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The Life of F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Birth
F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in St. Paul, Minnesota. -
Becquerel and Marie Curie discover radioactivity
After many years while conducting an x-ray they discobered mysterious rays which infact was radioactive rays -
Teddy Rosevelt makes Panama Canal
helped seperarte Panama from Columbia -
Roosevelt
Theodor Roosevelt second inaugaration -
William Howard Taft
William Howard Taft is inaugurated as the 27th president. -
F. Scott Fitzgeralds 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. -
Wilson
Woodrow Wilson is inaugurated as the 28th president -
Princeton
Fitzgerald enters Princeton University with the Class of 1917. -
World War 1 sets off
Austia declares war on Serbia -
Telephone
The first the first long distance telephone call between New York and San Fancisco is demonstrated. -
U.S. Army
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 -
epidemic
Worldwide influenza epidemic strikes; by 1920, nearly 20 million are dead. -
Armistice Day
World War 1 ends -
Scott marries Zelda Sayre
F. Scott Fitzgerald and Zelda marry in St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York. -
F. Scott Fitzgeralds first published book
March 26, 1920 F. Scott Fitzgerald's first novel This Side of Paradise is published. -
Daughter is born
The Fitzgeralds' first and only child is born, a daughter named Frances Scott "Scottie" Fitzgerald in St. Paul, Minnesota. Zelda said upon her birth that she hopes her daugter will be a "beautiful little fool". which F. Scott later on use in the Great Gatsby as Daisy's dialouge. -
Fitzgerald Family moves to Paris, France
The family decides to move to Europe. They spend close to 7 years in Paris, France. -
Stock market crash
The U.S. stock market crashes, triggering the Great Depression. -
Anthem
The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem -
Hattie Wyatt Caraway
Hattie Wyatt Caraway of Arkansas is the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate -
Adolf Hitler elected in Germany
Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany. -
Last story of The Saturday Evening Post
"Trouble," Fitzgerald's last story for The Saturday Evening Post, is published -
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. -
World War II begins
The invasion of Poland sets off WW II -
atomic bomb
Albert Einstien wrote president roosevelt about an idea of creating an atomic bomb -
Death
F. Scott Fitzgerald dies of a heart attack at Sheilah Graham's Hollywood, California apartment. He is buried in Rockville, Maryland, where his father was born.
