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Leonardo da vinci was born in Vinci, Italy.
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At 15 Leonardo is sent to Florance to work as apprectice to Andrea De Verrocchio
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20-year old Leonardo is accepted to the painters' guild in Florance
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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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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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Leonardo paints the Virgin of the Rocks
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Leonardo paints the Lady with an Ermine and shows the world
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Leonardo Da vinci completes the last supper
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Leonardo begins painting the Virgin and Child with Saint Anne, a project that he only finishes after 10 years.
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Leonardo begins work as senior military architect and general engineer for Cesare Borgia, son of Pope Alexander VI.
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Leonardo is commissioned to paint the Mona Lisa
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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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In May, Leonardo is summoned to Milan by Charles d'Amboise, the French governor
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Living in the Vatican, he studies the properties of mirrors. It is perhaps at this time that he paints the Turin Self-portrait. It was in this year that Leo X (Medici) became pope; the previous year the Medici family returned to power in Florence.
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Around this time, Leonardo paints the painting John the Baptist. He also constructs a mechanical lion for the coronation of the new king of France, Francis I.
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The king of France invited Leonardo to come work for him
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Leonardo da Vinci dies in Cloux, France at age 67