11 March

Events that occurred on 11 March.

On Earth

• 1949 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Miss Turnbull.
• 1963 - Producer Zane Weiner is born.
• 1989 - Actor John Wyse dies.
• 2003 - At Dawn in Rivendell, the third album of Tolkien Ensemble, is released (it was recorded in the previous year). It features recitations by Christopher Lee.
• 2005 - Cartographer Karen Wynn Fonstad dies from the complications of breast cancer.
• 2007 - "The One Ring Celebration 2007" in Burbank, California.
• 2008 - Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings – Sources of Inspiration is published.

In Arda

• T.A. 2510:
  • Borondir and his companions are on their way in search of the Éothéod.
• T.A. 3019:
  • Gollum visits Shelob, but when he sees Frodo asleep he nearly decides not to pursue his plan to recover the Ring.
  • Denethor sends Faramir to Osgiliath.
  • Aragorn with the Grey Company and the Dead Men reaches Linhir and crosses into Lebennin.
  • Aragorn bids Angbor of Lamedon to follow him to Pelargir, where "Isildur's Heir has need of him".
  • The Rohirrim travel towards Minas Tirith.
  • Eastern Rohan is invaded from the north.
  • Orcs of Dol Guldur assail Lothlórien, but they are beaten back.