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Apr 15, 1452
Year of birth
Leonardo was born in 1452 the15 of April in the Tuscan village of Vinci, the natural son of her mother, Caterina -
1458
His childhood
His enormous curiosity was manifested early: already in childhood he drew mythological animals of his own invention, inspired by a deep observation of the natural environment in which he grew -
1468
Entrance to the Academy
Aware of the talent of his son, his father earned him as an apprentice in the workshop of Andrea del Verrocchio. -
1468
Its passage by other academie
In addition to the Verrocchio workshop, there was also that of Antonio Pollaiuolo, where Leonardo made his first studies of Latin and Greek anatomy. -
1469
His child
Leonardo da Vinci had an illegitimate child at age 17 (1569) -
1471
Leonardo at the Academy
Leonardo learned painting, sculpture and techniques and mechanics of artistic creation. The first work of which is accurate news was the construction of the copper sphere projected by Brunelleschi to crown the church of Santa Maria dei Fiori. -
1473
Surpassed his own teacher
His great creative imagination and the early skill of his brush soon overtook those of his teacher . In the Baptism of Christ, for example, the inspired angels painted by Leonardo contrast with the brusqueness of the Baptist made by Verrocchio. -
1480
He started using oil in his paintings
The young disciple used for the first time a novel technique recently arrived from the Netherlands: the oil painting his great works of this period are a Saint Jerome and the great panel The Adoration of the Magi -
1482
He worked as a military engineer
In 1482 he appeared before the powerful Ludovico Sforza, the stronggest man of Milan, he would stay with he 17-year-old
Although his main occupation was that of military engineer -
1483
He devised plans for a new city
Stimulated by the dramatic plague that ravaged Milan and whose cause Leonardo saw in the overcrowding and filth of the city, he planned spacious villas, made plans for channeling rivers and ingenious defense systems against enemy artillery. -
1486
The parachute
Leonardo Da Vinci was willing to prove that human flight was possible. I study the flight for more than twenty years and in 1486 began to study the birds. He continued with this study until his death in 1519, convinced that the secret behind the human flight was on the wings of the birds. But the parachute of Da Vinci really worked since on a Sunday, April 27, 2008 a Swiss parachutist of 36 years called Oliver Vietti Teppa, built a parachute -
1487
Leonardo da Vinci's tank
Leonardo da Vinci's tank was designed while under the patronage of Ludovico Sforza in 1487. It was designed to be driven directly into a battlefield and decimate the enemy with its 360-degree cannon. The tank is based on the shell of a turtle. Leonardo is often inspired by nature for his inventions. -
1506
The helicopter of Leonardo Da Vinci
Although the first real helicopter was not built until the 1940s, it is believed that the Leonardo da Vinci sketches of the late 15th century were the predecessor of the modern flying machine. Like many of da Vinci's ideas, he never built it, but his notes and drawings traced exactly how the device would work. -
1512
The Leonardo da Vinci boat
The Leonardo da Vinci boat model is made of plastic and is a set of snaps together, so it is not necessary to stick them.
Leonardo's boat is one of the first designed rowing boats. The ship would remain in operation for hundreds of years until the invention of the marine propeller. -
1519
The death of Leonardo Da Vinci
Leonardo Da Vinci died on May 2, 1519, due to a cerebral hemorrhage in Château de Clos-Lucé, Amboise, France
