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1 March – Water from Paris fountains is made free of charge. 1814 30 March – The Battle of Paris. The city is defended by Marmont and Mortier, and is surrendered at 2 a.m. on 31 March. 31 March – Czar Alexander I of Russia and King Frederick William III of Prussia enter Paris, at the head of their armies. [104] 6 April – Abdication of ...
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John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was born on 3 January 1892 in Bloemfontein in the Orange Free State (later annexed by the British Empire; now Free State Province in the Republic of South Africa), to Arthur Reuel Tolkien (1857–1896), an English bank manager, and his wife Mabel, née Suffield (1870–1904). The couple had left England when Arthur was ...
The rest is history. Tolkien went on to create his first novel "The Hobbit" published in 1937. Almost twenty years later, the sequel "The Lord of the Rings" followed in three volumes, in 1954 and ...
Celebration cake for Hobbit Day at the Green Dragon Tavern on the Hobbiton Movie Set, in 2016. Hobbit Day is a name used for September 22nd in reference to its being the birthday of the hobbits Bilbo and Frodo Baggins, two fictional characters in J. R. R. Tolkien's popular set of books The Hobbit (first published on September 21, 1937) and The Lord of the Rings.
Tolkien influences timeline; Date Influences Elements [1] [2] [3] c. 1900 First World War Battle of the Somme Tanks: Mordor Metal dragons at Gondolin: Victorian era: Bag End, Hobbit lifestyle Modern literature William Morris Rider Haggard's She: Dead Marshes, Mirkwood Saruman's shrivelling death c. 1800 Antiquarianism: Poems, maps, scripts ...
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F rance’s famed capital city, Paris, will be home to the 2024 Summer Olympic Games held from July 26 to Aug. 11. It will then host the Paralympic Games from Aug. 28 to Sept. 8. Known for its ...