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Apr 15, 1452
Da Vinci is Born
Anchiano, Italy -
1480
Meets the Need for Engineers in Milan
He got the job to design military fortifications for the region because they were at war. -
1481
Engineering Studies
He studied and designed war instruments such as tanks, catapults, submarines, machine guns, and other weapons while in Milan. -
1493
Completed Codex Forester
The smallest of all of his notebooks that contains three sheets of notes on geometry, weights, mechanics, and hydraulic machines. -
1495
Designs the first robot
He detailed plans for a three-wheeled, wind-up, self-moving "auto-mobile" that has also been considered the first "robot." -
1497
Became the first systems engineer
In his studies, he wrote the first systematic explanations of how machines work and how the elements of machines can be combine. He figured out that he could break things down to small pieces and then turn it into one whole thing. -
1501
Designed the Parachute
Da Vinci made a sketch of the invention with this accompanying description: "If a man have a tent made of linen of which the apertures (openings) have all been stopped up, and it be twelve braccia (about 23 feet) across and twelve in depth, he will be able to throw himself down from any great height without suffering any injury." -
1502
Designed the Helicopter
He designed an early predecessor to the helicopter, however a helicopter was not built until the 1940s. -
1505
Published two book containing engineering information
These two books contain almost 200 pages about mechanics and a manual for a foundry system for creating an immense horse. -
1510
Publsihed Codex Leicester
A notebook where he had written his ideas right to left. -
May 2, 1519
Death
Clos Lucé, Amboise, France