55 moments

1. Birth in Oak Park

   1899-07-21 · Oak Park, Illinois, United States

   Hemingway was born in Oak Park, Illinois.

2. Reporter at The Kansas City Star

   1917-01-01 · Kansas City, Missouri, United States

   After leaving high school, Hemingway began his newspaper career as a cub reporter. The source supports the year through the surrounding chronology but does not give a more precise start date.

3. Milan munitions-factory rescue scene

   1918-01-01 · Milan, Lombardy, Italy

   

   On his first day in Milan, Hemingway was sent to assist rescuers after a munitions-factory explosion. The article places this episode during his 1918 Italian Front service but does not state a more precise date.

4. Recuperation in Milan

   1918-01-01 · Milan, Lombardy, Italy

   

   After field treatment for his wounds, Hemingway was transferred to the Red Cross hospital in Milan, where he spent six months. The article does not provide a precise transfer date.

5. Stationed at Fossalta di Piave

   1918-01-01 · Fossalta di Piave, Veneto, Italy

   

   Hemingway served near the Italian front shortly before being wounded. The surrounding account places the stationing in 1918; no more precise date is stated.

6. Arrival in Paris during World War I

   1918-05-01 · Paris, France

   En route to Red Cross service in Italy, Hemingway reached Paris while it was under German artillery bombardment.

7. Wounded at the Italian front

   1918-07-08 · Fossalta di Piave, Veneto, Italy

   

   While bringing supplies to front-line troops, Hemingway was badly wounded by mortar fire and helped Italian soldiers to safety.

8. Toronto Star work

   1919-01-01 · Toronto, Ontario, Canada

   Late in the year, Hemingway began freelancing and writing for the Toronto Star Weekly. The source identifies the Toronto-based publication; the year is given only as late 1919.

9. Upper Peninsula fishing and camping trip

   1919-09-01 · Upper Peninsula, Michigan, United States

   After returning from the war, Hemingway traveled with high-school friends in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Coordinates are a representative point for the broader Upper Peninsula back-country.

10. Chicago editorial work

    1920-09-01 · Chicago, Illinois, United States

    Hemingway moved to Chicago, filed stories for the Toronto Star, and worked for Cooperative Commonwealth.

11. Move to Paris

    1921-01-01 · Paris, France

    After marrying Hadley Richardson and signing on as a Toronto Star correspondent, Hemingway left for Paris. The marriage date is September 3, 1921; the source gives the departure only as two months later.

12. Residence on rue du Cardinal Lemoine

    1921-01-01 · 74 rue du Cardinal Lemoine, Paris, France

    In Paris, Hemingway lived with Hadley in the Latin Quarter while establishing himself as a correspondent and writer. The article's Paris section covers his early-1920s residence; it does not give an exact move-in date.

13. Return to Toronto for son's birth

    1923-01-01 · Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    

    Hemingway and his family returned to Toronto, where their son John was born. The return itself is dated only relative to the preceding account; the son's birth was October 10, 1923.

14. Return to Paris

    1924-01-01 · Rue Notre-Dame-des-Champs, Paris, France

    Hemingway, Hadley, and their son returned to Paris and took an apartment on rue Notre-Dame des Champs.

15. Family stay in Schruns

    1926-01-01 · Schruns, Vorarlberg, Austria

    

    A contemporary photograph documents Hemingway with Hadley and their son in the Austrian Alpine village of Schruns. Evidence is a photograph caption; no narrower date is stated.

16. Son's birth in Kansas City

    1928-06-28 · Kansas City, Missouri, United States

    Hemingway and Pauline were in Kansas City when their son Patrick was born at Bell Memorial Hospital. Coordinates represent Kansas City rather than the former hospital site.

17. Return to Key West

    1928-12-01 · Key West, Florida, United States

    Hemingway returned to Key West and worked on the draft of A Farewell to Arms. The preceding context establishes December 1928.

18. Hospitalization after Billings car accident

    1930-11-01 · Billings, Montana, United States

    After driving John Dos Passos to the station in Billings, Hemingway was injured in a car accident and hospitalized.

19. East African safari: Machakos

    1933-01-01 · Machakos, Kenya

    

    Hemingway and Pauline visited Machakos on their Kenyan safari. The article identifies the safari year but does not date this stop more precisely.

