His book The Book of the Law points to world war in April 1997. This conflict he said would spread to the Soviet Union. Considering that he predicted these things in 1904 his prophesies appeared particularly poignant during the Cold War. Fortunately he was wrong. This has been interpreted as a nuclear missile, and invasion from outer space or a world dictator landing by aeroplane.
Fire approaches the New City.
Most of Nostradamus' prophecies were for his own time. As he sees further into the future he becomes less accurate. Recent other interpretations of his work interpret his references to the 'Rose of England' as symbols for a future Labour government. Born in 1488 near Knaresborough, Yorkshire and a contemporary of Nostradamus, Mother Shipton made many predictions that came true in her lifetime including that London would be ravaged by fire in 1666. She also predicted aeroplanes and that ships would be built of metal.