22 August

Events that occurred on 22 August

On Earth

• 1944 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 79.
• 1955 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to John Roberts.
• 1963 - Linguist and translator Édouard Kloczko born.
• 1971 - Actor Richard Armitage born.
• 1980 - Voice actor Norman Shelley dies.
• 1985 - The Lays of Beleriand is published in the UK.
• 1992 - Tolkien Centenary Conference, a combination of Oxonmoot 1992 and Mythcon 23, at Keble College, Oxford.
• 2006 - The Oxford Tolkien Conference at Exeter College, Oxford.

In Arda

• T.A. 3018:
  • Gandalf is held captive by Saruman on the pinnacle of Orthanc.
  • Boromir travels towards Rivendell to ask for counsel.
• T.A. 3019:
  • The escort arrives at Isengard; at sunset King Elessar grants Isengard to the Ents and receives the keyes of Orthanc.
  • Aragorn, Gimli and Legolas say their good-byes to Gandalf and the four Hobbits.
  • The Fellowship of the Ring is formally disbanded.
  • Legolas and Gimli set out for their own lands through Fangorn Forest.