Events that occurred on 1 February.
On Earth
- 1913 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a postcard to Edith Bratt.
- 1923 - Voice actor Frank Duncan is born.
- 1938 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 21.
- 1939 - German translator Wolfgang Krege is born.
- 1941 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 42b.
- 1969 - T.C.B.S. member Sidney Barrowclough dies.
In Arda
- T.A. 3017:
- Aragorn captures Gollum in the Dead Marshes.
- T.A. 3019:
- The Fellowship of the Ring rests in Lothlórien.