1969
Preceded by
1970
Year
1971
Followed by
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.
March
- 4 - Actor William Keen is born.
April
- 12 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Tom Shippey.
May
- 2 - J.R.R. Tolkien is awarded an honorary Doctorate of Letters by the University of Nottingham.
June
- 6 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 315a.
July
- 18 - Author and scholar Ármann Jakobsson is born.
August
- 26 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 315b.
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.
- ? - Producer Belén Atienza is born.
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