F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Life By emlynn Sep 24, 1896 Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was born Jan 1, 1908 Father fired from sales job Never wanted to be like his dad. Jan 1, 1913 Accepted to Princeton Jan 1, 1915 Terrible Drinking problem, put on acdamic probation Jan 1, 1917 Goes to bootcamp and heads to war Jun 1, 1918 waited to go to war Jul 1, 1918 Met Zelda Nov 11, 1918 Suppose to be heading to France but they end up not going Jan 1, 1919 Suffered a mild attack of tuberculosis Jan 1, 1920 This Side of Paradise published Oct 26, 1921 Frances Scott "Scottie" Fitzgerald born Jan 1, 1922 The Beautiful and Damned published Dec 1, 1922 Winter Dreams published Apr 10, 1925 The Great Gatsby published Jan 1, 1934 Tender Is the Night published Dec 21, 1940 Death