Nostradamus (1503 - 1566)
Plaque commemorating the site of his birth
1672 copy of Nostradamus's 'Prophecies'
December 14th 1503: Nostradamus born
On this day in 1503, Michel de Nostredame or ‘Nostradamus’ was born in Provence in the south of France. Little is known of his childhood, except that he was from a large family and began study at the University of Avignon when he was fifteen, though he left the university when it closed due to a plague outbreak. He was later expelled from another university while studying medicine when it was discovered he had been an apothecary. Nostradamus is best known for his work which came out of a fascination with the occult - his prophecies, of which he published thousands in almanacs. People look to these apparent prophecies and see them as predicting many major world events. However, the supposed prophecies are very tenuous, and are often considered just the result of misunderstanding and mistranslation. That being said, the work of this French seer remains interesting for its remarkable correlations to future events. One oft-cited example of Nostradamus’s prophecies is his supposed prediction of the Second World War:
"Beasts ferocious from hunger will swim across rivers:
Greater part of the army will be against Hister
The greater one will cause it to be dragged in an iron cage
When the Germany child will observe nothing.”
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