20. East African safari: Mombasa

    1933-01-01 · Mombasa, Kenya

    

    Hemingway and Pauline visited Mombasa during their ten-week East African safari. The article identifies the safari year but does not date this stop more precisely.

21. East African safari: Nairobi

    1933-01-01 · Nairobi, Kenya

    

    Hemingway visited Nairobi during the safari that informed Green Hills of Africa and later fiction. The article identifies the safari year but does not date this stop more precisely.

22. Evacuation to Nairobi

    1933-01-01 · Nairobi, Kenya

    After contracting amoebic dysentery, Hemingway was evacuated by plane to Nairobi. The account occurs during the 1933 safari; no more precise date is stated.

23. Hunting around Lake Manyara

    1933-01-01 · Lake Manyara, Tanzania

    

    The safari continued around Lake Manyara in what was then Tanganyika Territory. Coordinates represent Lake Manyara.

24. Hunting in the Serengeti

    1933-01-01 · Serengeti, Tanzania

    

    After Kenya, Hemingway and Pauline traveled in Tanganyika Territory and hunted in the Serengeti. Coordinates are a representative point for the broader Serengeti region.

25. Arrival at Bimini

    1935-01-01 · Bimini, Bahamas

    Hemingway arrived at Bimini aboard Pilar and spent considerable time there.

26. Writing in bombarded Madrid

    1937-01-01 · Madrid, Spain

    After returning from the front, Hemingway wrote his play The Fifth Column in Madrid while the city was under bombardment. The surrounding chronology places this in 1937; no more precise date is supplied.

27. Arrival in Spain as war correspondent

    1937-03-01 · Spain

    Hemingway arrived in Spain with filmmaker Joris Ivens to cover and document the Spanish Civil War. The source does not identify his initial Spanish arrival point; coordinates are a representative point in Madrid.

28. Spanish Civil War front at Belchite

    1937-09-01 · Belchite, Aragon, Spain

    As a correspondent, Hemingway visited the front at Belchite before continuing toward Teruel.

29. Spanish Civil War front at Teruel

    1937-09-01 · Teruel, Aragon, Spain

    Hemingway traveled onward from Belchite to the Teruel front during his reporting trip.

30. Battle of the Ebro visit

    1938-11-01 · Battle of the Ebro area, Catalonia, Spain

    Hemingway visited the Battle of the Ebro area with other journalists and helped row their party across the river during its retreat. Coordinates are a representative point for the battlefield area.

31. Finca Vigía tenancy

    1939-01-01 · Finca Vigía, San Francisco de Paula, Cuba

    Hemingway and Martha Gellhorn rented Finca Vigía outside Havana, which became his long-term Cuban home. The source places this rental in early 1939.

32. Hotel Ambos Mundos residence

    1939-01-01 · Hotel Ambos Mundos, Havana, Cuba

    Hemingway crossed to Cuba and lived at Havana’s Hotel Ambos Mundos during the breakup of his marriage to Pauline. The source specifies early 1939 but not a month.

33. Sun Valley writing base

    1940-01-01 · Sun Valley, Idaho, United States

    

    Hemingway divided his time between Cuba and Sun Valley while working on For Whom the Bell Tolls. The surrounding account covers 1939–1940; the source does not assign a precise arrival date.

34. Marriage to Martha Gellhorn

    1940-11-20 · Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States

    Hemingway married journalist Martha Gellhorn in Cheyenne after his divorce from Pauline was finalized.

35. U-boat patrols from Cuba

    1941-01-01 · Waters off Cuba

    During World War II, Hemingway refitted Pilar and patrolled Cuban waters as part of the Coastal Picket Force. The article places this after the United States entered the war in December 1941; coordinates are a representative offshore point.

36. Return to Finca Vigía from China trip

    1941-08-01 · Finca Vigía, San Francisco de Paula, Cuba

    After traveling in China with Martha Gellhorn, Hemingway returned to his Cuban home. The preceding passage identifies the year as 1941.

37. Hürtgen Forest fighting

    1944-01-01 · Hürtgen Forest, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

    

    Later in 1944, Hemingway observed heavy combat at the Battle of Hürtgen Forest. The article does not provide a more precise date.

