2005
From Tolkien Gateway
Tolkien-related events that took place in 2005.
January
- 4 - Humphrey Carpenter, biographer and editor dies.
- 14-16 - The One Ring Celebration.
- ? - Tolkien Gateway's IRC channel goes online.
- ? - Amon Hen 191 is published.
February
- 25 - Dutch translator Max Schuchart dies.
- ? - Vinyar Tengwar 47 is published.
March
- 11 - Cartographer Karen Wynn Fonstad dies.
- 28 - The parody book The Soddit is published.
- 30 - Unsung Heroes of The Lord of the Rings is published.
- ? - Amon Hen 192 is published.
April
- 13 - German translator Wolfgang Krege dies.
- 15 - Reconsidering Tolkien is published.
- 22 - Norman Bird, who played Bilbo Baggins in The Lord of the Rings (1978 film), dies.
- 30 - Interrupted Music: The Making of Tolkien's Mythology is published.
- 30 - The Forsaken Realm of Tolkien is published.
- ? - Tolkien Studies: Volume 2 is published.
- ? - Reconsidering Tolkien is published.
May
- ? - Amon Hen 193 is published.
June
- 3 - The TolkienGateway wiki-project is started.
- ? - Tolkien's Ordinary Virtues is published.
July
- 12 - Der Berggeist is auctioned at Sotheby's.
- 25 - Tolkien's Mighty Pen is published.
- ? - Amon Hen 194 is published.
August
- 4 - 8 - Omentielva Minya - 1st International Conference on Tolkien's Invented Languages in Stockholm, Sweden
- 9-10 - The Lord of the Rings Symphony plays in Herodion, Greece
- 11-15 - The convention Tolkien 2005 is held.
September
- 16-18 - Oxonmoot 2005.
- ? - Amon Hen 195 is published.
- ? - The Lord of the Rings Strategy Battle Game: Rulebook is published.
October
- 20 - George Sayer, friend of J.R.R. Tolkien, dies.
- 25 - The Tolkien Ensemble publish their fourth album, Leaving Rivendell.
- 26 - Scholar Angus McIntosh, pupil and friend of J.R.R. Tolkien, dies.
- 27 - Tolkien's Modern Middle Ages is published.
- ? - The Lord of the Rings Sketchbook is published.
November
- 8 - The Lord of the Rings: Tactics is released.
- ? - Amon Hen 196 is published.
December
- 27 - The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion is published.
- ? - Vinyar Tengwar 48 is published.
- ? - The Art of Ruth Lacon is published.
?
- ? - Ringers: Lord of the Fans is released.
- ? - 2005 An Elvish Travel Calendar is published.
- ? - The Ruins of Osgiliath is released.
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