Events[]
February[]
- 17 - Hilary Arthur Reuel Tolkien, younger brother to J.R.R. Tolkien, is born in Bloemfontein, South Africa.
October[]
- 18 - Geoffrey Bache Smith, childhood friend of Tolkien, is born.
November[]
- Mabel, Hilary, and Ronald take a train to the coast near Cape Town so Ronald can be in the cooler air.
- After they return home a trip to England is decided as Mabel dislikes the hot climate and the Bloemfontein lifestyle, even though Arthur is happy with it.
Christmas[]
- Tolkien later described his "first Christmas memory" being "of blazing sun, drawn curtains and a drooping eucalyptus" in Letter 163.