2010

Tolkien-related events that took place in 2010.

January

• 3 - Birthday Toast.
• 12 - Actress Elizabeth Moody dies.
• 13 - The Power of Tolkien's Prose: Middle-Earth's Magical Style by Steve Walker is published.
• 18 - Mirkwood: A Novel About JRR Tolkien by Steve Hillard is released.
• 20 - Cubicle 7 Entertainment announces the forth-coming release of The One Ring: The Lord of the Rings Role-playing Game.
• ? - Amon Hen 221 is published.

February

• 12 - A Tolkien English Glossary is published.

March

• 1 - J.R.R. Tolkien: Pocket Guide is published.
• 1 - Oliphaunt Limited Edition Poster is published.
• 1 - The Lord of the Rings Online: Volume III: Allies of the King, "Oath of the Rangers" is released.
• 4 - The History of Middle-earth is re-released in hardcover.
• 6 - The Tolkien Society's Smials Day in Leeds.
• 25 - Tolkien Reading Day.
• ? - Amon Hen 222 is published.

April

• 1 - The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún is released in paperback.
• 1 - West of the Mountains, East of the Sea is published.
• 17 - The Tolkien Society holds its AGM in Brighton, UK.
• 17 - Tolkien Enterprises change it's name to Middle-earth Enterprises.
• 21 - Middle-earth Minstrel is published.
• 23 - Bo Hansson, famous for his music inspired by The Lord of the Rings, dies.
• 23 - 25 - DTG's Tolkien Seminar 2010.
• 26 - Simon Tolkien publishes the article "In My Grandfather's Footsteps".

May

• 5 - The America's Next Top Model episode "Hobbits vs. Models" premieres on The CW.
• 15 - 16 - Middle-earth Weekend, Sarehole Mill, Birmingham.
• 22 - "Tolkien and Philosophy" seminar in Modena, Italy.
• 28 - Scholar Alexei Kondratiev dies.
• 30 - Guillermo del Toro departs from The Hobbit film adaptation.
• ? - Amon Hen 223 is published.

June

• 9 - Midway Games is closed, because of bankruptcy.
• 22 - The RiffTrax commentary of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King is released online.
• 26 - The Tolkien Society's Northern Hemisphere seminar: "Tolkien & Birmingham".
• 26 - 27 - Danish Society's Bree Summer Banquet.

July

• 8 - Tolkien Calendar 2011 is published.
• 15-18 - Tolkien Thing 2010.
• 16-19 - Mythcon 41 in Dallas, Texas.
• ? - Amon Hen 224 is published.

August

• 3 - The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game is announced.
• 13-16 - "Edge of the Wild", Tolkien art exhibition in Moreton-in-Marsh.
• 28 - The Tolkien Society's Southern Hemisphere seminar: "Tolkien's Odysseys - Middle-earth and Beyond"
• early - Tolkien Studies: Volume 7 is published.

September

• 2 - There and Back Again: The Map of the Hobbit is published.
• 8 - The Lord of the Rings Online: Volume III: Allies of the King, "Ride of the Grey Company" is released in North America, which includes free to play for current and former subscribers.
• 10 - The Lord of the Rings Online goes free to play for the general public in North America.
• 10 - 12 - Bulgarian Tolkien Society's 6th Tolkien-Fest in Sofia.
• 14 - The Lord of the Rings: Aragorn's Quest is released in North America.
• 24-26 - Oxonmoot 2010 at Lady Margaret Hall.
• 24-26 - Lasse Lanta Autumn Meeting of Austrian Tolkien Society.
• 26 - Decentennial Celebration and Hobbit Birthdays, North East Tolkien Society
• 28 - The Music of the Lord of the Rings Films is published.
• 30 - Oct. 3 - Jubilee for Mithlond, the Gothenburg Tolkien Society of Sweden.
• ? - Amon Hen 225 is published.

October

• 1 - Middle-earth: Visions of a Modern Myth by Donato Giancola is published.
• 6 - The Lord of the Rings: Aragorn's Quest is released in Australia.
• 9 - 11 - Chilean Tolkien Society's Mereth Oronnad.
• 15 – Peter Jackson is officially announced as the director of The Hobbit film series.
• 19 - The Dragon's Apprentice is published.
• 25 – German translator Walter Scherf dies.
• 29 - The Lord of the Rings: Aragorn's Quest is released in Europe.
• 29 - 1 Nov. - Mereth Aderthad/EstelConXVI Annual Convention of the Spanish Tolkien Society in Valenica, Spain.
• 30 - Looking for the King: An Inklings Novel is published.

November

• 2 - The Lord of the Rings Online: Volume III: Allies of the King, "Ride of the Grey Company" is released in Europe.
• 2 - The Lord of the Rings Online goes free-to-play for the general public in Europe.
• 3 - Author Glen GoodKnight dies.
• 15 - Parma Eldalamberon, issue 19 is published.
• ? - Amon Hen 226 is published.
• ? - Update 1: Journey to Winter-Home, the first update of The Lord of the Rings Online, is released.

December

• 1 - Middle-earth and Beyond: Essays on the World of J.R.R. Tolkien is published.
• ? - J.R.R. Tolkien (Christian Encounters) is published.

?

• (spring/summer) - Mythlore 109/110 is published.
• (spring) - Mallorn 49 is published.
• (autumn) - Mallorn 50 is published.

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