Did Nastradamus predict the end of the world?
No, he did not really predict anything. He is best-known for collections of quatrains titled “Centuries” that are so vague they can be interpreted many ways. It seems quite likely that most of them just describe current events of his time, circa 1555, in an obscure blend of French and Latin to confuse people. Then, he or believers could joyously utter, “Eureka, I predicted the death of the King of France”. That supposed prediction made him famous. One quatrain speaks of damaged eyes in a golden cage when an old lion meets a young one in battle. King Henry II of France was born March 31, 1519. About four years after “Centuries” was published, King Henry II died. June 30, 1559, he participated in a tournament celebrating the end of a war with Austria and his daughter’s marriage. He jousted with Gabriel Montgomery, a captain in his army. A splinter of Montgomery’s lance entered the eye hole in the king’s helmet and embedded itself below his eye. He was in agony for days and died July 10,1
