When was it published?

March 19, 1767 in The Virginia Gazette

Foreign News March 19, 1767

The Virginia Gazette

Q: What sub-type of article is it?

Prophetic Predictions, German Seer

Q: What entities or persons were involved?

Dauphin Of France, Second Sighted German Of Cologne

Q: What keywords are associated?

German Prophet, Cologne Seer, Dauphin Death Prediction, Constantinople Earthquake, London Earthquake Forecast, Asia Ruins Prediction, World End 1773

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What is this article about?

A second-sighted German from Cologne predicted the Dauphin of France's death in 1765 and a major earthquake in Constantinople in 1766, both of which occurred. In 1766, he forecasted a terrible earthquake in London for 1767, devastation in Asia for 1768, and the world's end in 1773, sparking uproar across a third of Germany, though skeptics dismiss the past predictions as post-event fabrications.

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It is a trite maxim that a prophet receives no honour in his own country. Experience tells us, there is no rule that will not admit of exception. At present a third of Germany is in an uproar on account of a second-sighted German, a native and inhabitant of Cologne. It is strongly affirmed that in the year 1764 he promulged that the Dauphin of France would die in the year 1765, and he did so! That in 1766 he gave out that there would be a considerable earthquake at Constantinople in 1766, and there was one! And that now, in 1766, he has publickly predicted that there will be a terrible earthquake in London, 1767; that almost the whole of Asia will be buried in ruins, by another, in 1768; and that the world will be finally at an end in 1773. This story passes, in many parts of Germany, as a truth; but the intelligent seem to regard the fulfilled prophecies as prophecies uttered after the completion of the events, the only certain method of prophecy-making.

What sub-type of article is it?

Prophetic Predictions German Seer

What keywords are associated?

German Prophet Cologne Seer Dauphin Death Prediction Constantinople Earthquake London Earthquake Forecast Asia Ruins Prediction World End 1773

What entities or persons were involved?

Dauphin Of France Second Sighted German Of Cologne

Where did it happen?

Cologne, Germany

Foreign News Details

Primary Location

Cologne, Germany

Event Date

1766

Key Persons

Dauphin Of France Second Sighted German Of Cologne

Outcome

dauphin died in 1765 as predicted; considerable earthquake occurred in constantinople in 1766 as predicted; future predictions for earthquakes in london 1767 and asia 1768, world end 1773

Event Details

A third of Germany is in uproar over a second-sighted native of Cologne who in 1764 predicted the Dauphin's death in 1765, which happened; in 1766 predicted earthquake in Constantinople that year, which occurred; now in 1766 predicts terrible earthquake in London 1767, Asia ruins 1768, world end 1773. Story believed in many parts of Germany, but intelligent view past prophecies as after-the-fact.