1970

Tolkien-related events that took place in 1970.

January

• 1 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 315.
• 7 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to his grandson Michael George Tolkien.
• 15 - Musician Charles Deenen is born.

April

• 13 - Tom Shippey, then a young academic at the University of Birmingham, receives a letter from J.R.R. Tolkien after giving a speech at a Tolkien-themed convention.

July

• 18 - Author and scholar Ármann Jakobsson is born.

September

• 4-7 - The first Mythcon is held at Harvey Mudd College.
• 11 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 316.

October

• 31 - Actor Nolan North is born.
• ? - The first issue of Mallorn is published.

November

• 1 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 317.
• 12 - Actor Craig Parker is born.
• 22 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 318.

December

• 14 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to W.A.R. Hadley.

?

• ? - The staff of the Oxford English Dictionary compiles an entry for "hobbit".
• ? - Tolkien Criticism: An Annotated Checklist is published.
• ? - José Manuel Ferrández Bru, Spanish writer, is born.

Years 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973