Nostradamus Book Report

Columbus

Jul 1, 1502

Columbus takes his fourth and final voyage to the new world.

Nostradamus is born

Dec 14, 1503

Nostradamus is born in Saint Remy de Provence, France

Michelangelo

Jan 1, 1512

Michelangelo publishes the Sistine Chapel.

College and plague

Mar 1, 1518

Nostradamus goes to the University of Avignon at the age of 14, but goes for only one year due to the outbreak of the plague.

Hernando Cortez

Jan 1, 1519

Cortez is sent to a mission to Mexico.

The plague

Dec 6, 1519

Nostradamus goes around poor villages treating the plague, and earns a great reputation.

Aztec Empire Ends

Aug 13, 1521

Cortes attacks Tenochtitlan, the Aztec capital, and is victorious over Montezuma and his nephew, Cortes then forms Mexico City where Tenochtitlan once layed.

Nostradamus leaves for college

Jan 1, 1522

Nostradamus goes to Montpellier to finish his studies.

Nostradamus name change

Jan 1, 1522

Notredame is changed to Nostradamus.

Printing Press

Jan 1, 1526

The printing press is introduced in Stockhom Sweden.

Julius-César Scalinger

Jan 1, 1532

Julius - César Scalinger invites Nostradamus to live in Agen, and works as a healer.

End of the Inca Empire

Aug 29, 1533

Francisco Pizzaro and Diego de Almagro execute Atahuallpa thus ending the Incas reign.

First Marriage

Jan 1, 1534

Nostradamus marries and has two children. Several years later, The wife and two children pass away likely due to the plague.

Henry VIII

Jan 1, 1535

Henry the VIII breaks away from the Catholic Church and becomes head of the English Church.

New Mexico

Jan 1, 1541

Spanish Conquistadors arrive in what is known today as New Mexico.

Another outbreak of the plague and Second Marriage

Jan 1, 1546

Nostradamus marries Anne Posarde and has 6 children. Nostradamus goes to Aix-en-Provence and Salon-de-Provence to combat the plague.

Nostradamus and the friar

Apr 1, 1548

Nostradamus during his travels meets a friar and bowed down to him and kissed his robe saying that he was kissing the robe of the future pope.

Artificial Limb

Jan 1, 1550

Ambrose Pare starts to create the artificial limb.

Canal

Jan 1, 1550

Nostradamus invests in a canal in Salon-de-Provence. The canal still stands today.

Gout

Dec 17, 1551

Nostradamus develops gout, that limits his travel. The date is not known, but he probably developed it in his later days.

Prophecies

Dec 6, 1555

Nostradamus publishes 10 ¨ Centuries" with many prophecies that are written in quatrains.

Ice Cream

Jul 1, 1559

Italian person creates ice cream.

Death of King Henry II

Jul 10, 1559

Predicts the death of King Henry II
Centuries 1 quatrain 35
The young lion will surpass the old one,
In military field by singular duel:
In golden cage its eyes will pierce,
Two collisions, one afterwards dies a cruel death.

Royal French Physician

Jan 1, 1562

Nostradamus becomes the Royal French Physician.

The death of Nostradamus

Jul 1, 1566

Nostradamus passes away.

Eighty Years War

Jan 1, 1568

The Eighty Years War begins. The war is between The Spanish and the Netherlands.

Nostradamus Predictions

Sep 2, 1666

Nostradamus predicts a great fire in London.

Nostradamus predictions

Jan 1, 1800

Napolean's reign is predicted and is downfall in Russia.

Nostradamus predictions

Jan 1, 1950

Nostradamus predicts Charles de Gaulle as the leader who will lead 3 times as de Gaulle did.

Nostradamus Predictions

Jan 1, 2069

Nostradamus predicted that an asteroid will crash onto Earth.