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Apr 15, 1452
The Birth Of Leonardo
Born the third hour of the night, Leonardo was born to Caterina and Messer Piero Fruosino di Antonio da Vinci as Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci. (Picture: Leonardo's sketch during his studies of the human body and human birth.) -
Period: Apr 15, 1452 to May 2, 1519
The Life of Leonardo Da Vinci.
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Jan 1, 1453
Visiting of the hawk.
*Date unknown Leonardo recalls a visiting of a hawk in his bedroom when he was an infant. He states that this visiting was an omen and that his fascination with flight began at this time. -
Jan 1, 1457
Leonardo moves to Vinici.
*Date not exact
Leonardo is sent to live with his Grandfather in Vinci at the age of 5. -
Jan 1, 1466
Leonardo finds a mentor.
*Date not exact
Leonardo, now 14, goes to the center of Florence to find an apprenticeship as an Artisan. His father finds him a mentor, a man named Andrea Del Verrocchio. Andrea Del Verrocchio, immediately impressed by just one drawing, took Leonardo as an apprentice. -
Aug 5, 1473
Leonardo's first known drawing.
At 21, Leonardo draws the first of his known drawings. -
Jan 1, 1476
Joins guild.
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Leonardo joins the guild of St.Luke for Artists and Doctors of Medicine. -
Apr 8, 1476
Leonardo is arrested.
Charged with sodomy, Leonardo is arrested and held at Palazzo Vecchio in Florence. He is later found guilty and, as common with homosexuallity in this time, is sentenced to death. -
Octave Chanute Creates East River Bridge (Brooklyn Bridge)
Click here for the Newspaper article
On January 3rd 1870, Octave Chanute, an engineer from Paris, began construction of the famous Brooklyn Bridge. This is one of a handful of bridges that he designed and built among other acomplishments such as railroads and stock yards. -
The Wright Brothers Become Priests
Newspaper Article*Click on link
On January 6, 1889 the Wright brothers, just as their father, became ordained priests in a small church in Dayton, Ohio. -
The Change of World War I
Click here for primary letter to President Woodrow Wilson from the general of defense urging to retreat from the invasion into Germany.
