J.R.R. Tolkien

Born

Jan 3, 1892

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was born in Bloemfontein, South Africa, on January 3, 1892, to Arthur Tolkien and Mabel Suffield Tolkien.
( Photo from J. R. R. Tolkien. A Biography by H. Carpenter)

Father Dies

Feb 15, 1896

Atrhur Tolkien dies from peritonitis

Moved to England

Feb 20, 1896

Shortly after His Fathers death the Tolkien family moved to Birmingham, England.

Mother Dies

Jan 1, 1904

Mabel Tolkine Dies in 1904 due to diabetes

Tolkien Taken in by Father Francis

Mar 22, 1904

Father Francis Xavier Morgan of the Birmingham Oratory becomes Ronald's guardian.
(Date Not Accurate, Actual one unknown)

Meets Edith Mary Bratt

Mar 22, 1908

Tolkien Falls in Love with Edith but is forbidden to meet or talk to her until he is 21.

Goes to Switzerland

Jun 22, 1911

His trip in the summer of 1911 greatly inspired Bilbo's journey across the misty mountains.
(photo: Unknown by MadGeographer on Wikipedia.org

Joins British army

Mar 22, 1915

Tolkine Joins the British army effort in WW1
(Photo: Tolkien in 1916, wearing his British Army uniform in a photograph from the middle years of WW1 From Carpenter's Biography)

Marries Edith

Mar 22, 1916

Tolkien Marries Edith in Warwick, England
(Photo: Edith Tolkine by unknown on Harmanae.com)

First Child Born

Nov 17, 1917

John Francis Reuel was Born on November 17, 1917

Second Child Born

Oct 22, 1920

Michael Hilary Reuel was born in October, 1920

Third Child Born

Mar 22, 1924

Christopher John Reuel is born in 1924

FInal Child Born

Mar 22, 1929

Priscilla Anne Reuel is born in the year 1929

Edith Dies

Nov 29, 1971

Edith Tolkien Dies on November 29, 1971 at the age of 82

Tolkien Dies

Mar 22, 2015

J.R.R. Tolkine Dies on September 2, 1971 at the age of 81. He was Buried in the same grave as his Wife