On Earth

• 1963 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to a couple he met on holiday.
• 1992 - Author and polemic Isaac Asimov dies.

In Arda

• T.A. 2510:
  • Eorl the Young sets out with the Éothéod towards Calenardhon.
• T.A. 2941:
  • Gandalf visits Bag End but Bilbo Baggins is missing. He talks with Holman Greenhand and realises Bilbo is the right person for the Quest for Erebor (date approximate).^{[note 1][1]}
• T.A. 2980:
  • Samwise Gamgee is born.
• T.A. 3019:
  • New Year of the Elves.^[2]
  • Meeting of Celeborn and Thranduil.^[2]
  • Frodo and Sam, rescued out of the fire, rest in Ithilien.
• T.A. 3020:
  • The mallorn tree planted by Samwise Gamgee in the Party Field begins to flower.^[2]

Notes

References

1. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "The Quest of Erebor"
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B, "The Chief Days from the Fall of Barad-dûr to the End of the Third Age"