The following event(s) took place in Middle-earth on July 19: 

• Bilbo’s lost in the goblins’ caves (1341)
• The Company is trapped in the trees (1341)
• The funeral escort of King Théoden sets out (1419) 

July 19, 2941 (S.R. 1341)

1. Bilbo’s lost in the goblins’ caves

(from Karen Wynn Fonstad, The Atlas of Middle-earth)

     “Suddenly without any warning he trotted splash into water!  Ugh! it was icy cold.  That pulled him up sharp and short.”

(Tolkien, 1965 Ballantine, p. 78-96 Hobbit)

2. The Company is trapped in the trees.

(determined from text)

     “”Must we go any further?” asked Bilbo, when it was so dark that he could only just see Thorin’s beard wagging beside him, and so quiet that he could hear the dwarves’ breathing like a loud noise.”

(Tolkien, 1965 Ballantine, p. 103-111 Hobbit)

July 19, 3019 (S.R. 1419)

1. The funeral escort of King Théoden sets out.

(from the appendices)

     “At last the day of departure came, and a great and fair company made ready to ride north from the City.  Then the kings of Gondor and Rohan went to the Hallows and they came to the tombs in Rath Dinen….”

(Tolkien, 1965 Ballantine, p. 313 RotK)

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