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Nicholas II ascended the throne after the death of his father in 1894. He was the last czar of Russia and has been characterized as a naive and incompetent leader during his reign due to being unprepared for the role. https://www.thoughtco.com/nicholas-ii-1779830 -
Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, on September 24, 1896. He is the second cousin of the person who wrote the National Anthem. https://sc.edu/about/offices_and_divisions/university_libraries/browse/irvin_dept_special_collections/collections/matthew_arlyn_bruccoli_collection_of_f_scott_fitzgerald/life_of_fitzgerald/index.php -
The Victorian era marked the end after Queen Victoria of England, passes away after her reign of more than 63 years. https://www.thoughtco.com/1900s-timeline-1779947 -
The 25th president of the United States, William McKinley, was assassinated after being shot by an anarchist, Leon Czolgosz, at the Pan-American Exposition in the Temple of Music in Buffalo, New York. https://www.history.com/news/the-assassination-of-president-william-mckinley -
A major earthquake with an estimated moment magnitude of 7.9, struck the coast of Northern California on April 18, 1906, at 5:12 am. https://www.britannica.com/event/San-Francisco-earthquake-of-1906 -
When Fitzgerald was 15 years old, his parents sent him to the Newman School, a prestigious Catholic preparatory school in New Jersey. https://www.biography.com/authors-writers/f-scott-fitzgerald -
The assembly line is an industrial technique created by Henry Ford to minimize unnecessary movements and increase productivity. It was used to mass-produce products such as the Model T. https://www.thoughtco.com/henry-ford-and-the-assembly-line-1779201 -
World War I, also called First World War or Great War, was an international conflict in 1914–18 that involved most of the nations of Europe along with Russia, the United States, and many other regions. https://www.britannica.com/event/World-War-I -
As Fitzgerald was on academic probation and unlikely to graduate, he joined the army in 1917 and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the infantry. He believed that he would die in the war, so he wrote a novel named, “The Romantic Egotist”. https://sc.edu/about/offices_and_divisions/university_libraries/browse/irvin_dept_special_collections/collections/matthew_arlyn_bruccoli_collection_of_f_scott_fitzgerald/life_of_fitzgerald/index.php -
The “manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors" was prohibited by the national legislation passed in 1917, known as the 18th Amendment to the United States Constitution. https://www.legendsofamerica.com/ah-prohibitionspeakeasy/ -
Fitzgerald was transferred to Camp Sheridan, near Montgomery, Alabama, where he fell in love with Zelda Sayre, the youngest daughter of an Alabama Supreme Court judge. https://sc.edu/about/offices_and_divisions/university_libraries/browse/irvin_dept_special_collections/collections/matthew_arlyn_bruccoli_collection_of_f_scott_fitzgerald/life_of_fitzgerald/index.php -
A flu pandemic that infected roughly about 500 million people worldwide. The Spanish Flu was first found in Europe, before quickly spreading around the world. https://www.britannica.com/event/influenza-pandemic-of-1918-1919 -
During The Roaring '20s, the stock market was booming, speakeasies, short skirts, the Charleston, and jazz were popular. Women also gained the right to vote, which shifted the tides in women's suffrage. https://www.thoughtco.com/20th-century-timelines-1779957 -
On March 26, 1920, the publication This Side of Paradise, made Fitzgerald famous overnight and married Zelda Sayre the following week in New York. https://sc.edu/about/offices_and_divisions/university_libraries/browse/irvin_dept_special_collections/collections/matthew_arlyn_bruccoli_collection_of_f_scott_fitzgerald/life_of_fitzgerald/index.php -
Fitzgerald's daughter, Frances Scott (Scottie) FitzgeraldWhen Zelda Fitzgerald, was born on October 1921, in France. https://sc.edu/about/offices_and_divisions/university_libraries/browse/irvin_dept_special_collections/collections/matthew_arlyn_bruccoli_collection_of_f_scott_fitzgerald/life_of_fitzgerald/index.php -
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald was published in 1925 by Charles Scribner’s Sons. The novel tells a story that took place during the Roaring '20s about Jay Gatsby, a self-made millionaire, who is in pursuit of a married woman named Daisy Buchannan.
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A worldwide severe economic downfall that was characterized by mass unemployment, banking panics, homelessness, and steep declines in stock, prices, and industrial production. https://www.britannica.com/event/Great-Depression -
In 1931, Fitzgerald returned to the United States and traveled to California to write screenplays for the Metro Goldwyn Meyer filmstudio. Among the scripts he worked on were "Red-Headed Woman", "A Yank at Oxford", "Marie Antoinette", and "Three Comrades". https://www.online-literature.com/fitzgerald/ -
The Star Spangled Banner, composed by Francis Scott Key, was adopted as the official national anthem of the United States after President Herbert Hoover signed a congressional act. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-star-spangled-banner-becomes-official -
Fitzgerald finished his fourth book, Tender Is the Night, at "La Paix", a home he rented outside of Baltimore in 1934. However, after being published it was a disaster and the merits of it were disputed by critics. https://sc.edu/about/offices_and_divisions/university_libraries/browse/irvin_dept_special_collections/collections/matthew_arlyn_bruccoli_collection_of_f_scott_fitzgerald/life_of_fitzgerald/index.php -
World War II or Second World War, commonly abbreviated as WWII, was a conflict that involved every part of the world that lasted from 1939–45. Many participants threw their industrial and scientific capabilities to this total war. https://www.britannica.com/event/World-War-II -
Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald passed away from a heart attack at age 44, in 1940.
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A surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service on a naval base at Pearl Harbor in Oahu, Hawaii, United States. This triggered the U.S. participation in World War II. https://www.britannica.com/event/Pearl-Harbor-attack -
While running for the presidency, Roosevelt's health was already deteriorating. And while sitting for a portrait, Franklin D. Roosevelt collapsed and died from a cerebral hemorrhage. https://millercenter.org/president/fdroosevelt/death-of-the-president -
Jackie Robinson, an African American professional baseball player, became the first black player in Major League Baseball after starting at first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947. https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/jackie-robinson