Nostradamus and the Seventh Month of 1999
Believers: Nostradamus Said the World Ends in July 1999. July Ends; World Doesn't
Believers in the 16th-century seer's prophecies braced for the end on July 4, 1999. The BBC's expert advised: 'You may safely plan your Sunday as you have always done.'
What was claimed (paraphrase)
Believers in the prophecies of Nostradamus were convinced the world would come to an end on July 4, 1999; translators extrapolated a cataclysmic 27-year world war starting in the seventh month of 1999. (Paraphrase of the BBC's report.)
— Widely held reading of a Nostradamus quatrain · said 1999 · due the seventh month of 1999
July 1999 passed. No world war started and the world did not end on the 4th or any other day.
The fine print
General attribution: no single owner. The belief came from popular translations of Nostradamus's 1555 quatrain, repeated by many books and fans. The BBC said believers were convinced the world would end on July 4. The BBC stressed the 1999 war was what 'translators have extrapolated from his confusing writings'. Category: religious/prophecy. A named promoter of a Nostradamus-based 1999 date, Paco Rabanne (Mir falling on Paris), has his own entry (rabanne-mir-paris-1999).
Sources
- Say goodbye on Sunday? - BBC News (July 3, 1999)accessed 2026-09-29
- Nostradamus wrong (Please ignore if the world ended yesterday) - The Guardian leader (July 5, 1999)accessed 2026-09-29
As of Oct 9, 2026
since it didn't happen
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