Nostradamus

Birth of Nostradamus

Dec 14, 1503

Nostradamus was born in France on Dec 14, 1503. He was the son of a grain dealer.
Not much was known about his childhood except for the fact that he went to the University of Avignon at the age of fourteen

Nostradamus

Period: Dec 14, 1503 to Jul 1, 1566

Schooling

Sep 5, 1517

At the age of fourteen Nostradamus went to the University of Avignon in order to study medicine and astrology

Schooling

Sep 5, 1518

Nostradamus was forced to leave the University of Avignon due to the outbreak of the Bubonic Plague (Black Plague). Later he enrolled into the University of Montpellier

Schooling

Jun 26, 1522

Graduated from University of Montpellier

Family

Apr 6, 1534

Nostradamus was invited to work with the leading scholar of his time in France and married a young woman who lived in Montpellier and had a son and a daughter.

Death of Family

May 3, 1537

Nostradamus's wife and children die of the bubonic plague. Many people looked upon him with scorn because while he treated other people who were also diagnosed he ignored his own family. His wife's family sued him to get her dowry back. After the death he spent six - seven years traveling supposedly in Italy.

Return to France

Nov 3, 1544

After years of traveling Nostradamus came back to France in order to study treatments of the plague with Louis Serre a physician. Due to major flooding there was a large sanitation problem in the region, because of this there was a large outbreak of the plague

Secound marrige

Feb 27, 1547

In 1547 Nostradamus married a rich widow, named Anne Ponsarde with whom he had six children, three boys three girls.

Nostradamus prophecies

Jan 16, 1554

Wrote books called Centuries. These books each contained 100 predictions that forecasted the next two thousand years. There were 10 books in all

Les Prophecies

May 3, 1555

In 1555 Nostradamus published Les Prophecies. This book contained major long term prophecies. Nostradamus felt afraid of religious persecution so he concealed the prophecies meanings by turning them into quatrains and using different languages such as greek and latin.

First Prophecy.

Mar 11, 1556

In 1566 Nostradamus accuretly predicted the death of King Henry the Secound.
"The young lion will overcome the old one
On the warlike field in single duel
He will put out the eyes through the cage of gold
Two fights one then to die a cruel death"

Death of Henry the Secound

Apr 21, 1559

Henry the Secound dies.