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Letter written by Issac Newton in 1704 reveals his prediction for when the world will end

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Published 18:41 14 Feb 2025 GMT

Letter written by Issac Newton in 1704 reveals his prediction for when the world will end

Oh goodie! Another thing to add to the list of things that make you anxious

Gerrard Kaonga

Gerrard Kaonga

Another day, another Armageddon prediction - except this time, its from respected British physicist and mathematician Isaac Newton.

Predictions about the future are a dime a dozen, just about everyone and their mom has a theory about when the end of the world will come.

Until now everyone has been wrong, and for some of us we have lived through quite a few of the big scares thought to summon the end times.

There were people that predicted the end of the world on 2000, then there was June 6, 2006, then came 2012, and so on and so forth.

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But none of these predictions were coming from Isaac Newton.

Newton anticipated for the end of the world to occur, at the earliest, this century.(Getty Stock Image)
Newton anticipated for the end of the world to occur, at the earliest, this century.(Getty Stock Image)

And his prediction comes from quite a while back - 1704, to be exact - and this is before the guillotine, trains and even the piano.

So, if you are not sitting up to pay attention, you should be, because his prediction for doomsday is a lot closer than you might think.

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In one prediction, which he likely did not want to be read, Newton wrote: "So then the time times & half a time are 42 months or 1260 days or three years & an half, recconing twelve months to a yeare & 30 days to a month as was done in the Calendar of the primitive year.

"And the days of short lived Beasts being put for the years of lived kingdoms, the period of 1260 days, if dated from the complete conquest of the three kings A.C. 800, will end A.C. 2060. It may end later, but I see no reason for its ending sooner."

Yes, you read that right - 2060, as in 35 years from now.

Newton predicted the apocalypse for 2060 so mark your calendars (Getty Stock Image)
Newton predicted the apocalypse for 2060 so mark your calendars (Getty Stock Image)

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But how did he theorize this?

Newton was a Christian and he formed this theory off of the Book of Daniel - which is the oldest testament to his religion, and it mentions the apocalypse.

Speaking about what he meant the curator of History of Yesterday, Andrei Tapalaga said: "The 'end of the world' that Newton is referring to in this theory based on the Book of Daniel is that this will be when Jesus will come back and bring peace to this world by being the ruler for a whole millennium.

"Jesus would burn all of those that have corrupted Christianity for their own personal gain and teach us all to live in harmony. Those that oppose him will face his wrath and those who embrace him will face his love."

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So Newton's end of the world prediction didn't necessarily mean Armageddon, more of an end of an era.

Phew!

Featured Image Credit: Jerusalem's Hebrew University / Getty Stock Images

Topics: Science, Community

Gerrard Kaonga
Gerrard Kaonga

Gerrard is a Journalist at UNILAD and has dived headfirst into covering everything from breaking global stories to trending entertainment news. He has a bachelors in English Literature from Brunel University and has written across a number of different national and international publications. Most notably the Financial Times, Daily Express, Evening Standard and Newsweek.

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