Facts of Louis Braille life By anastasiosdimitriou Jan 4, 1809 Louis Braille born 1812 He become blind 1819 He got a scholarship in Royal Institution for Blind Youth at Paris. 1821 He met a soldier, who called Charles Barbier. Then he started to work the "Braille System". 1824 He finisted his system. 1829 He published his first "Braille" book. 1837 At his system, he added mathematics and musician symbols. Jan 6, 1852 He dead. 1868 "Braille" began to spread, when a team of men took up the cause.