The famous astrologer Nostradamus predicted a year of catastrophe and war in 2025, with Europe involved in conflicts and a ...

The 16th century astrologer Nostradamus has been credited with predicting some huge global events from the Great Fire of ...

Then in 430, barely a year after the war began, Athens was struck by a disaster ... brought with them an additional and deadly cargo - plague. The plague spread through the overcrowded city ...

In 1900, the first case of bubonic plague to ever be confirmed in North America was diagnosed in San Francisco. Scientists did not understand how the disease was transmitted but had long theorized ...

For 2024, Nostradamus’s forecasts included a new Pope, war with China ... brutal wars and the resurgence of a long-forgotten plague. The mystic foresaw a time when “great powers will ...

Written just after World War Two, the novel has often been interpreted as an allegory for the Nazi occupation of France with the rats that bring the disease representing the "brown plague" of fascism.

With special guest Rebecca Rideal, author of "1666: Plague, War and Hellfire". Edited by Tom Delargy. Produced by Freddy Chick. Senior Producer is Charlotte Long.