22 January

Events which occurred on 22 January.

On Earth

• 1940 - John Hurt, who would voice Aragorn in the 1978 animated film of The Lord of the Rings, is born.
• 1954 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 143.
• 1956 - The New York Times Book Review publishes W.H. Auden's review of The Return of the King: "At the End of the Quest, Victory".
• 2003 - Tolkien's eldest son John Francis Reuel Tolkien dies.

In Arda

• T.A. 3019:
  • The Fellowship of the Ring rests in Lórien.
  • Uglúk's troop reach Moria, and gather a group of Orcs there.