Leonardo Da Vinci

Leonardo is born

Apr 15, 1452

At age 14 apprenticed to artist Andrea del Verrochio

Jan 1, 1466

At the age of about fourteen Leonardo was apprenticed by his father to the artist Andrea del Verrocchio. Leonardo was eventually to become a paid employee of Verrocchio's studio. During his time there, Leonardo met many of the most important artists to work in Florence in the late fifteenth century including Botticelli, Domenico Ghirlandaio and Pietro Perugino

Leonardo becomes a member of the Florence Painters Guild

Jan 1, 1472

Leonardo never attended public school. He was raised by his single father. When Leonardo was fifteen he joined the studio af Andrea del Verrocchio in Florence. Leonardo had no interest in women; he spent most of his time painting. Five years later he became a member of the guild of St. Luke, a painters' guild in Florence

Paints "The last supper" in Milan

Nov 30, 1482

Leonardo left Florence and travelled to Milan carrying a gift from Lorenzo to the regent ruler, Ludovico Sforza. He was employed by Ludovico. during which time he worked on the Last Supper.

Leonardo returns to Florence

Dec 12, 1500

In Florence, Leonardo lived at premises of the Servite Community, and at that time drew the large cartoon for the Madonna and Child and St Anne which attracted a lot of popular attention. He is also reported to have had a job to do for King Louis XII of France.

Peter Henlein invented the pocket watch (Nuremburg)

Dec 13, 1500

Ottaviano Petrucci

Dec 13, 1501

publishes first printed book of music in Venice "Harmonice musices Odhecaton A"

Leonardo is commissioned to paint the Mona Lisa

Dec 12, 1502

Leonardo da Vinci began painting the Mona Lisa in 1502 or 1503 in Florence, Italy.Although the Louvre states that it was "doubtless painted between 1503 and 1506"

Leonardo begins work on The Battle of Anghiari

Dec 12, 1503

Leonardo returned to Florence where he rejoined the Guild of Saint Luke on 18 October 1503, and spent two years designing and painting a mural of The Battle of Anghiari. The Battle of Anghiari is a lost painting by Leonardo da Vinci, at times referred to as "The Lost Leonardo" which some commentators believe to be still hidden beneath one of the later frescoes in the Hall of the Five Hundred in the Palazzo Vecchio, Florence.

Columbus' fourth and final voyage to Honduras and Panama

Dec 13, 1504

Margaret of Austria appointed Regent of the Netherlands

Dec 13, 1507

Accession of Henry VIII (King of England)

Dec 13, 1509

Leonardo paints St. john the Baptist

Dec 12, 1515

Many of Leonardo's pupils were to copy St. John the Baptist and their work appears in various collections. Other paintings mentioned in this article which are on a similar theme and presently thought to be the work of Leonardo may later prove to be those of other artists. Typical of Leonardo's paintings, these will be heavily debated especially as so many copies of his original were done by students.

Battle of Marignano

Dec 13, 1515

Francis I King of France invites Leonardo to work for him

Dec 12, 1516

Charles V becomes Emperor of Austria and Spain

Dec 13, 1516

Date of Leonardo Da Vinci's death.

May 2, 1519