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Leonardo is born in Vinci, April 15, 1452
1460
Childhood in Vinci
Goes to Florence, is an apprentice in the studio of Verrocchio (1469)
1470
- Becomes a member of the corporation of painters (1472)
- Completes his first known drawing, "La valle dell'Arno" ("The Arno Valley") (1473)
- Paints an angel in Verrocchio's "Baptism of Christ" (1475)
- Paints "The Annunciation" (1477)
- Portrait of Ginevra de'Benci (1478)
1480
- Paints "San Gerolamo" and "The Adoration of the Magi" (1481)
- Leaves Florence for Milan, in the service of Ludovico Sforza (1482-3)
- Paints the "Virgin of the Rocks" (1483-6)
- Begins to explore human flight (1486)
- Anatomical drawings in the manuscripts (1488-9)
1490
- Designs a flying machine (1492)
- Works on the giant equestrian statue of Francesco Sforza (1493)
- Studies the resistance of various types of arcades (1494)
- Paints the second "Virgin of the Rocks" (1494)
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- Paints "The Last Supper" (1495)
- Meets mathematician Luca Pacioli, with whom he studies Euclid (1496)
- Paints "Madonna and Child with St. Anne" (1499)
Leaves Milan (1499) to return to Florence, stops in Mantua and Venice (1500)
1500
- Cesare Borgia assumes Leonardo as military engineer (1502)
- Designs war machines and draws topographical maps (1502-3)
- Draws studies for "The Battle of Anghiari" (1503-6)
- Paints "Mona Lisa" (1504?)
- Studies the flight of birds, designs flying machines, and tries to square the circle (1505)
- Studies fluid elements: water, air and fire (1506-8)
- Returns to Milan (1508)
- Paints "St. Anne" (1509)
1510
- Undertakes detailed anatomical research (1510)
- Goes to Rome seeking the patronage of the new pope, Leo X (1513)
- Constructs a mechanical lion for the incoronation of Francis I, King of France (1515) Paints "Self-Portrait" (1515)
- Goes to the court of Francis I, Amboise (1516)
- Designs a palace in Romorantin (1517)
- Dies in Amboise, May 2, 1519.
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