Events that occurred on 29 January
On Earth
- 1909 - Author and collector Richard E. Blackwelder is born.
- 1943 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to J.L.N. O'Loughlin.
- 1953 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 135c.
- 1954 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to the Rector of the University of Liège.
- 1958 - Actor Alister Duncan is born.
- 1966 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 283b.
- 1968 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Ken Jackson.
- 1981 - J.A.W. Bennett, Inkling, dies.
In Arda
- T.A. 3019:
- The Fellowship of the Ring rests in Lothlórien.