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* '''[[28 June|28]]''' - [[Przemyslaw Mroczkowski]], scholar and friend of [[J.R.R. Tolkien]], is born. | * '''[[28 June|28]]''' - [[Przemyslaw Mroczkowski]], scholar and friend of [[J.R.R. Tolkien]], is born. | ||
* '''?''' - Tolkien is awarded First Class Honours degree in English Language and Literature. | * '''?''' - Tolkien is awarded First Class Honours degree in English Language and Literature. | ||
==July== | ==July== | ||
* '''[[15 July|15]]''' - Tolkien is commissioned as a second lieutenant of the 13th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers, and begins training at Bedford. | * '''[[15 July|15]]''' - Tolkien is commissioned as a second lieutenant of the 13th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers, and begins training at Bedford. | ||
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* '''[[21 November|21]]''' - G.B. Smith is shipped to France. | * '''[[21 November|21]]''' - G.B. Smith is shipped to France. | ||
* '''[[26 November|26]]''' - Tolkien writes [[Letter 3]]. | * '''[[26 November|26]]''' - Tolkien writes [[Letter 3]]. | ||
*'''?''' - Tolkien writes his earliest version of ''[[Kortirion among the Trees]]''. | |||
==December== | ==December== | ||
*'''?''' - Tolkien might have written the poem ''[[Habbanan beneath the Stars]]''. | *'''?''' - Tolkien might have written the poem ''[[Habbanan beneath the Stars]]''. | ||
Revision as of 15:10, 29 April 2022
Tolkien-related events that took place in 1915.
February
- 13 - Mary Jane Stow dies.
March
- ? - Earliest "evidence" of Tolkien working on "fairy language".
April
- ? - J.R.R. Tolkien writes the poem Goblin Feet.
June
- 10 - Exams start at Oxford University. Because of the war, only Tolkien and 24 others remain in the entire University. Tolkien passes.
- 28 - Tolkien applies at the Oxford recruiting office to join the army.
- 28 - Przemyslaw Mroczkowski, scholar and friend of J.R.R. Tolkien, is born.
- ? - Tolkien is awarded First Class Honours degree in English Language and Literature.
July
- 15 - Tolkien is commissioned as a second lieutenant of the 13th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers, and begins training at Bedford.
September
October
- 4 - Translator Tore Zetterholm is born.
November
- 21 - G.B. Smith is shipped to France.
- 26 - Tolkien writes Letter 3.
- ? - Tolkien writes his earliest version of Kortirion among the Trees.
December
- ? - Tolkien might have written the poem Habbanan beneath the Stars.
?
- ? - The poem "Goblin Feet" is published in Oxford Poetry 1915.
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