Category: Religious Prophecy

• The "Great Reset" of 1899

  This theory holds that a hidden worldwide jubilee was expected to begin on January 1, 1900, wiping away debts and resetting the financial order. In most versions, the belief drew on biblical jubilee ideas, end-of-century religious expectation, and widespread anger over debt, deflation, and the gold-standard money system in the late 1890s. Supporters of the theory argue that ordinary people were led to expect a new age of cancellation and relief, while elites quietly preserved the old creditor order instead. The theory is best understood as a decentralized rumor-complex rather than a single documented movement, but it remains notable because it merges religious prophecy, monetary reform, and anti-banker suspicion at the dawn of the twentieth century.