F. Scott Fitzgerald By kaelynm Sep 24, 1896 F. Scott Fitzgerald was born 1913 Fitzgerald was accepted to Princeton 1917 United States entered World War I and he headed off to bootcamp Nov 11, 1918 Fitzgerald's regiment was about to go to France when the armistice was declared 1919 Zelda broke off the engagement with Fitzgerald Apr 3, 1920 Scott and Zelda got married 1921 Zelda discovered she was pregnant Oct 26, 1921 Their daughter was born 1922 Fitzgerald published his second novel "The Beautiful and Damned" 1924 The Fitzgerald's decided to move to Europe 1925 Went to Paris for the publication of "The Great Gatsby" 1934 The novel "Tender is the Night" was released 1937 Fitzgerald left to become a screenwriter in Hollywood 1939 Fitzgerald went back to writing novels and began writing a book called "The Last Tycoon" Dec 21, 1940 Fitzgerald died from a major heart attack