1899

Ernest Miller Hemingway was born on July 21st to Dr. Clarence and Grace Hall Hemingway in Oak Park, Illinois.

1917

Hemingway graduates high school and in October begins reporting for the Kansas City Star. He joins the 7th Missouri Infantry, a temporary unit in the Missouri National Guard.

1918

He leaves for Italy and World War I. Serves as an ambulance driver for the American Red Cross. Becomes seriously wounded in the leg by a trench mortar shell explosion. While recuperating, he has an affair with nurse Agnes von Kurowsky; this relationship provides inspiration for A Farewell to Arms.

1920

Becomes a reporter for the Toronto Star.

1921

Marries Hadley Richardson. The newlyweds move to Paris.

1922

Travels to Constantinople to cover the war between Greece and Turkey for the Toronto Star.

1923

Three Stories and Ten Poems is published in Paris. First child, son Jack Hemingway, is born.

1924

Finishes short story “Big Two-Hearted River”

1925

Meets F. Scott Fitzgerald shortly after The Great Gatsby is published. Begins work on The Sun Also Rises.

1926

The Sun Also Rises and The Torrents of Spring are published.

1927

Ernest divorces Hadley Richardson and marries Pauline Pfeiffer. The short story collection Men Without Women is published.

1928

Moves to Key West, Florida. Is in Kansas City for the birth of his second son, Patrick. Ernest\’s father, Dr. Clarence Hemingway, commits suicide.

1929

A Farewell to Arms is published.

1930

The short story collection The Fifth Column and the First Forty-Nine Stories is published.

1931

Third son, Gregory, is born in Kansas City.

1932

Death in the Afternoon is published.

1933

Publishes short story collection, Winner Take Nothing. The Hemingway family goes on a safari in Africa.

1935

Accidentally shoots himself in the leg. Green Hills of Africa is published.

1937

Begins work as a correspondent covering the Spanish Civil War. Appears on the cover of Time magazine. To Have and Have Not is published.

1940

“The Fifth Column,” a Hemingway play, opens in New York. Divorces Pauline Pfeiffer and marries Martha Gellhorn. Buys a house in Cuba known as La Finca Vigia. For Whom the Bell Tolls is published.

1941

Ernest and Martha tour China as journalists and witness its war with Japan.

1942

The edited anthology Men at War is published.

1944

Is in a serious automobile accident and suffers a concussion and severe head lacerations. Accompanies British Royal Air Force on missions in France and Germany. Meets writer Mary Welsh in London.

1945

Martha Gellhorn divorces Hemingway.

1946

Marries Mary Welsh.

1947

Awarded Bronze Star for service in World War II.

1950

Across the River and into the Trees is published.

1951

Ernest\’s mother, Grace Hall Hemingway, dies.

1952

The Old Man and the Sea is published.

1953

Wins Pulitzer Prize for The Old Man and the Sea.

1954

While on a safari in Africa, the Hemingways survive two plane crashes. Awarded Nobel Prize for literature.

1959

Travels to Spain for bullfighting articles for Life magazine. Buys a home in Ketchum, Idaho.

1961

Commits suicide on July 2nd.

1962

The compilation The Wild Years is published.

1964

The memoir A Moveable Feast is published.

1970

Islands in the Stream is published.

1972

The Nick Adams Stories, a compilation, is published.