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F. Scott Fitzgerald is born
This is the date that Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was born on in St. Paul, MN -
Fitzgerald graduates college
F. Scott Fitzgerald graduates college at Princeton University in Princeton, NJ -
Fitzgerald joins the army.
After being put on academic probation for being a bad student, Fitzgerald was inspired to join the U.S. Army. -
Fitzgerald joins Camp Sheraton
Fitzgerald was assigned to Camp Sheraton near Montgomery, AL. -
Fitzgerald meets Zelda Sayer
Fitzgerald meets Zelda Sayer, the daughter of a Alabama Supreme Court justice, while at Camp Sheraton. -
Zelda breaks up with Fitzgerald
Not willing to live off of such a small salary, Zelda broke up with Fitzgerald, leaving him alone in New York, NY. -
Fitzgerald writes “This Side of Paradise”
Fitzgerald moves back to St. Paul, MN and writes his first novel “This Side of Paradise” -
Fitzgerald is discharged from the Army
After WWI had ended, Fitzgerald was discharged from the Army -
Fitzgerald commits to being a writer
Fitzgerald officially commits to writing for newspapers in Minnesota such as “The Saturday Evening Post”. -
Zelda gets pregnant
Zelda becomes pregnant with their first child Francis Scott Fitzgerald, who would be their only child. -
Fitzgerald writes his second novel
After getting married to Zelda Sayer in 1920, Fitzgerald wrote his second novel “The Beautiful and Damned”. -
The Fitzgeralds move to Long Island
Francis and Zelda move to Great Neck, Long Island in New York to be close to Broadway since Francis has wrote a play. -
“The Great Gatsby” is written
After moving to France with Zelda, Francis wrote “The Great Gatsby”, and he would revise it while in Rome later that year. -
The Fitzgeralds return to the USA
Francis and Zelda rent a mansion in Delaware for 2 years while Zelda practices to become a famous ballet dancer -
Zelda gets injured
The Fitzgeralds move back to Paris, where Zelda’s intense ballet training puts her in bad health. -
The Fitzgerald’s move back to the USA (again)
After having a relapse in her intense ballet training, the Fitzgeralds are forced to move back to the USA in order to get Zelda some help. -
“Tender Is the Night” is written
Francis writes his 4th novel, “Tender Is the Night” -
The Crack-Up Years
Francis would fall to Alcoholism for 2 years and would be unable to write commercial stories -
Francis moves to Hollywood
Fitzgerald moves to Hollywood to work with MGM -
Francis dies
Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald passes away due to a heart attack. -
Zelda dies
Zelda Sayre passes away
