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Apr 15, 1452
Baby Leonardo is born
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Jan 1, 1467
Leonardo is sent to Florence
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Apr 24, 1472
20 year-old Leonardo is accepted into the painters' guild of Florence.
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Jun 30, 1476
Leonardo is accused of sodomy; he is publicly humiliated although the charges are later dropped.
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Oct 1, 1478
The Annunciation is painted. The work, initially credited to Da Vinci, is now believed to have been painted by Lorenzo di Credi.
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Feb 23, 1481
Leonardo begins work on The Adoration of the Magi, an altarpiece for the Monastery of San Donato at Scopeto.He sketches many studies.
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Feb 26, 1482
Leonardo moves to Milan to work in the service of the city's duke, Ludovico Sforza. He gains the title of "painter and engineer of the duke.
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Dec 2, 1483
Leonardo paints the Virgin of the Rocks.
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May 26, 1485
Leonardo paints Lady with an Ermine.
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Jun 29, 1495
Leonardo begins work on The Last Supper in the refectory of the convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan.
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Oct 6, 1495
The Last Supper is completed
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Jun 6, 1499
With the duke Ludovico Sforza'a fall from power, Da Vinci leaves Milan and spends a short time in Venice.
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Jul 27, 1500
Leonardo begins painting the Virgin and Child with Saint Anne, a project that he only finishes after 10 years.
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Nov 29, 1500
Leonardo returns to Florence.
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Jun 26, 1502
Leonardo begins work as senior military architect and general engineer for Cesare Borgia, son of Pope Alexander VI.
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Mar 31, 1503
Leonardo is commissioned to paint the Mona Lisa.
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May 28, 1503
Leonardo is commission to paint a mural for the council hall in Florence's Palazzo Vecchio, which is to be the Battle of Anghiari, a work that would remain unfinished.
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Jun 1, 1515
Leonardo paints St. John the Baptist.
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Mar 27, 1516
The king of France invites Leonardo to come work for him.
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May 2, 1519
May 2, Leonardo dies in France.
