Fitzgerald & Zelda in the 1920s By CheJellyBean Jul 1, 1918 Fitzgerald and Zelda meet at a country club dance in Montgomery Aug 1, 1918 Scribners declines “The Romantic Egotist" Nov 26, 1918 Fitzgerald becomes aide-de-camp to General J. A. Ryan Camp Sheridan Feb 1, 1919 Fitgerald moves to New York and gets engaged to Zelda Works for the Barron Collier advertising agency; lives in room at 200 Claremont Avenue Jun 1, 1919 Zelda breaks off engagement Jul 1, 1919 Fitzgerald quits his job and moves back home Sep 16, 1919 Scribner's accepts This Side of Paradise Nov 1, 1919 Fitzgerald gets a job at The Saturday Evening Post Jan 15, 1920 Zelda and Fitzgerald resume their engagement Mar 26, 1920 This Side of Paradise is published Apr 3, 1920 Fitzgerald and Zelda get married in New York May 1, 1920 Fitzgerald begin work on The Beautiful and Damned Oct 1, 1920 Fitzgeralds move to New York City May 3, 1921 The Fitzgeralds visit Europe Oct 26, 1921 Frances Scott Fitzgerald is born Mar 4, 1922 The Beautiful and Damned is published Oct 15, 1922 Fitzgeralds move to Long Island May 1, 1924 The Fitzgerald take a second trip to Europe Jul 1, 1924 Zelda begins courting Edouard Jozan Period: Jul 1, 1924 to Nov 30, 1924 Fitzgerald finishes and revises The Great Gatsby Oct 1, 1924 Fitzgerald revises The Great Gatsby Apr 10, 1925 The Great Gatsby is published May 1, 1925 Fitzgerald meets Earnest Hemingway Feb 2, 1926 Broadway produces a play of The Great Gatsby Dec 1, 1926 The Fitzgeralds return to America Mar 1, 1927 Zelda begins ballet lessons Apr 1, 1928 The Fitzgeralds visit Europe a third time Oct 7, 1928 Fitzgeralds return to America Period: Aug 1, 1930 to Mar 10, 1948 Zelda is put in various sanatariums Feb 1, 1940 Zelda creates artwork Dec 21, 1940 F. Scott Fitzgerald dies
