Who first said the quote "History tends to repeat itself?"?

Question

I've been looking around, but haven't been able to find who originally said it. Or does no one know (anonymous)?

Answer 1

it is a saying. No 1 person made it up

Answer 2

Not sure who first said it...but ask Hilary Clinton, lol.

Answer 3

the proverb "History repeats itself", first recorded (in English) in 1561

History, we know, is apt to repeat itself.

1858 G. Eliot Janet's Repentance in Scenes of Clerical Life II.

History, it is said, repeats itself. ‥Few but are reminded almost every day‥of something that has gone before.

1865 H. Sedley Marian Rooke

Proverbs - The Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs.

Idioms - The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms