6 Nostradamus predictions that 'came true'

Here are the Nostradamus predications some have linked to actual events. a few are far in the past, while others are much closer to our time.

The young lion will overcome the older one,

On the field of combat in a single battle;

He will pierce his eyes through a golden cage,

Two wounds made one, then he dies a cruel death

King Henry II of France died in 1559 after Gabriel, comte de Montgomery accidently killed him during a game of joust.

From the depths of the West of Europe,

A young child will be born of poor people,

He who by his tongue will seduce a great troop;

His fame will increase towards the realm of the East.

Adolf Hitler was born 20 April 1889 in Western Europe. He moved to Germany a few years later and rose to fame in part due to his furious speeches.

Near the gates and within two cities

There will be scourges the like of which was never seen,

Famine within plague, people put out by steel,

Crying to the great immortal God for relief.

In August 1945 America dropped an atomic bomb on Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (two cities)

Earthshaking fire from the center of the Earth

Will cause tremors around the New City.

Two great rocks will war for a long time,

Then Arethusa will redden a new river

The great shameless, audacious bawler,

He will be elected governor of the army:

The boldness of his contention,

The bridge broken, the city faint from fear

A stretch? Maybe. Or maybe it is him, given that in addition to being President, Mr Trump is also the Commander-in-Chief.

Twice put up and twice cast down,

the East will also weaken the West.

Its adversary after several battles

chased by sea will fail at time of need.

This could refer to the current tension between America (west) and Russia (east).

Source: Independent