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In St. Paul, Minnesota, furniture manufacturer Edward Fitzgerald and his wife Mary "Mollie" McQuillan welcome their third child, Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald. https://www.britannica.com/summary/F-Scott-Fitzgerald-Timeline#:~:text=In%201937%20Fitzgerald%20moves%20to%20Hollywood%20and%20becomes,with%20Sheilah%20Graham%2C%20a%20famous%20Hollywood%20gossip%20columnist. -
F. Scott Fitzgerald makes his first appearance in print at the age of 14 with "The Mystery of the Raymond Mortgage" in the school newspaper St. Paul Academy Now and Then. https://www.britannica.com/summary/F-Scott-Fitzgerald-Timeline#:~:text=In%201937%20Fitzgerald%20moves%20to%20Hollywood%20and%20becomes,with%20Sheilah%20Graham%2C%20a%20famous%20Hollywood%20gossip%20columnist. -
Fitzgerald enrolls in Princeton University as a member of the 1917 class. He quickly befriends folks who become lasting influences and friends, such as novelists Edmund Wilson and John Peale Bishop. https://www.britannica.com/summary/F-Scott-Fitzgerald-Timeline -
Fitzgerald increases his involvement in Princeton's literary community during his sophomore year by making contributions to the Triangle Club and the Princeton Tiger. https://www.britannica.com/summary/F-Scott-Fitzgeralds-Important-Works -
Fitzgerald encounters Ginevra King, who becomes his first true love and a major inspiration for a number of the female characters in his later works of literature. They go on dates but soon break up. https://www.britannica.com/summary/F-Scott-Fitzgerald-Timeline#:~:text=In%201937%20Fitzgerald%20moves%20to%20Hollywood%20and%20becomes,with%20Sheilah%20Graham%2C%20a%20famous%20Hollywood%20gossip%20columnist. -
His disregard for academics led him to drop as many classes as he could, which led to Fitzgerald being put on academic probation. He contracted malaria in the fall of 1915 and left school. https://csuitespotlight.com/2021/08/31/the-great-f-scott-fitzgerald-princeton-universitys-wayward-son/#:~:text=At%20Princeton%2C%20he%20took%20a,caught%20malaria%20and%20dropped%20out. -
At a country club dance in Montgomery, Alabama, Zelda Sayre and F. Scott Fitzgerald first cross paths. A month later, the publisher Scribners rejects The Romantic Egoist but encourages Fitzgerald to edit it and try again since they see potential in the young author. https://www.britannica.com/summary/F-Scott-Fitzgerald-Timeline#:~:text=In%201937%20Fitzgerald%20moves%20to%20Hollywood%20and%20becomes,with%20Sheilah%20Graham%2C%20a%20famous%20Hollywood%20gossip%20columnist. -
Before Second Lieutenant Fitzgerald ever leaves the United States, World War I is over. One of Fitzgerald's greatest regrets will always be missing out on seeing war overseas. https://www.britannica.com/summary/F-Scott-Fitzgerald-Timeline#:~:text=In%201937%20Fitzgerald%20moves%20to%20Hollywood%20and%20becomes,with%20Sheilah%20Graham%2C%20a%20famous%20Hollywood%20gossip%20columnist. -
Fitzgerald marries Zelda in New York's St. Patrick's Cathedral one week later. https://www.britannica.com/summary/F-Scott-Fitzgerald-Timeline#:~:text=In%201937%20Fitzgerald%20moves%20to%20Hollywood%20and%20becomes,with%20Sheilah%20Graham%2C%20a%20famous%20Hollywood%20gossip%20columnist. -
The Fitzgerald family sets out on their first overseas excursion. Before heading back to the United States, they spend three months in England, France, and Italy. https://www.britannica.com/summary/F-Scott-Fitzgerald-Timeline#:~:text=In%201937%20Fitzgerald%20moves%20to%20Hollywood%20and%20becomes,with%20Sheilah%20Graham%2C%20a%20famous%20Hollywood%20gossip%20columnist. -
