25 March

Events which occurred on 25 March.

On Earth

• 1967 - The Scotsman publishes an interview of William Foster with J.R.R. Tolkien.
• 1968 - Michael Reisz , who would voice Legolas in the 2002 video game The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, is born.
• 1986 - The Swiss Tolkien Society Eredain is founded.
• Since 2003 - Tolkien Reading Day.

In Arda

• T.A. 2510:
  • Borondir reaches the Éothéod and delivers them the message of Cirion, Steward of Gondor.
• T.A. 3019:
  • The Host of the West is surrounded by enemies on the Slag-hills.
  • Frodo and Samwise reach the Sammath Naur. Gollum seizes the Ring and falls in the Cracks of Doom.
  • Downfall of Barad-dûr and passing of Sauron.
  • Beginning of the New Year in Gondor.
• T.A. 3021:
  • Beginning of the Fourth Age in the reckoning of Gondor.
  • Elanor the Fair, daughter of Samwise, is born.

Inspiration

Tolkien noted in Nomenclature that the date the Ring was destroyed was purposefully chosen. It coincides with the feast of Annunciation or Lady Day.