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Fitzgerald was born
Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald is born in St. Paul, Minnesota -
First publication
At the age of 14, F. Scott Fitzgerald appears in print for the first time, with "The Mystery of the Raymond Mortgage" in the student publication St. Paul Academy Now and Then. -
Fitzgerald goes to Princeton
Fitzgerald enters Princeton University with the Class of 1917. He soon meets men who will remain lifelong friends and influences, including the writers Edmund Wilson and John Peale Bishop. -
US Army Service
On academic probation and close to flunking out of Princeton, Fitzgerald takes a commission as an infantry second lieutenant in the U.S. Army and leaves school to report for duty at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. He never graduates from Princeton. -
Marriage to Zelda Sayre
He and Zelda marry in St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York. -
Birth of Daughter Scottie Fitzgerald
The Fitzgeralds' first and only child is born, a daughter named Frances Scott "Scottie" Fitzgerald -
Move to Paris
The Fitzgeralds set sail for France. They spend most of the next seven years in Europe, mostly in Paris. -
Zelda Fitzgerald's Nervous Breakdown
Zelda suffers her first nervous breakdown and spends much of the next year hospitalized in various hospitals in Switzerland. -
Return to America
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Move to Hollywood
Fitzgerald moves to Hollywood after signing a six-month contract from Metro Goldwyn Mayer, hoping that he'll work his way out of debt with screenplays -
Last Story for Saturday Evening Post
"Trouble" Fitzgerald's last story for The Saturday Evening Post is published. -
Failed Screenwriting Career
Having lost his MGM contract in December 1938, Fitzgerald spends this year bouncing between freelance gigs in Hollywood and bouts with his alcoholism.
