Events[]
February[]
- ? - J.R.R. Tolkien writes the "Debating Society Report" in The King Edward's School Chronicle.
- 28 - Jack Arthur Walter Bennett, Inkling, born in New Zealand.
March[]
- ? - J.R.R. Tolkien writes the poem The Battle of the Eastern Field and the report "Acta Senatus".
- 10 - The Battle of the Eastern Field and "Acta Senatus" are both published in The King Edward's School Chronicle.
June[]
- 3 - Swedish translator Åke Joel Ohlmarks is born.
- ? - J.R.R. Tolkien writes the "Debating Society Report" and the Editorial in The King Edward's School Chronicle.
July[]
- ? - J.R.R. Tolkien writes the Editorial in The King Edward's School Chronicle.
Summer[]
- ? - The Tolkiens go to holiday in Switzerland, where J.R.R. Tolkien allegedly finds a postcard of Der Berggeist.
- Tolkien with a party of 12 wander on foot in Lauterbrunnen. Vivid memories of that adventure would form the basis for Rivendell and the Misty Mountains in The Hobbit.
August[]
- 12 - Felix Felton, who would play Bilbo Baggins, the Black Captain and Sauron in The Lord of the Rings (1955 radio series), is born.
October[]
- 3 - Michael Hordern, who would voice Gandalf in the 1981 radio series of The Lord of the Rings, is born.
- 20 - J.R.R. Tolkien signs a Oxford University visitor's page.
Christmas[]
- ? - J.R.R. Tolkien writes the play Cherry Farm.
Unknown[]
- ? - J.R.R. Tolkien creates the Tea Club, Barrovian Society at grammar school.