Bilbo Baggins turns 111 at the start of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings.
The opening chapter, “A Long-expected Party,” describes Bilbo’s birthday celebration in Hobbiton. The event is remarkable because Bilbo shares his birthday with Frodo, who turns 33, the age at which hobbits traditionally come of age.
Bilbo’s unusually long life is linked to his possession of the One Ring, which he found during his journey in The Hobbit. He eventually gives the Ring to Frodo before leaving the Shire. Readers sometimes remember only the spectacular fireworks and the disappearance at the party, but Bilbo’s age is one of the opening book’s precise chronological details.