1450

  Leonardo is born in Vinci, April 15, 1452

1460

     Childhood in Vinci

 Goes to Florence, is an apprentice in the studio of Verrocchio (1469)

1470

Becomes a member of the corporation of painters (1472)
Completes his first known drawing, "La valle dell'Arno" ("The Arno Valley") (1473)
Paints an angel in Verrocchio's "Baptism of Christ" (1475)
Paints "The Annunciation" (1477)
Portrait of Ginevra de'Benci (1478)

1480

Paints "San Gerolamo" and "The Adoration of the Magi" (1481)
Leaves Florence for Milan, in the service of Ludovico Sforza (1482-3)
Paints the "Virgin of the Rocks" (1483-6)


Begins to explore human flight (1486)
Anatomical drawings in the manuscripts (1488-9)


 

1490

Designs a flying machine (1492)

Works on the giant equestrian statue of Francesco Sforza (1493)
Studies the resistance of various types of arcades (1494)
Paints the second "Virgin of the Rocks" (1494)
Paints "The Last Supper" (1495) 
Meets mathematician Luca Pacioli, with whom he studies Euclid (1496)
Paints "Madonna and Child with St. Anne" (1499)
Leaves Milan (1499) to return to Florence, stops in Mantua and Venice (1500)
 

1500

Cesare Borgia assumes Leonardo as military engineer (1502)
Designs war machines and draws topographical maps (1502-3)
Draws studies for "The Battle of Anghiari" (1503-6)
Paints "Mona Lisa" (1504?) 
Studies the flight of birds, designs flying machines, and tries to square the circle (1505)
Studies fluid elements: water, air and fire (1506-8)
Returns to Milan (1508)
Paints "St. Anne" (1509)

1510

Undertakes detailed anatomical research (1510)
Goes to Rome seeking the patronage of the new pope, Leo X (1513)
Constructs a mechanical lion for the incoronation of Francis I, King of France (1515)
Paints "Self-Portrait" (1515) 
Goes to the court of Francis I, Amboise (1516)
Designs a palace in Romorantin (1517)
Dies in Amboise, May 2, 1519.



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