F. Scott Fitzgerald

  • Born

    Born
  • Father is Fired

    Father is Fired
    Father is fired from sales job, comes back a "Broken Man". Has a profound effect on Fitzgerald's resolve to never be a failure.
  • Accepted at Princeton

    Accepted at Princeton
  • Period: to

    United States Involvement in WWI

    Fitzgerald was nearly involved, his regiment was leaving Nov. 11 1918, when the war ended right before he left.
  • Zelda Breaks off Engagement with Fitzgerald

    Fitzgerald was so devastated he went on a three-week drinking binge, and restarted work on a book he began in college to try to win Zelda back.
  • Zelda and Fitzgerald Marry

    Zelda and Fitzgerald Marry
    Zelda decides to re-engage in light of Fitzgerald's recent success.
  • Zelda is Pregnant

  • Daughter Frances Scott Fitzgerald is born

    Daughter Frances Scott Fitzgerald is born
  • The Beautiful and Damned Published

    The Beautiful and Damned Published
  • US Stock Market Crash

    Beginning of the Great Depression
  • Tender is the Night Published

    Tender is the Night Published
    Did not sell well due to the subject matter in the depression
  • Left for West Coast for Screenwriting

  • Died

  • Zelda Dies in Fire