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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, the daughter of an Irish immigrant. Scott and his sister Annabel are the only two Fitzgerald children to survive infancy. -
Edward Fitzgerald moves his family back to St. Paul. In September Scott enrolls at St. Paul Academy. -
At the age of 14, F. Scott Fitzgerald appears in print for the first time, with "The Mystery of the Raymond Mortgage" -
Fitzgerald enters Princeton University with the Class of 1917. -
Fitzgerald meets Ginevra King, his first serious love interest -
World War I ends before Second Lieutenant Fitzgerald ever leaves the U.S. His failure to see foreign combat will forever be one of Fitzgerald's greatest regrets.
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he and Zelda marry in St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York.
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They both travel to Europe
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Their daughter is born
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The Beautiful and Damned is published.
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The Fitzgeralds set sail for France. They spend most of the next seven years in Europe, predominantly in Paris.
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The U.S. stock market crashes, triggering the Great Depression. The Jazz Age is officially over.
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After the crash the return to America
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Fitzgerald moves to Hollywood after signing a six-month contract from Metro Goldwyn Mayer
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F. Scott Fitzgerald dies of a heart attack at Sheilah Graham's Hollywood, California apartment.