974 (UK)]] released.


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