Gatsby

Fitz

Period: Jan 1, 1890 to Dec 31, 1950

Fitzgeralds birth

Sep 24, 1896

Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was born September 24, 1896, in St. Paul.
https://www.britannica.com/biography/F-Scott-Fitzgerald

The Great War Begins

Jul 28, 1914

An Archduke is assassinated and it plummets the world into war.

The Great War Ends

Nov 11, 1918

After years of fighting, the war ends. Germany is blamed.

The Second World War starts

Sep 1, 1939

Adolf Hitler has risen to power. He takes back the land Germany lost and continues to take more and more.

Fitzgerald's death

Dec 21, 1940

F. Scott Fitzgerald died December 21, 1940, in Hollywood, California.
https://www.britannica.com/biography/F-Scott-Fitzgerald

World War 2 ends

Sep 2, 1945

The fighting ends and the world is peaceful. F. Scott Fitzgerald does not live to see the war end.