( '' Century '' I. 1 , 1555 ) Nostradamus enthusiasts have often credited him with predicting numerous events in world history , supposedly including the French Revolution , the rise of Napoleon Bonaparte , the atomic bomb , the rise of Adolf Hitler , the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center , and the last pope . Indeed , they regularly make similar claims regarding each new world crisis as it comes along as there is a tendency to claim that " Nostradamus predicted whatever has just happened . " These claims rely heavily on the role of interpretation
September 11 attacks
September 11 attacks
Nostradamus in popular culture