Book Events for ELandJR

Aiel War

• New Spring: A Wheel of Time Prequel (Now a major TV series) (The Wheel of Time) by Robert Jordan

Attack on Pearl Harbor

• Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson

Battle of Five Armies

• The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien

Battle of Midway

• Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson

Battle of the Hornburg

• The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
• The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, #3) by J.R.R. Tolkien
• The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, Part 2) by J. R. R. Tolkien

Battle of Vienna

• Quicksilver (The Baroque Cycle, Vol. 1) (The Baroque Cycle, 1) by Neal Stephenson

Battle of Waterloo

• Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke ([1815])

Bloody Assizes

• Quicksilver (The Baroque Cycle, Vol. 1) (The Baroque Cycle, 1) by Neal Stephenson

Cleansing of Saidin

• Winter's Heart by Robert Jordan

Coronation of Aragorn

• The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Council of Elrond

• The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, Part 1) by J. R. R. Tolkien
• The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien

Destruction of Earth

• The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

Destruction of Isengard

• The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien

Destruction of the One Ring

• The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Disappearance of the Dolphins

• So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish by Douglas Adams
• The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

Edict of Fontainebleau

• Quicksilver (The Baroque Cycle, Vol. 1) (The Baroque Cycle, 1) by Neal Stephenson

El Gran Consejo de los Señores de los Dragones

• Dragons of Spring Dawning (Dragonlance Chronicles, Vol. 3) by Margaret Weis

End of the Universe

• The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #2) by Douglas Adams
• The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

Fimbulwinter

• The Weirdstone of Brisingamen: A Tale of Alderley by Alan Garner

Glorious Revolution

• Quicksilver (The Baroque Cycle, Vol. 1) (The Baroque Cycle, 1) by Neal Stephenson

The Great Fire of Ankh-Morpork

• The Color of Magic: A Discworld Novel (Discworld, 1) by Terry Pratchett

Great Fire of London

• Quicksilver (The Baroque Cycle, Vol. 1) (The Baroque Cycle, 1) by Neal Stephenson

Guadalcanal Campaign

• Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson

Hindenburg disaster

• Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson

Hogswatch

• Hogfather (Discworld Novels) by Terry Pratchett (Dec. 32)

Kaththea learns to control her powers

• Sorceress of the Witch World by Andre Norton

Monmouth Rebellion

• Quicksilver (The Baroque Cycle, Vol. 1) (The Baroque Cycle, 1) by Neal Stephenson

Napoleonic Wars

• Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke (1815)

Peninsular War

• Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke (1814)

plagues

• Quicksilver (The Baroque Cycle, Vol. 1) (The Baroque Cycle, 1) by Neal Stephenson (London, 1665)

Quest of Erebor

• The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien

Ragnarok

• The Weirdstone of Brisingamen: A Tale of Alderley by Alan Garner

The Reappearance of Earth

• So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish by Douglas Adams
• The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

Tarmon Gai'don

• A Memory of Light (Wheel of Time, Book 14) (Wheel of Time, 14) by Robert Jordan

Thirty Years' War

• The Confusion (The Baroque Cycle, Vol. 2) (The Baroque Cycle, 2) by Neal Stephenson
• Quicksilver (The Baroque Cycle, Vol. 1) (The Baroque Cycle, 1) by Neal Stephenson
• The System of the World (The Baroque Cycle, Vol. 3) (The Baroque Cycle, 3) by Neal Stephenson

War of the Five Kings

• A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 2) by George R. R. Martin
• A Dance with Dragons (A Song of Ice and Fire, #5) by George R.R. Martin
• A Feast for Crows: A Song of Ice and Fire (Game of Thrones) by George R. R. Martin
• A Storm of Swords: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book Three by George R. R. Martin

War of the Ring

• The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien

War of the Usurper

• A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 1) by George R.R. Martin

World War II

• Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson