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Names of Each Generation

Can you guess the names of every generation in Strauss-Howe generational theory?
Hint: Think of ideological movements or country leaders during these time periods
Civil War Generation has already been filled in due to unclear/unestablished birth year spans
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Last updated: October 6, 2019
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Late Medieval Saeculum
Year Span
Generation
1433 - 1460
Arthurian
1461 - 1482
Humanist
 
 
Reformation Saeculum
Year Span
Generation
1483 - 1511
Reformation
1512 - 1540
Reprisal
1541 - 1565
Elizabethan
1566 - 1587
Parliamentary
 
 
New World Saeculum
Year Span
Generation
1588 - 1617
Puritan
1618 - 1647
Cavalier
1648 - 1673
Glorious
1674 - 1700
Enlightenment
Revolutionary Saeculum
Year Span
Generation
1701 - 1723
Awakening
1724 - 1741
Liberty
1742 - 1766
Republican
1767 - 1791
Compromise
 
 
Civil War Saeculum
Year Span
Generation
1792 - 1821
Transcendental
1822 - 1842
Gilded
Unestablished
Civil War
1843 - 1859
Progressive
Great Power Saeculum
Year Span
Generation
1860 - 1882
Missionary
1883 - 1900
Lost
1901 - 1924
G.I. / Greatest
1925 - 1942
Silent
 
 
Millennial Saeculum
Year Span
Generation
1943 - 1960
Baby Boom
1961 - 1981
13th / X
1982 - 2004
Millennial / Y
2005 - Present
Homeland / Z
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Level 37
Oct 7, 2019
The Baby Boomer Generation spans from 1946 to 1964. The years 1943, 1944 and 1945 belong to the Silent Generation.
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Level 68
Oct 7, 2019
Check the source. All spans have a rationale behind them by what happened during each of these years and why they should be classified as a different generation.