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Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald is born in St. Paul, Minnesota.
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At the age of 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.
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Fitzgerald enters Princeton University with the Class of 1917. He meets writers Edmund Wilson and John Peale Bishop.
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In his sophomore year Fitzgerald amps up his involvement in Princeton's literary scene, with contributions to the Princeton Tiger and the Triangle Club.
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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.
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F. Scott Fitzgerald and Zelda Sayre meet at a country club dance in Montgomery, Alabama.
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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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Following the publication of his first short story collection Flappers and Philosophers, the Fitzgeralds move into an apartment on West 59th Street in New York City.
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This Side of Paradise, Fitzgerald's first novel, is published. A week later, he and Zelda marry in St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York.
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The Fitzgeralds depart for their first trip to Europe. They spend three months in England, France and Italy before returning to the U.S.
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The Fitzgeralds' first and only child is born, a daughter named Frances Scott "Scottie" Fitzgerald.
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The Beautiful and Damned is published.
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The Great Gatsby is published. The Fitzgeralds, who have been traveling about Europe, settle in Paris a few weeks later.
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The U.S. stock market crashes, triggering the Great Depression.
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Tender is the Night is published. Zelda suffers her third mental breakdown.
