25 March

Events that occurred on 25 March.

On Earth

• 1934 - J.R.R. Tolkien's poem Firiel is published within The Chronicle of the Convents of the Sacred Heart (Volume IV).
• 1967 - The Scotsman publishes an interview of J.R.R. Tolkien by William Foster.
• 1968 - Actor Michael Reisz is born.
• 1979 - Actor Lee Pace is born.
• 1986 - The Swiss Tolkien Society Eredain is founded.
• Since 2003 - Tolkien Reading Day.
• 2014 - Anglo-Saxon Community in J.R.R. Tolkien's the Lord of the Rings is published.
• 2015 - Tolkien Estate launches a new version of the website tolkienestate.com, including many articles.
• 2019 - Tolkien the Pagan? is published.

In Arda

• T.A. 2510:
  • Borondir reaches the Éothéod and delivers them the message of Cirion, Steward of Gondor.
• T.A. 3019:
  • The Host of the West is surrounded by enemies on the Slag-hills.
  • Frodo and Samwise reach the Sammath Naur. Gollum seizes the Ring and falls in the Cracks of Doom.
  • Downfall of Barad-dûr and passing of Sauron.
  • Frodo and Samwise are borne away by Gwaihir and his brothers.
  • Faramir and Éowyn watch from the walls of Minas Tirith as the shadow is lifted from Mordor.
  • An eagle brings news to Minas Tirith about the fall of Sauron.
  • Beginning of the New Year in Gondor.
• T.A. 3020:
  • Samwise returns to the Shire from forestry work; Frodo has been ill, but he has already recovered and says nothing about himself to Samwise.
• T.A. 3021:
  • Beginning of the Fourth Age in the reckoning of Gondor.
  • Elanor the Fair, daughter of Samwise, is born.

Inspiration

Tolkien noted in Nomenclature that the date the Ring was destroyed was purposefully chosen. It coincides with the feast of Annunciation or Lady Day, in which the Savior entered the world. Also of note, Tolkien likely chose the 25th of March as the date of the destruction of the One Ring (showing the influence of his Catholic faith) as this is widely believed to have been the day of the death of Jesus Christ.