Leonardo Da Vinci

  • Leonardo Da Vinci is Born.
    Apr 15, 1452

    Leonardo Da Vinci is Born.

    Leonardo Da Vinci is born in Anchiano, Italy. He lives with his mother.
  • Leonardo Da Vinci Moves to Florence.
    1466

    Leonardo Da Vinci Moves to Florence.

    Leonardo Da Vinci Moves to Florence with his father to be an apprentice in Andrea del Verrocchio's Workshop.
  • Leonardo Da Vinci makes his Landscape Drawing.
    1473

    Leonardo Da Vinci makes his Landscape Drawing.

    Leonardo Da Vinci makes his landscape drawing, his oldest surviving drawing.
  • The influece of the De Medici Family
    1480

    The influece of the De Medici Family

    Leonardo Da Vinci works for the Duke Lorezo De Medici; a patron of the Arts
  • Anatomical Drawings
    1488

    Anatomical Drawings

    Leonardo Da Vinci's first anatomical drawing appears in his notebooks.
  • The Last Supper
    1495

    The Last Supper

    Da Vinci starts the Last Supper and completes it in 1497. He teaches himself Latin. He also makes sketches for a humanoid robot.
  • 1500

    The Fall of Milan

    Da Vinci leaves Milan after it falls to the French, returning to Florence.
  • 1502

    Military Involvement

    Da Vinci serves as a military engineer and cartographer to Cesare Borgia, travelling throughout Romagna with the army.
  • The Mona Lisa
    1503

    The Mona Lisa

    Da Vinci begins the Mona Lisa. He also experiments with flying.
  • Anatomical research
    1507

    Anatomical research

    Back in Florence, Da Vinci tries to publish his notebooks again. He begins major anatomical research.
  • 1513

    Opening of Art Studio

    In Rome, at the request of the Pope, da Vinci opens an Art Studio, but he continues to concentrate on Science.
  • Self Portrait
    1514

    Self Portrait

    Da Vinci paints his only self portrait.
  • Pope Ban
    1515

    Pope Ban

    The Pope forbids da Vinci from performing any human dissections.
  • 1516

    Illness

    Da Vinci moves to Amboise, in France to work for the king as a painter, engineer and architect of the king. Unfortunately, his right hand becomes paralysed.
  • Death
    May 2, 1519

    Death

    After writing his will on April 23rd, da Vinci dies a few days later on the 2nd May.