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F. Scott Fitzgerald Born
Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald is born in St. Paul, Minnesota, the third of five children born to furniture manufacturer Edward Fitzgerald and Mary "Mollie" McQuillan. Scott and his sister Annabel are the only two Fitzgerald children to survive infancy. -
Teddy Roosevelt
Became our elected President and made it to our greatest presidents of all. -
Pablo Picasso
Pablo Picasso unveils his cubism art, Les Demoiselles d’ Avignon. -
Fitzgerald Family Moves to Minnesota
After an unsuccessful career as a salesman in New York state, Fitzgerald moves his family back to St. Paul. In September Scott enrolls at St. Paul Academy. -
Fitzgerald's First Publication
At 14, F. Scott Fitzgerald appears in print for the first time, with "The Mystery of the Raymond Mortgage" in the student publication St. Paul Academy Now and Then. -
Fitzgerald at Princeton
Fitzgerald enters Princeton University with the Class of 1917. He soon meets men who will remain lifelong friends and influences, including the writers Edmund Wilson and John Peale Bishop -
Fitzgerald Falls in Love
Fitzgerald meets Ginevra King, his first serious love interest and a major influence on several female characters in his later fiction. They date but soon part ways -
US Army Service
On academic probation and close to flunking out of Princeton, Fitzgerald takes a commission as an infantry second lieutenant in the U.S. Army and leaves school to report for duty at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. He never graduates from Princeton. Soon after reporting for military duty, he begins a novel entitled The Romantic Egoist. -
zelda
Goes to New York to seek his fortune and win Zelda’s hand in marriage-- but she is unwilling to live on his small salary and breaks engagement. -
Wartime
The Wartime Prohibition Act took effect. -
Climate
The United States went dry -
Second Novel
Fitzgerald Writes second novel, The Beautiful and Damned. Settles in St. Paul in time for the birth of his only child, Frances Scott (Scottie). -
Alcohol
Fitzgerald started drinking heavily, triggering frequent domestic rows. -
The Noble Experiment
The noble experiment ended at 3:32 p.m. When Utah became the 26th state to ratify the 21st Amendment, repealing Prohibition. -
Black Tuesday
Black Tuesday - saw 16 million shares traded at losses. By December 1st, the New York Stock Exchange value had dropped by over 26 billion dollars and the Great Depression had begun.
