European History

The Bizarre Creator of Germany, Who Predicted Major Historical Events to Their Exact Timelines

This is the story of Otto Von Bismarck, a brilliant-minded politician, and a foreteller in disguise. Some people believe that it was his dismissal by German Emperor Kaiser Wilhelm II that led to World War I and eventually World War II.

Mehek Kapoor
The Collector
Published in
6 min readOct 31, 2020

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Otto von Bismarck (1815–1898)
Otto von Bismarck (1815–1898)

What if someone tells you that before the major wars happened, and turning points in history arrived, there was a man, of great significance, who predicted them all, right to their exact timelines?

You might think it’s a coincidence or you might think it's a piece of fiction.

But there existed a man, who was the Prince of Bismarck, the Duke of Lauenburg, the Prime Minister of Prussia, and the founder and first chancellor of the German Empire.

He was none other than — Otto von Bismarck (1815–1898), a German duke who made some strong statements about the world’s future, and all of his statements apparently came true.

Bismarck was no ordinary man, no ordinary Duke, and no ordinary Prince. He was weird and insanely lucky. For years and years, he…

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