15 March

Events that occurred on 15 March.

On Earth

• 1901 - Robert Havard, Inkling, is born.
• 1942 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to John Kettle.
• 1965 - Actress Robyn Malcolm is born.
• 1969 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Amy Ronald.
• 1981 - The second episode of the 1981 radio adaptation of The Lord of the Rings is aired on BBC Radio 4.
• 2009 - Arda Reconstructed: The Creation of the Published Silmarillion is published.

In Arda

• T.A. 2510:
  • Borondir is on his way in search of the Éothéod.
• T.A. 2941:
  • Gandalf meets Thorin at the Prancing Pony, and they devise a plan to rid Erebor of Smaug.
• T.A. 3019:
  • In the early morning the Witch-king breaks the Gates of Minas Tirith.
  • Denethor burns himself on a pyre. Faramir is rescued by Gandalf and Beregond and brought to the Houses of Healing.
  • The horns of the Rohirrim echo in the sides of Mindolluin at cockcrow.
  • Battle of the Pelennor Fields:
    • Death of Théoden.
    • Éowyn slays the Witch-king with the assistance of Meriadoc Brandybuck.
    • Aragorn arrives on the battlefield and raises the standard of Elendil woven by Arwen.
  • Frodo and Samwise escape the Tower of Cirith Ungol and begin their journey north along the Morgai.
  • The Battle under the trees in Mirkwood takes place. Thranduil drives back the enemy from Dol Guldur.
  • Second assault on Lothlórien.