Leonardo Da Vinci

  • Apr 15, 1452

    Leonardo Da Vinci is Born.

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

    Leonardo Da Vinci Moves to Florence.

    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.
  • 1473

    Leonardo Da Vinci makes his Landscape Drawing.

    Leonardo Da Vinci makes his Landscape Drawing.
    Leonardo Da Vinci makes his landscape drawing, his oldest surviving drawing.
  • 1480

    The influece of the De Medici Family

    The influece of the De Medici Family
    Leonardo Da Vinci works for the Duke Lorezo De Medici; a patron of the Arts
  • 1488

    Anatomical Drawings

    Anatomical Drawings
    Leonardo Da Vinci's first anatomical drawing appears in his notebooks.
  • 1495

    The Last Supper

    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.
  • 1503

    The Mona Lisa

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

    Anatomical research

    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.
  • 1514

    Self Portrait

    Self Portrait
    Da Vinci paints his only self portrait.
  • 1515

    Pope Ban

    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.
  • May 2, 1519

    Death

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