I can not testify as the the absolute accuracy of this chart. But it should be fairly accurate.
I can say that the two listing of the claim that Isaac Newton predicted the end are NOT true, but are misunderstood.
Isaac was NOT trying to predict the end , but instead trying to show that the predictions of the end in his time were false.
If one reads his total writing on this subject, they will see he says that he is tired of people predicting the end, and no one knows the day or the hour. BUT he goes on to show that it can not take place before the dates he gives. He is not trying to predict the end, but only showing that the men that are predicting the end in his time are wrong.
Those that seek the future are into witchcraft. We are not to seek the future, but we are to seek Christ.
People who followed Harold Camping should have known better, he had already predicted the end four times before and was wrong. So his total, he was wrong six times.
NOTICE all of the references to comets as a sign of the end. We had a man recently imply that the comet Elenin was going to cause much destruction on the earth and he caused much fear. I wrote that this was nothing but a little dirty snowball that would do close to nothing. I wrote that every 747 that flies over the earth has more effect on the earth than this little comet had. I was banned from his site for writing this and he even banned my young son who had never even wrote one post, but read the site often and was very hurt by being banned when he had done nothing. When the man's predictions were wrong and what I wrote turned out to be correct he never apologized to his readers or me. Looking back, I can not think of even one prediction that the man made that took place.
I have learned that false prophets are plenty, but true prophets are few. There were 200 false prophets in Jerusalem in Jeremiah's days. But only one true prophet that God had sent.
PART 1
6670 | Simon bar Giora,Jewish Essenes | The Essene sect of Jewish ascetics saw the Jewish revolt against the Romans in 6670 in Judea as the final end-time battle before the arrival of the Messiah. By the authority of Simon, coins were minted declaring the redemption of Israel. | [1][2][3] |
365 | Hilary of Poitiers | The French bishop announced the end of the world would happen during that year. | [4]:30 |
375400 | Martin of Tours | The French bishop stated that the world would end before 400 CE, writing, "There is no doubt that the Antichrist has already been born. Firmly established already in his early years, he will, after reaching maturity, achieve supreme power." | [5][6]:119 |
500 | Hippolytus of Rome,Sextus Julius Africanus, Irenaeus | All three predicted Jesus would return in the year 500. One of the predictions was based on the dimensions of Noah's ark. | [4]:31[7]:35 |
793 Apr 6 | Beatus of Liébana | The Spanish monk prophesied the second coming of Christ and the end of the world on that day to a crowd of people. | [4]:31 |
800 | Sextus Julius Africanus | Sextus Julius Africanus revised the date of Doomsday to the year 800. | [8]:37 |
799806 | Gregory of Tours | Calculated the End would occur between 799 and 806. | [9]:48 |
848 | Thiota | Declared that the world would end during that year. | [6]:337 |
992995 | Various Christians | Good Friday coincided with the Feast of the Annunciation; this had long been believed to be the event that would bring forth the Antichrist, and thus the end-times, within 3 years. | [10]:236 |
1000 Jan 1 | Pope Sylvester II | The Millennium Apocalypse at the end of the Christian Millennium. Various Christian clerics predicted the end of the world on this date, including Pope Sylvester II. Riots occurred in Europe and pilgrims headed east to Jerusalem. | [4]:32[7]:3536 |
1033 | Various Christians | Following the failure of the January 1, 1000 prediction, some theorists proposed that the end would occur 1000 years after Jesus' death, instead of his birth. | [4]:31[7]:36[11] |
late 1000s | Various Christians | Leading up to the Crusades, many people made pilgrimage to Jerusalem in hope of being saved, for the "dread day of wrath was upon them: men no longer tilled the earth, fearing the end of all things". | [12] |
1260 | Joachim of Fiore | The Italian mystic determined that the Millennium would begin between 1200 and 1260. | [8]:48 |
1284 | Pope Innocent III | Pope Innocent III (d. 1216) predicted that the world would end 666 years after the rise of Islam. | [5] |
1290 1335 |
Joachimites | The followers of Joachim of Fiore rescheduled the End to 1290 and then 1335 when his 1260 prophecy failed. | [13]:58 |
13461351 | Various Europeans | The black plague spreading across Europe was interpreted by many as the sign of the end of times. | [4]:33[14] |
1370 | Jean de Roquetaillade | The Antichrist was to come in 1366 and the Millennium would begin either in 1368 or 1370. | [9]:55 |
1378 | Arnaldus de Villa Nova | This Joachite wrote that the Antichrist was to come in this year. | [13]:62 |
1504 | Sandro Botticelli | Believed he was living during the Tribulation, and that the Millennium would begin in three and a half years from 1500. Wrote into his The Mystical Nativity that the Devil was loose and would soon be chained. | [9]:60[15] |
