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Apr 15, 1452
His birth
Leonardo da Vinci was born in the 15 April in 1452 at
Anchiano Italy near the Tuscan town of Vinci. -
1459
The Catapault
His sketch of a catapult was created using pen and ink on paper, and the sketch itself is accompanied with explanatory notes in Da Vinci's own unmistakable hand. -
1475
The automobile
This sketch ranks at the very top of Leonardo da Vinci’s several innovations related to transportation and locomotion. -
1478
When he beacame a apprentice.
He was apprenticed to the sculptor and painter Andrea del Verrocchio in Florence and in 1478 he became an independent master -
1478
Canal bridge
Leonardo is most famous for his skills as an artist, however his insatiable curiosity led to a fascination in an immense number of subjects, including science, architecture invention and engineering. -
1483
The parachute sketch
Leonardo was the first to draw the parachute that looked modern.It had long 7 meter wodden poles that form a triangle. -
1485
The Flying machine (helicopter)
Leonardo Di Vinci sketched the flying machine (helicoLeonardopter) in 1485.It was the most popular one during the renaissance time his favourite one. -
1490
The Vitruvian man
It was a painting of a male figure in two superimposed positions with his arms and legs apart inside both a square and a circle. -
1495
The Last Supper
One of the most famous artworks in the world, painted by Leonardo da Vinci probably between 1495 and 1498 for the Dominican monastery Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan. -
1503
The Mona Lisa
Leonardo painted the Mona Lisa in 1503 and it now is located in the Louvre Museum today. -
May 2, 1519
His death
Leonardo da Vinci died on 2 May 1519 because of stroke.He was buried at Chapel of Saint-Hubert, Amboise, France. -
May 2, 1519
The Renaissance Man
For centuries after his death, thousands of pages from his private journals with notes, drawings, observations and scientific theories have surfaced and provided a fuller measure of a true "Renaissance man."