38. London arrival as war correspondent

    1944-01-01 · London, England, United Kingdom

    Hemingway reached London during his 1944–45 European assignment and met correspondent Mary Welsh there. The surrounding chronology places his European assignment from May 1944 to March 1945; no narrower date is supplied.

39. Off Omaha Beach during Normandy landings

    1944-06-01 · Omaha Beach offshore, Normandy, France

    Hemingway accompanied troops during the Normandy landings but was not permitted to go ashore; his landing craft came within sight of Omaha Beach. The context is the June 1944 Normandy landings; coordinates are an approximate offshore point.

40. Militia activity at Rambouillet

    1944-07-01 · Rambouillet, Île-de-France, France

    Attached to the 22nd Infantry Regiment, Hemingway became de facto leader of a small village militia outside Paris.

41. Liberation of Paris

    1944-08-25 · Paris, France

    Hemingway was present when French forces liberated Paris and visited Sylvia Beach there. The year is established by the surrounding World War II chronology.

42. Battle of the Bulge reporting trip

    1944-12-17 · Luxembourg

    Despite illness, Hemingway traveled to Luxembourg to report on the Battle of the Bulge and was hospitalized with pneumonia after arrival. Coordinates represent Luxembourg City; the article does not identify the exact hospital or reporting location.

43. Months in Venice

    1948-01-01 · Venice, Veneto, Italy

    Hemingway and Mary traveled to Europe and stayed in Venice for several months.

44. Arrival in Entebbe after plane crashes

    1954-01-01 · Entebbe, Uganda

    Hemingway and Mary eventually reached Entebbe after the second crash, where reporters had gathered following erroneous death reports. The preceding sentence dates the incidents to January 1954.

45. Plane-crash arrival at Butiaba

    1954-01-01 · Butiaba, Uganda

    After the first of two African plane crashes, Hemingway and Mary reached Butiaba by boat. The preceding sentence dates the successive crashes to January 1954.

46. Recuperation in Nairobi

    1954-01-01 · Nairobi, Kenya

    Following the African plane crashes, Hemingway briefed reporters and spent several weeks recovering in Nairobi. The account follows the January 1954 crashes; the exact recuperation dates are not given.

47. Paris trunks recovered at the Ritz

    1956-11-01 · Ritz Paris, Paris, France

    While staying in Paris, Hemingway reclaimed trunks left at the Ritz Hotel since 1928, recovering notebooks from his Paris years.

48. Home outside Ketchum

    1959-01-01 · Ketchum, Idaho, United States

    Hemingway bought a home overlooking the Big Wood River outside Ketchum after deciding to leave Cuba. Coordinates represent Ketchum; the article does not provide the home’s precise address.

49. Cable en route to Madrid

    1960-01-01 · Madrid, Spain

    During his final Spanish trip, Hemingway sent Mary a cable saying he was en route to Madrid. The quote directly establishes travel toward Madrid, not confirmed arrival; coordinates represent the destination city.

50. New York office and departure for Spain

    1960-01-01 · New York City, New York, United States

    After leaving Cuba, Hemingway went with Mary to New York, established a small office, and soon departed alone for Spain. The source places this after July 25, 1960 but does not supply a more precise date.

51. Last departure from Cuba

    1960-07-25 · Havana, Cuba

    Hemingway and Mary left Cuba for the final time, leaving possessions and manuscripts behind in Havana. The source does not identify the exact departure point; coordinates represent Havana.

52. Return to Ketchum

    1960-10-01 · Ketchum, Idaho, United States

    Mary brought Hemingway back to Idaho, where they were met at Ketchum’s train station by Dr. George Saviers.

53. Mayo Clinic treatment

    1960-11-01 · Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States

    At the end of November, Dr. Saviers flew Hemingway to the Mayo Clinic for treatment under an assumed name.

54. Final return home

    1961-06-30 · Ketchum, Idaho, United States

    After a second Mayo Clinic stay, Hemingway was released and returned to his home in Ketchum.

55. Death in Ketchum

    1961-07-02 · Ketchum, Idaho, United States

    Hemingway died by suicide at his house in Ketchum two days after his final return home. The article infobox identifies Ketchum, Idaho, as his place of death; coordinates represent Ketchum rather than the private house.