Looking back at the past, one can notice that the history of mankind is full of inexplicable accidents and incredible coincidences. For example, how to explain that many objects that have become commonplace in our daily lives, before their appearance, first appeared on the pages of science fiction and adventure literature. Let's shake off the dust from archival sources and plunge into the enchanting world of the past and look at the most incredible coincidences in history.
Rulers of Rome
Everyone knows the legend about the founding of Rome, when a she-wolf nourished two Tiber thrown into the waters, and the miraculously saved twins Romulus and Remus.
When the young men were 18 years old, they were allowed to establish a settlement on the spot where they miraculously escaped. During a quarrel, Romulus killed Remus, and became the first ruler of Rome.
In 476, when the Eternal City fell under the onslaught of the troops of Odoacer, the last emperor who ruled in Rome, too, was called Romulus.
One fate for two
We will stay for a short time within Italy, where the king of this country, Umberto I, when visiting a small restaurant, met a man incredibly similar to him. He was the owner of that restaurant.
During the conversation, it turned out that the monarch and restaurateur were born on the same day and year, namely March 14, 1814. Both married, albeit in different years, to girls named Margarita, and the restaurateur opened his institution in the year of the coronation of the Italian monarch.
But another tragic coincidence awaited them ahead. Once the king was informed of the death of his double from a shot. On the same day, July 29, 1900, Umberto was shot dead by an anarchist.
Alien from space
The most talented American writer Mark Twain always joked about the date of his birth. Indeed, in 1835, Halley's comet flew past Earth at the smallest distance.
In 1909, in the presence of relatives and friends, he announced that he would leave this world, since the same comet was approaching Earth. And so it happened, in 1910, when Hallea was at the closest distance to our planet, Mark Twain died.
Here is a crossword
On the eve of the Anglo-American landing in North Normandy during World War II in 1944, The Daily Telegraph published a crossword puzzle in which all the code words for the military operation were in the form of questions.
There were words in the crossword that the command of the Allied forces used to refer to Operation Overlord - Neptune, Jupiter, Utah, and many others.
Intelligence agencies began to find out where the leak came from. But it turned out that an old school teacher, for whom it was a hobby, and an opportunity to earn some money, sent a crossword to the newspaper.
Two emperors
In this case, one can speak not of coincidences, but of a historical parallel in the history of the Roman Empire and Russia.
Guy Julius Caesar and Peter I for the first time in the history of the states that they ruled proclaimed themselves emperors. In 46 AD, Julius Caesar introduced a new reckoning, according to which the New Year began on January 1. By his decree, Peter I also introduced the celebration of the New Year on January 1 in Russia.
Both emperors, only with a difference of hundreds of years, wrote works on the equipping of the army and military art, and the names of the works are almost identical.
It is also interesting that Caesar introduced the headquarters in the Roman army with the post of engineer, and Peter I also created the General Staff in the Russian army and introduced engineering troops into it.
Royal dynasties
Not only historical figures are subjected to the magic of coincidence, but also entire royal dynasties.
So, the dynasty of Russian Tsars of the Romanovs began its report with Tsar Mikhail, who was under guard at the Ipatiev Monastery until he was elected Tsar. The last emperor of Russia, before being shot, was kept under guard at the Ipatiev House together with his family and servants.
The clan of the Rurikovich was interrupted when Tsarevich Dmitry was killed in Uglich. The Romanov dynasty was interrupted by the execution of the family in which Tsarevich Alexei died. As we see, two dynasties of the dynasties reigning in the Russian state were interrupted by the murders of the princes.
Date magic
No one already remembers who first noticed this coincidence, but clearly could not do without magic here.
Two historical figures who attacked Russia at one time had incredible coincidences in dates, all significant events of their life occurred with a difference of 129 years.
Take for example, three events - the birth, the rise to power and the outbreak of war with Russia.
Adolf Hitler was born in 1889, and the Corsican Napoleon in 1760, as we see, 129 years. Napoleon became emperor of France in 1804, and Hitler chancellor of Germany in 1933, the same 129 years. The war with Russia in 1812, and 1941, respectively, count for yourself.
US Presidents
Interestingly, the two presidents of the United States not only show the magic of dates, but also the names of the people around them.
In 1991, the list of matches was clarified, and now stands at 16 points. Under the first number, he was elected President of Lincoln in 1860, and exactly 100 years after the inauguration of Lincoln. Kennedy was elected President. Both were killed in an assassination attempt on Friday in the presence of their wives. Incredibly, the date of birth of the murderers of the two presidents is still the same magical 100 years.
Lincoln's successor, as well as the 35th President Kennedy was a man named Johnson, whose age difference is 100 years.
Event Frequency
Two philosophers deduced the frequency of historical events at 12 thousand years. But the first lived in the V century BC and his name was Heraclitus of Ephesus. After 24 centuries, Friedrich Engels also stated that after 12,000 years, everything in the world is returning to its original position.
Twelve thousand is too much, so let’s take the smaller one at 12 years old, and on the example of the history of the USSR we will show the frequency of historical surges.
- 1917 - October Revolution and the beginning of the Civil War;
- in 1929 a “radical change” took place, Stalin finally established himself in power, industrialization and collectivization began;
- in 1941 the Great Patriotic War began;
- in 1953, the death of Stalin shocked the whole country;
- 1965 - the end of the Khrushchev "thaw";
- in 1977 adopted the new Constitution of the USSR;
- 1989 The Berlin Wall collapsed, triggering the collapse of the Soviet Union.
As you can see, there are many coincidences in history that are difficult to explain from the standpoint of logic, and only an inquiring glance of the researcher could detect them. And perhaps these are just beautiful legends.
In conclusion, a little intriguing. If we compare the biographies of Napoleon and Hitler, Lincoln and Kennedy, and most importantly believe in the magic of historical dates, then the next historical person similar to them should be born in 2018, which is easy to calculate by adding 129 years to the tyrant’s birthday or to his 35th birthday The President of the United States is 100 years old.