1524 Feb 1 | London astrologers | A group of astrologers in London predicted the world would end by a flood starting in London, based on calculations made the previous June. 20,000 Londoners left their homes and headed for higher ground in anticipation. | [10]:236237[16] |
1524 Feb 20 | Johannes Stöffler | A planetary alignment in Pisces was seen by this astrologer as a sign of the Millennium. | [10]:236237 |
15241526 | Thomas Müntzer | 1525 would mark the beginning of the Millennium, according to this Anabaptist. His followers were killed by cannon fire in an uneven battle with government troops. He died under torture and was beheaded. | [7]:36[17]:48 |
1528 May 27 | Hans Hut | Predicted the end would occur on this day. | [9]:67 |
1528 | Johannes Stöffler | Revised date from Stöffler after his 1524 prediction failed to come true. | [10]:238 |
1533 Oct 19 | Michael Stifel | This mathematician calculated that the Judgement Day would begin at 8:00am on this day. | [13]:88 |
1533 | Melchior Hoffman | This Anabaptist prophet predicted Christ's Second Coming to take place this year in Strasbourg. He claimed that 144,000 people would be saved, while the rest of the world would be consumed by fire. | [8]:59 |
1534 Apr 5 | Jan Matthys | Predicted that the Apocalypse would take place on this day and only the city of Münster would be spared. | [6]:338 |
1555 | Pierre d'Ailly | Around the year 1400, this French theologian wrote that 6845 years of human history had already passed, and the end of the world would be in the 7000th year. | [13]:72 |
1585 | Michael Servetus | In his book The Restoration of Christianity, the Spanish born reformer claimed that the Devil's reign in this world had started in 325 AD, at the Council of Nicea, and would last for 1260 years, thus ending in 1585. | [18] |
1588 | Regiomontanus | Predicted the end of the world during this year. | [10]:239 |
1600 | Martin Luther | Predicted the end of the world would occur no later than 1600. | [9]:66 |
1624 Feb 1 | London astrologers | The same astrologers who predicted the deluge of February 1, 1524 recalculated the date to February 1, 1624 after their first prophecy failed. | [10]:236237[16] |
1648 | Sabbatai Zevi | Using the kabbalah, this rabbi from Smyrna, Turkey, proclaimed that the Messiah would come during that year. | [10]:239 |
1654 | Helisaeus Roeslin | This physician made a prediction that the world would end this year based on a nova that occurred in 1572. | [10]:240 |
1656 | Christopher Columbus | In his Book of Prophecies (1501), Columbus predicted that the world would end during 1656. | [19][20] |
1657 | Fifth Monarchists | This group of radical Christians predicted that the final apocalyptic battle and the destruction of the Antichrist were to take place between 1655 and 1657. | [8]:67 |
1658 | Christopher Columbus | Columbus claimed that the world was created in 5343 BCE, and would last 7000 years. Assuming no year zero, that means the end would come in 1658. | [13]:77 |
1660 | Joseph Mede | Mede claimed that the Antichrist had appeared in 456, and the end would come in 1660. | [13]:147 |
1666 | Sabbatai Zevi | Following his failed prediction of 1648, Zevi recalculated the end of the Earth for 1666. | [10]:239 |
Fifth Monarchists | The presence of 666 in the date, the death of 100,000 Londoners to bubonic plague, and the Great Fire of London led to superstitious fears of the end of the world from some Christians. | [7]:3637[21]:87 | |
1673 | William Aspinwall | This Fifth Monarchist claimed the Millennium would begin by this year. | [6]:209 |
1688 | John Napier | This mathematician calculated the end of the world would be this year based on calculations from the Book of Revelation. | [9]:92 |
1689 | Pierre Jurieu | This prophet predicted that Judgement Day would occur this year. | [8]:70 |
1694 | John Mason | This Anglican priest predicted the Millennium would begin by this year. | [8]:72 |
Johann Heinrich Alsted | Predicted the Millennium would begin by this year. | [8]:66 | |
Johann Jacob Zimmermann | Believed that Jesus would return and the world would end this year. | [22]:1920 | |
1697 | Cotton Mather | This Puritan minister predicted the world would end this year. After the prediction failed, he revised the date of the End two more times. | [6]:338 |
1700 | John Napier | After his 1688 prediction failed to come true, Napier revised his end of the world prediction to this year. | [9]:92 |
Henry Archer | In his 1642 work, The Personall Reigne of Christ Upon Earth, Archer predicted the second coming of Jesus would occur in approximately this year. | [23] | |
1705 1706 1708 |
Camisards | Camisard prophets predicted the end of the world would occur in either 1705, 1706 or 1708. | [8]:70 |
1716 | Cotton Mather | Revised prediction from Mather after his 1697 prediction failed to come true. | [6]:338 |
1719 Apr 5 | Jacob Bernoulli | This mathematician predicted a comet would destroy the Earth on this day. | [10]:240 |
17001734 | Nicholas of Cusa | This Cardinal predicted the end would occur between 1700 and 1734. | [13]:73 |
1736 Oct 16 | William Whiston | Whiston predicted a comet colliding with the Earth this year. | [24] |
