# Interesting prediction from the 16th Century?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-prediction-from-the-16th-century/46701>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [December 21, 2000, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-prediction-from-the-16th-century/46701 "2000-12-21T15:22:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![beergeek279](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ea924/32.png) [@beergeek279](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beergeek279)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2000, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-prediction-from-the-16th-century/46701/1 "2000-12-21T15:22:04Z")

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‘Come the millennium, month twelve,  
In the home of the greatest power,  
The village idiot will come forth  
To be acclaimed the leader’.

Nostradamus [1555]:  
I’m not sure whether this belongs in MPSIMS, but I figured it’s political so it would go here!!!

I’m also not sure whether it is authentic or not (somehow I doubt it), but regardless it’s sure the hell funny so I thought I’d post it for comment 😉

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**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2000, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-prediction-from-the-16th-century/46701/2 "2000-12-21T15:27:53Z")

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hey, Gore _lost_!😃

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**Author:** ![ticker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@ticker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ticker)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2000, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-prediction-from-the-16th-century/46701/3 "2000-12-21T15:30:02Z")

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Already done: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=52041](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=52041)

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**Author:** ![FloChi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58956e/32.png) [@FloChi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloChi)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2000, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-prediction-from-the-16th-century/46701/4 "2000-12-21T15:30:27Z")

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This has been going around in email for the last few weeks, and I seriously doubt its veracity. Nostradamus didn’t write so clearly.

besides wasn’t he claiming that world ends in 1999?

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**Author:** ![hawthorne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@hawthorne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawthorne)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2000, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-prediction-from-the-16th-century/46701/5 "2000-12-21T15:44:06Z")

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[Snopes](http://www.snopes.com) has it as false.

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**Author:** ![Cannon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/919ad9/32.png) [@Cannon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cannon)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2000, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-prediction-from-the-16th-century/46701/6 "2000-12-21T16:40:45Z")

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Quote:

‘Come the millennium, month twelve,  
In the home of the greatest power,  
The village idiot will come forth  
To be acclaimed the leader’  
The leader of what? The Shriners? The Boy Scouts? Amway?

Jesus H. Christ on a Harley, I thought we were fighting ignorance here.

Any other gems you’d like to share with us?

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**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2000, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-prediction-from-the-16th-century/46701/7 "2000-12-21T16:59:28Z")

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BZZZZZZZZZ! Nope, sorry, incorrect.

Not true. A lie. An urban legend. Fakelore. Viral marketing. Nope. Uh-uh. Not remotely. False as false can be.

And now we’ll tell you what you DIDN’T win…