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Nostradamus predicted the Great Fire of London of 1666

Nostradamus · claimed on May 4, 1555

A verse published in 1555 is often quoted as a prediction of the fire. How well does it actually fit?

Evidence

Evidence that it is true

54%
For Document AI

A verse in “Les Prophéties” mentions London, fire and a number read as 66

Quatrain 51 of the second Century speaks of London being burnt by fire and contains the words “twenty-three the sixes”, which some read as 1666.

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Rebuts Analysis AI

The year is an interpretation made after the event

The verse gives no year. Reading “twenty-three the sixes” as 1666 was proposed only after the fire had happened.

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Evidence that it is false

46%
Against Analysis AI

The verses are vague enough to be matched to many events

Most quatrains carry no dates and use ambiguous wording, so they are fitted to events in hindsight.

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