1736 | Cotton Mather | Mather's third and final prediction for the end of the world. | [6]:338 |
1757 | Emanuel Swedenborg | Swedenborg claimed that the Last Judgement occurred in the spiritual world this year. | [25] |
1780 May 19 | Connecticut General Assemblymembers, New Englanders | The sky turning dark during the day was interpreted as a sign of the end times. The primary cause of the event is believed to have been a combination of smoke from forest fires, a thick fog, and cloud cover. | [26][27] |
1789 | Pierre d'Ailly | The year 1789 would bring the coming of the Antichrist, according to this 14th-century Cardinal. | [9]:59 |
1792 1794 |
Shakers | Predicted the world would end in both 1792 and 1794. | [6]:338 |
1795 Nov 19 | Nathaniel Brassey Halhed | While campaigning for Richard Brothers' release, Halhead proclaimed that the world would end on this day. | [13]:310 |
17931795 | Richard Brothers | This retired sailor stated the Millennium would begin between the years 1793 and 1795. He was eventually committed to an insane asylum. | [13]:73 |
1805 | Christopher Love | This Presbyterian minister predicted the destruction of the world by earthquake in 1805, followed by an age of everlasting peace when God would be known by all. | [21]:101 |
1806 | Mary Bateman | In Leeds, England in 1806 a hen began laying eggs on which the phrase "Christ is coming" was written. Eventually it was discovered to be a hoax. The owner, Mary Bateman, had written on the eggs in a corrosive ink so as to etch the eggs, and reinserted the eggs back into the hen's oviduct. | [7]:37[28][29] |
1814 Oct 19 | Joanna Southcott | This 64-year-old self-described prophet claimed she was pregnant with the Christ child, and that he would be born on Oct 19, 1814. She died later that year having not delivered a child, and an autopsy proved she had not been pregnant. | [30] |
1836 | Johann Albrecht Bengel | In the 1730s he proclaimed that, based on a careful study of the prophecies of the Bible, Judgment Day would come in 1836, with the Pope as the anti-Christ and the Freemasons representing the "false prophet" of Revelations. | [31] |
1836 | John Wesley | Wesley, the founder of the Methodist Church, foresaw the Millennium beginning this year. He wrote that Revelation 12:14 referred to the years 10581836, "when Christ should come". | [7]:37[13]:269[32] |
1843 Apr 28 1843 Dec 31 |
Millerites | Although it was not officially endorsed by their leadership, many Millerites expected the Second Coming to occur on April 28 or at the end of 1843. | [33]:16 |
1843 | Harriet Livermore | The first of two years this preacher predicted the world would end. | [13]:699 |
1844 Mar 21 | William Miller | Miller predicted Christ would return on this day. | [33]:17 |
1844 Oct 22 | Millerites | After Christ did not return on March 21, 1844, the Millerites then revised William Miller's prediction to October 22, 1844, claiming to have miscalculated Scripture. The realization that the predictions were incorrect resulted in the Great Disappointment. | [7]:38[33]:17[34] |
1847 Aug 7 | George Rapp | Rapp, the founder of the Harmony Society, preached that Jesus would return in his lifetime, even as he lay dying on August 7, 1847. | [22]:23 |
1847 | Harriet Livermore | The second prediction of the end of the world from this preacher. | [13]:699 |
18531856 | Various | Many people[who?] thought the Crimean War was the Battle of Armageddon. | [13]:437 |
1862 | John Cumming | This Scottish clergyman stated it was 6000 years since Creation in 1862, and that the world would end. | [6]:283 |
Joseph Morris | An English convert to Mormonism, Morris had revelations to gather his followers and wait for theSecond Coming, through successive prophesied days. | [35] | |
1863 | John Wroe | The founder of the Christian Israelite Church calculated that the Millennium would begin this year. | [30] |
1873 | Jonas Wendell | In 1870, Wendell published his views in the booklet entitled The Present Truth, or Meat in Due Season concluding that the Second Advent was sure to occur in 1873. | [36] |
1874 | Charles Taze Russell | Predicted the return of Jesus to occur in 1874, and after this date reinterpreted the prediction to say that Jesus had indeed returned in invisible form. | [37][38] |
1881 | Mother Shipton(attrib.) | This 15th-century prophet was quoted as saying "The world to an end shall come, In eighteen hundred and eighty one" in a book published in 1862. In 1873 it was revealed to be a forgery; however, this did not stop some people from expecting the end. | [10]:243 |
1890 | Wovoka | The founder of the Ghost Dance movement predicted in 1889 that the Millennium would occur in 1890. | [17]:69 |
1901 | Catholic Apostolic Church | This church, founded in 1831, claimed that Jesus would return by the time the last of its 12 founding members died. The last member died in 1901. | [39]:87 |
1910 | Camille Flammarion | He predicted that the 1910 appearance of Halley's Comet "would impregnate that atmosphere and possibly snuff out all life on the planet", but not the planet itself. "Comet pills" were sold to protect against toxic gases. The comet indicated the Second Coming to many. | [7]:38[40] |
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