22 September

Events which occurred on 22 September.

On Earth

• 1954 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 152.
• 1976 - Sala Baker, who played Sauron in Peter Jackson's The Fellowship of the Ring, is born.
• 1981 - The Dutch Tolkien Society Unquendor is founded in Leiden, the Netherlands.
• 1992 - The Danish Tolkien Society Imladris is founded.
• 2003 - The Eleventy-First Birthday Party is held in Frankenmuth, Michigan.
• 2009 - The Frisian translation of The Hobbit, by Anne Tjerk Popkema, is published.

In Arda

• T.A. 2890:
  • Bilbo Baggins is born.
• T.A. 2941:
  • Bilbo and the Dwarves arrive in Lake-town.
• T.A. 2968:
  • Frodo Baggins is born.
• T.A. 3001:
  • Bilbo turns 111 and throws the Farewell Party at which he announces his intention to leave the Shire. He leaves behind the One Ring and sets off.
  • Frodo turns 33 and comes of age. He inherits Bag End and all the things Bilbo leaves behind.
• T.A. 3018:
  • The Black Riders reach Sarn Ford at evening and drive off the guard of Rangers.
  • Gandalf overtakes Shadowfax.
  • Frodo celebrates his birthday with Fredegar, Merry, Pippin, Sam and Folco. Merry and Fredegar leave for Crickhollow.
  • Boromir travels towards Rivendell to ask for counsel.
• T.A. 3019:
  • Saruman enters the Shire.
• T.A. 3021:
  • Frodo and Sam meet the Last Riding of the Keepers of the Rings in Woody End.
  • Bilbo Baggins becomes 131 years old, the longeviest Hobbit in history.
• Fo.A. 61:
  • Samwise Gamgee leaves Middle-earth, last of the Ring-bearers.

Notes

As Frodo and Sam ride through the Shire in 3021, the text tells us that “"the Moon went westward"” above them. According to astronomy, in that date of that year, no moon should have been visible.