12 September

Events that occurred on 12 September.

On Earth

• 1915 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes "A Song of Aryador".
• 1931 - Actor Ian Holm is born.
• 1951 - Third day of the Congrès Internationale de Philologie Moderne at the University of Liège, a conference in which J.R.R. Tolkien delivers the paper "Middle English 'Losenger'".
• 1960 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 224.
• 1965 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letters 276 and 277.
• 1966 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Rose MacNamara.
• 1981 - Author and librarian William Ready dies.
• 2010 - Bulgarian Tolkien Society's 6th Tolkien-Fest in Sofia.
• 2012 - An updated edition of Charles Dixon and David T. Wenzel's The Hobbit is published.
• 2013 - The Hobbit, illustrated by Jemima Catlin, is published.
• 2013 - Tolkien Calendar 2014 is published.
• 2014 - Oxonmoot 2014 at Lady Margaret Hall.
• 2014 - Tolkien at Exeter College: How an Oxford undergraduate created Middle-earth by John Garth is published.
• 2015 - Oxonmoot 2015 at St Antony's College.

In Arda

• T.A. 3018:
  • Gandalf is held captive by Saruman on the pinnacle of Orthanc.
  • Boromir travels towards Rivendell to ask for counsel.