PREDICTIONS THAT HAPPENED

NOSTRADAMUS PREDICTED

THE FRENCH REVOLUTION

Nostradamus predicted that in France, the people would rise up and

rebel against the princes and lords. This happened in 1799 during

the French Revolution. This revolution changed the face of France

and paved the way for epic changes in the country’s

political and social system.

NOSTRADAMUS PREDICTED

NAPOLEON BONAPARTE’S RISE IN POWER

Nostradamus predicted that a man named Napoleon Bonaparte would

rise in power, though the name was something like “Napaulon Roy.”

According to his prophecy, the man would be one of the most important

figures in history and that he would deny the Piuses entry. As it turned

out, during Napoleon’s time, Pope Pius VI and VII were locked up.

NOSTRADAMUS PREDICTED

THE SUCCESS OF LOUIS PASTEUR AS A

MICROBIOLOGIST AND CHEMIST

One of the greatest predictions made by Nostradamus was that

“Pastor” would be praised like a demigod. Centuries since his

prediction, a man named Louis Pasteur introduced several

major scientific breakthroughs that made him one of

the greatest scientists of all time.

NOSTRADAMUS PREDICTED

THE DEATH OF PRINCESS DIANA

During his time, Nostradamus predicted that “Diana’s life would be taken.”

At that time, nobody knew who Diana was. In 1997, Princess Diana

of Wales died from a fatal car accident.

ROBERT HEINLEIN PREDICTED

THE COLD WAR

In his short story “Solution Unsatisfactory”, Robert Heinlein describes

a United States that develops a nuclear weapon before the rest of

the world and becomes the only superpower, igniting a race

among other nations to develop a similar bomb. Which is exactly

what happened with the nuclear arms race and the cold war. This short

story was written in 1940-before the United States had joined World War II

and before it had conceived the possibility of a nuclear weapon.

ROBERT HEINLEIN PREDICTED

THE WATERBED

Not only did Robert Heinlein predict the cold war, he also nearly invented

waterbeds. As crazy as this might sound, in his 1961 novel

“Stranger in a Strange Land” he describes in detail such a bed.

So detailed in fact, that the eventual inventor had trouble patenting it.

JOHN ELFRETH WATKINS, JR. PREDICTED

THE TELEVISION

A civil engineer turned curator at the Smithsonian Institute, Mr. Watkins

made some startling predictions in the year 1900. In his article

“What May Happen in the Next Hundred Years”, he made this

startling statement: “Man will see around the world. Persons and

things of all kinds will be brought within focus of cameras connected

electrically with screens at opposite ends of circuits,

thousands of miles at a span.”

JOHN ELFRETH WATKINS PREDICTED

HIGH-SPEED TRAINS IN 1990

Writer John Elfreth Watkins predicted in the article entitled

“What May Happen in the Next Hundred Years” which he wrote in

1990 that in the 21st century, high-speed trains will be introduced.

That time, people thought he was insane. However, his prediction

came true when the first high-speed train was launched in

Boston and Washington that same year.