22 November

Events that occurred on 22 November.

On Earth

• 1914 - At the request of G.B. Smith, J.R.R. Tolkien addresses Corpus Christi College's Sundial Society about the Kalevala and the lack of an English mythology.
• 1916 - J.R.R. Tolkien signs a form for the War Office, confirming his return to England from France due to trench fever.
• 1950 - Artist David T. Wenzel is born.
• 1954 - Rayner Heppenstall writes a letter to J.R.R. Tolkien.
• 1956 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Miss Stanley-Smith.
• 1961 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 234.
• 1962 - The Adventures of Tom Bombadil is first published in the UK.
• 1962 – A review in The Listener calls The Adventures of Tom Bombadil "close to genius".
• 1963 – J.R.R. Tolkien's friend C.S. Lewis dies.
• 1966 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 291.
• 1970 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 318.
• 1995 - Tyalië Tyelelliéva issue 7 is published.
• 2002 - The first Ring*Con starts in Bonn, Germany.
• 2005 - Ringers: Lord of the Fans is released.
• 2013 - Lewis and Tolkien: The Lost Road is aired on BBC Radio.

In Arda

• T.A. 3018:
  • Frodo and Samwise rest in Rivendell and prepare for their quest to destroy the One Ring.