1961
Preceded by
1962
Year
1963
Followed by
April
- 12 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 237.
- 15 - Actor Tom Kane is born.
- 24 - Henry Gee is born.
- ? - Actress Tatyana Yassukovich is born.
July
- 2 - J.R.R. and Edith Tolkien make a trip to Bournemouth.
- 3 - Alina Dadlez writes a letter to J.R.R. Tolkien.
- 18 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 238.
- 20 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 239.
- 20 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Alina Dadlez.
- 21 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 239a.
August
- 1 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 240.
- 31 - Actor Dee Bradley Baker is born.
September
- 8 - J.R.R. Tolkien begins writing letter 241.
- 14 - An Argentinian publisher writes to J.R.R. Tolkien about a translation into Spanish of The Hobbit (El hobito).
- 17 - Alina Dadlez writes a letter to J.R.R. Tolkien.
- 19 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Alina Dadlez.
- 20 - Cartoonist Bill Amend is born.
- ? - Matt Blessing, the head of Marquette University archives, is born.
October
- 13 - Tim Tolkien is born.
- 22 - O Gnomo, the first Portuguese translation of The Hobbit, is published.
November
- 2 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 241a.
- 14 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to H. Cotton Minchin.
- 19 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 241b.
- 20 - C. S. Lewis writes a letter to J.R.R. Tolkien.
- 22 - The Adventures of Tom Bombadil is published.
- 22 – A review in The Listener calls The Adventures of Tom Bombadil "close to genius".
- 23 - The literary supplement of The Times runs a review of The Adventures of Tom Bombadil.
- 28 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 242.
December
- 7 - Ancrene Wisse, Tolkien's edition of a Middle English manuscript, is published.
- 10 - J.R.R. Tolkien is interviewed by John Bowen.
- 16 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 242a.
- 19 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 243.
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