Zelda has given birth to her only child. After naming her ¨Scottie¨, the family moved away leading them to meet novelists Ernest Hemingway and Gertrude Stein. https://www.vassar.edu/stories/2017/170531-scottie-fitzgerald.html -
The Beautiful and Damned is published. https://www.britannica.com/summary/F-Scott-Fitzgeralds-Important-Works -
On Long Island's Great Neck, the Fitzgerald family rents a home. They remain there till April 1924. F. Scott Fitzgerald writes a few short tales for publications and one unsuccessful play while they are living in Long Island. The background and mood for Fitzgerald's novel were defined and created by the couple's contacts with Long Island culture. https://www.britannica.com/summary/F-Scott-Fitzgeralds-Important-Works -
For France, the Fitzgeralds set sail. The majority of the following seven years are spent in Europe, primarily in Paris. https://www.britannica.com/summary/F-Scott-Fitzgerald-Timeline#:~:text=In%201937%20Fitzgerald%20moves%20to%20Hollywood%20and%20becomes,with%20Sheilah%20Graham%2C%20a%20famous%20Hollywood%20gossip%20columnist. -
The release of The Great Gatsby. A few weeks later, the Fitzgeralds, who have been traveling throughout Europe, settle in Paris. https://www.britannica.com/summary/F-Scott-Fitzgerald-Timeline#:~:text=In%201937%20Fitzgerald%20moves%20to%20Hollywood%20and%20becomes,with%20Sheilah%20Graham%2C%20a%20famous%20Hollywood%20gossip%20columnist. -
In a bar in Paris, of course, F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway cross paths. Fitzgerald previously informed his editor at Scribners about the promising young American author he had learned about in Parisian circles. https://www.britannica.com/summary/F-Scott-Fitzgeralds-Important-Works -
The Great Depression starts when the American stock market falls. Officially, the Jazz Age is over. https://www.britannica.com/summary/F-Scott-Fitzgerald-Timeline#:~:text=In%201937%20Fitzgerald%20moves%20to%20Hollywood%20and%20becomes,with%20Sheilah%20Graham%2C%20a%20famous%20Hollywood%20gossip%20columnist. -
The Fitzgeralds return to the United States in September. https://www.britannica.com/summary/F-Scott-Fitzgerald-Timeline -
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Fitzgerald used The Crack-Up as an essay to document his moral and physical decline in the middle of the 1930s. Esquire magazine initially published the essay in 1936. after his passing. https://www.britannica.com/summary/F-Scott-Fitzgeralds-Important-Works -
Fitzgerald's final piece for The Saturday Evening Post, "Trouble," is released. https://www.britannica.com/summary/F-Scott-Fitzgerald-Timeline#:~:text=In%201937%20Fitzgerald%20moves%20to%20Hollywood%20and%20becomes,with%20Sheilah%20Graham%2C%20a%20famous%20Hollywood%20gossip%20columnist. -
Fitzgerald signs a six-month contract with Metro Goldwyn Mayer and relocates to Hollywood in the hopes of using screenplays to pay off his debt. He meets Sheilah Graham, a movie critic, not long after arriving. They start dating, which continues until his passing. https://www.britannica.com/summary/F-Scott-Fitzgerald-Timeline#:~:text=In%201937%20Fitzgerald%20moves%20to%20Hollywood%20and%20becomes,with%20Sheilah%20Graham%2C%20a%20famous%20Hollywood%20gossip%20columnist. -
After being released from his MGM contract in December 1938, Fitzgerald spends this year alternating between Hollywood freelancing jobs and episodes of drinking. https://www.britannica.com/summary/F-Scott-Fitzgerald-Timeline -
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In a fire at Highland Hospital in Asheville, North Carolina, Zelda Fitzgerald perishes. https://www.britannica.com/summary/F-Scott-Fitzgerald-Timeline#:~:text=In%201937%20Fitzgerald%20moves%20to%20Hollywood%20and%20becomes,with%20Sheilah%20Graham%2C%20a%20famous%20Hollywood%20gossip%20columnist.
