Predictions are often a dime a dozen, either too vague or too wild, resulting in falsities and failures. However, some predictions have stood the test of time, becoming true in some of the most unbelievable ways. Whether it’s correctly predicting your death, new technology, or a horrible disaster, these six historical predictions that came true will blow your mind.
6. Tesla Predicted Wifi/Cell Phones
Starting our list of historical predictions that came true revolves around Nikola Tesla. Over six decades before the first cell phone was thought up and nine decades before wireless internet, Tesla predicted both of them would exist. In 1909, he told the New York Times that “It will soon be possible to transmit wireless messages all over the world so simply that any individual can carry and operate his own apparatus.”
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5. Boyle Predicted Transplants
Fifth on our list of historical predictions that came true has to do with the medical field. While the first major organ transplant did not happen until 1954, Robert Boyle predicted that it would one day be possible, all the way back in the 1660s. Boyle penned the idea in a journal, writing that “the cure of diseases” could be done “by transplantation.”
4. Foch Predicted World War II
While nobody wants to predict war, this is exactly what happened for our fourth selection of historical predictions that came true. Ferdinand Foch was a French general who served as the Supreme Allied Commander during WWI. Foch was a key negotiator after the German surrender, fighting for the total occupation of the Rhineland to protect France. When nobody listened, Foch proclaimed “This is not a peace. It is an armistice for twenty years,” and nearly twenty years to the day later World War II began.
3. Verne Predicted the First Trip to the Moon
Rounding out our top three historical predictions that came true is Jules Verne and the Moon. While the first Moon landing didn’t occur until 1969, Verne was the first to put a man on the Moon in 1865. His novel, From Earth to the Moon, told the story of two men getting strapped into a projectile and fired from a cannon high into the sky. Plus, Verne set the launch in Florida, which is now the home of the Kennedy Space Center.
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2. Nostradamus Predicted the 1666 London Fire
Second on our list of historical predictions that came true concerns a famous prophet. Nostradamus published many collections of prophecies, though many were so broad it’s tough to give him credit. However, he did have one prediction that eerily hit the nail on the head. A century after Nostradamus’ death in 1666 was the Great Fire of London. Here is what Nostradamus wrote about the event: “The blood of the just will be lacking in London / Burnt up in the fire of ’66 / The ancient Lady will topple from her high place / Many of the same sect will be killed.”
1. Twain Predicted His Death
Last but not least, on our list of historical predictions that came true is Mark Twain’s prediction of his death. Yes, you read that right. In 1909, Twain predicted the exact day more than a year in advance, connecting it to an atmospheric event. When Twain was born, Halley’s comet was soaring across the sky, and when talking with his biographer, he commented: “I came in with Halley’s comet in 1835. It is coming again next year, and I expect to go out with it.” Sure enough, Twain passed on April 21, 1910, not 24 hours after Halley’s comet returned to the sky.
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