F. Scott Fitzgerald and the Jazz Age By juliebuki Sep 24, 1896 F. Scott Fitzgerald is born. Jul 28, 1914 World War I begins. Period: Jul 28, 1914 to Nov 11, 1918 World War I Nov 20, 1917 Fitzgerald leaves Princeton and joins U.S. Army. Nov 11, 1918 World War I ends. Jan 16, 1919 Eighteenth Amendment is passed, prohibiting sale and manufacturing of alcohol. Period: Jan 16, 1919 to Dec 5, 1933 Prohibition Period: Jan 1, 1920 to Oct 28, 1929 Jazz Age Aug 18, 1920 Nineteenth Amendment is passed, granting women the right to vote. Sep 16, 1920 This Side of Paradise is published, Fitzgerald's first novel. Oct 20, 1920 Flappers and Philosophers is published. Mar 4, 1922 The Beautiful and Damned is published. Oct 20, 1922 Tales of the Jazz Age is published. Apr 10, 1925 The Great Gatsby is published. Feb 20, 1926 All the Sad Young Men Oct 29, 1929 The U.S. stock market crashes. Period: Oct 29, 1929 to Oct 29, 1939 The Great Depression Jan 20, 1934 Tender is the Night is published. Feb 20, 1935 Taps at Reveille Mar 6, 1936 "Trouble" for the Saturday Evening Post is published. Apr 20, 1936 The Crack-Up is published. Dec 21, 1940 Fitzgerald dies at age 44. Oct 27, 1941 The Last Tycoon is published posthumously. Feb 20, 1960 Babylon Revisited and Other Stories published posthumously.