Isaac Newton made prediction on when the world is going to end and it's not far off now

Another day, another doomsday prediction.

So far, every prediction that has ever been made has fallen short of Armageddon breaking out - that is, of course, of all the predictions in which the date has already passed.

But none of those have come from the man who discovered gravity... step forward Sir Isaac Newton.

Sir Isaac Newton discovered gravity. (Getty Stock Image)

Newton is the British physicist and mathematician who discovered the laws of gravity and motion - and he even invented calculus.

Basically, if it wasn't for his brilliant brain our rational world would most likely look incredibly different to how it does now.

So, if anyone can predict our demise, it is likely Newton.

For this we'll have to hark back to the beginning of the 18th century - 1704 to be precise.

Before the invention of the guillotine, trains and even the piano, Newton dunked the tip of his feathered quill in ink and theorized about the end of civilazation on a piece of paper.

And, according to the physicist, it's a lot sooner than you may think.

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

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 36 years from now.

Newton predicted the end of the world would take place in 2060. (Getty Stock Image)

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."

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

Phew!