Scott Fitzgerald By fatimaaaa2245 Period: Sep 24, 1896 to 1896 Born in St. Paul, Minnesota. Period: 1908 to 1908 Enters St. Paul Academy, begins writing stories. Period: 1913 to 1913 Enrolls at Princeton University, writes for literary magazines. Period: 1917 to 1917 Leaves Princeton to join the U.S. Army during World War I. Period: 1918 to 1918 Meets Zelda Sayre in Montgomery, Alabama. Period: 1919 to 1919 Discharged from the Army begins revising This Side of Paradise. Period: 1920 to 1920 Marries Zelda Sayre in New York City. Period: 1920 to 1920 this Side of Paradise is published; becomes a hit. Period: 1921 to 1921 Daughter Frances Scottie Fitzgerald is born. Period: 1922 to 1922 Publishes The Beautiful and Damned. Period: 1924 to 1924 Moves to France begins writing The Great Gatsby. Period: 1925 to 1925 The Great Gatsby is published. Period: 1930 to 1930 Zelda suffers a mental breakdown. Period: 1934 to 1934 Publishes Tender Is the Night. Period: Dec 21, 1940 to Dec 21, 1940 Dies of a heart attack in Hollywood, California.