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Leonardo Da Vinci TAH

By Treuvor
  • Apr 15, 1452

    Birth

    Leonardo da Vinci was born in Vinci, Italy. His father was Ser Piero da Vinci. He lived in Vinci for 12 years.
  • Period: Apr 15, 1452 to May 2, 1519

    Leonardo da Vinci

  • Jan 1, 1464

    Move to Florence

    Moved to Florence when he was 12. He lived with his father.
    (Leonardo da Vinci: First Impressions)
  • Jan 1, 1470

    Apprentice

    Leonardo is apprenticed by Andrea del Verrocchio. His father apprentices him to Verrocchio because Leonardo cannot have an actual job. Verrocchio is an artist/painter.
  • Jan 1, 1472

    Painter's Guild

    Leonardo joins the painter's civic guild in Florence. It was called the Company of St. Luke. He was twenty.
  • Jan 1, 1478

    First Masterpiece

    Leonardo paints his first independent masterpiece. It is a scene of the angel Gabriel appearing to Mary. It was called Annunciation.
  • Jan 1, 1479

    Union of Aragon and Castille- Beginning of Spanish State

  • Sep 28, 1481

    Leaving Florence

    Leonardo left Florence for unknown reasons. He disappeared for a year and a half. No information is available during that time.
  • Apr 25, 1483

    Milan

    Reappeared in Milan. He recieved a contract to build an altarpiece for the church of San Franchesco Grande.
  • Jan 1, 1489

    Plus and Minus symbols start to be used

  • Jan 1, 1491

    Ignatius Loyola is born.

  • Jan 1, 1492

    Columbus discovers Central America

  • Jan 1, 1495

    Syphilus Epidemic spreads from Naples all over Europe

  • Jan 1, 1503

    Giovanni Francesco

    Leonardo adopts a son while in Milan. He is nearing sixty at the time.
  • Jan 1, 1503

    Mona Lisa Beginning

    Begins the Mona Lisa while in Milan. People are not sure who the woman is.
  • Jan 1, 1515

    Louis XII of France dies. Nephew, the Duke of Angouleme succeeds him as Francis I

  • Jan 1, 1517

    Move to France

    Moved to France because of fighting going on in Florence.Traveled with his adopted son, Giovanni Francesco.
  • Jan 1, 1517

    Mona Lisa Finish

    Leonardo finishes the Mona Lisa. Some people have a theory that the woman is a duchess who da Vinci designed a bath for.
  • May 2, 1519

    Death

    Leonardo da Vinci died in Cloux, France. He died peacefully in his house.
    (Leonardo da Vinci: First Impressions)