Significant Dates in Leonardo’s Life
| 1452 | April 15. Birth of Leonardo. |
| 1467 | Commences apprenticeship with Verrochio in Florence. |
| 1478 | Commissioned for altarpiece in the Palace of the Signoria. |
| 1481 | Commissioned to paint an altarpiece for Convent of San Donato. |
| 1482-83(?) | Leonardo leaves Florence for the court of Ludovico Sforza in Milan. |
| 1483 | Begins equestrian monument of Francesco Sforza for Ludovico. |
| 1484-86 | Plague in Milan. |
| 1490 | April 23. Recommences equestrian monument and starts book on light and shade. |
| 1496 | Meets with Fra Luca Pacioli, professor of mathematics. |
| 1498 | The Last Supper completed. |
| 1499 | Apr. Land awarded to Leonardo near Porta Vercellina. Oct. French occupy Milan. Dec. Leonardo leaves Milan with Pacioli. |
| 1500 | Leonardo arrives in Mantua. Travels to Venice and returns to Florence. |
| 1502 | In the service of Cesare Borgia. |
| 1503 | Returns to Florence, commences work on a canal to sea. |
| 1504 | Begins the painting of battle of Anghiari. Father dies. Attempt at flight (?). |
| 1506 | May. Leaves Florence for Milan at summons of Charles d’Amboise, French military governor. |
| 1507 | Sept. Goes to Florence to settle father’s will. |
| 1508 | July. Returns to Milan. |
| 1511 | Works with Marc Antonio della Torre on anatomical research. |
| 1512 | French lose Milan. |
| 1513 | Leonardo leaves Milan for Rome. Serves Giuliano de’ Medici, brother of Pope Leo X. |
| 1516 | Leonardo leaves Rome for France to serve King Francis I. |
| 1519 | May 2. Death of Leonardo. |
Index
[A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I] [J] [K] [L] [M] [N] [O] [P] [Q] [R] [S] [T] [U] [V] [W] X [Y] Z
A Abbaco, Benedetto dell’, [5] Adda river, [124] “Adoration of the Magi,” [29], [30] Adriatic, the, [62], [93] “Air conditioner,” [69] Air, study of, [65], [66], [99] “Alarm clock,” [57] Albert of Saxony, [81] Alessandria, fortress of, [83] Alfonso of Calabria, [38] Alps, the, [37], [67] Amadeo, Antonio, [58] Amadori, Albiera di Giovanni, [2] Amadori, Alessandro, [3], [111] Amboise, see Chateau d’Amboise Amontons, [134] Anatomy, human, [52], [53], [107], [109], [119], [125]-127, [138] Anchiano, [2] Anemometer, [65], [66] Anemoscope, [65] Anghiari, battle of, [103], [110], [113] Aquadello, [124] Aquila, Battista dell’, [139] Arabs, the, [54] Archimedes, [41], [67], [81], [134] Architecture, [50], [58] Argyropoulos, John, [17] Aristotle, [17], [23], [42], [48], [81], [89] Arithmetic, [77] Arithmetico, Benedetto, [16] Armored vehicle, [39], [40] Arno river, [25], [31], [96], [100]-106, [109] Arrezzo, [93] Ascanio, Cardinal, [83] Astronomy, [80]-82, [104], [105] Atlantic Ocean, [19] “Automobile,” [32], [33] Autopsies, [107] Avicenna, [53]
B Bacon, Francis, [160] Bacon, Roger, [120] Badia, the, [7] Battista, [155], [157] Bayzid II, [94] Beatis, Antonio de’, [151] Bianca Maria, [64] Bible, the, [62], [104], [141] Birds, flight of, [24], [65], [66], [76], [99], [119] Black Death, see Bubonic plague Blois, [152] Bologna, [144] Bombard, [26] Bombs, [39] Borgia, Cesare, [82], [86]-97, [102], [139] Borgias, the, [102] Botticelli, Sandro, [33] Boureau, Guillaume, [156] Bramante, [68], [131] Bridge building, [95] Bubonic plague, [45]-47 Buonarroti, Michelangelo, see Michelangelo
C “Camera obscura,” [55] Campo Morto, battle of, [38] Cannon, [26], [33], [41] Caravaggio, siege of, [124] Cardano, Girolamo, [113] Carles, Geffroy, [115], [116] Carpentry, [135], [136] Cassano, castle of, [124] Castel’ Sant’ Angelo, [130] Caterina, [2] Cellini, Benvenuto, [100] Centrifugal pump, [121], [122] Cesena, [94] Chambord, castle of, [152] Charles d’Amboise, [94], [114]-117, [121], [124], [127], [139] Chateau d’Amboise, [147]-156 Cher river, [152] Christ, [30], [74], [77], [78] Church of the Annunciation of the Servite Order of Monks, [90] Church, the, [18], [48], [53], [63], [104], [145] Cioni, Andrea di Michele di Francesco de’, see Verrochio, Andrea del City Planning, [44], [45], [47] City-states, [9], [10] Civitavecchia, [143], [144] Cloux, Manoir de, [148], [154], [156] Coins, minting of, [47] Collections, [4] Columbus, Christopher, [19] Constantinople, [95] Corte, Bernardino da, [83] Corte Vecchia, [56] Coulomb, A. C., [17], [134] Council of Eighty, [109] Council of Florence, [23], [106] Councilors and Tribunal of Venice, [89] Credi, Lorenzo di, [13] Cusanus, Cardinal, [42]
D Dams, [101] Danti, Giovanni Battista, [96], [97] d’Aragona, Cardinal Luigi, [151] Darwin, [105] d’Auvergne, Madelaine, [153] David, statue of, [106] De Ludo Geometrico, [134] d’Este, Beatrice, [60], [61], [69], [86] d’Este, Isabella, [86], [87], [91] Diocletian, Emperor, [135] Diseases, [109] Dissection, [53], [126], [145] Diver’s suit, [89] Drawing, see Painting Drum, mechanical, [61] Dynamics, [140]
E Earth, the, [104], [105] Eclipse of the sun, [48] Einstein, [153] Equilibrium, [141] Euclid, [54], [91] Eye, the, [54], [55]
F Ferdinand, King of Naples, [25], [27] Ferrara, [70] Ferrari, Ambrogio, [42] Fiesole, [111], [113], [156] Flemish painters, [15] Flight, of arrow, [82], [83] of birds, [24], [65], [66], [76], [99], [119] problems of, [70], [71], [75], [76], [96]-100, [111]-113 Florence, [7]-19, [25]-27, [32], [38], [53], [68], [93]-96, [100]-103 Flying machine, [70], [71], [75], [76], [112] Foix, Gaston de, [127] Forts, [88] Forum of the Caesars, [134] Four elements, [48] France, [67]-69, [78], [82]-84, [94], [114]-120, [125], [127], [128], [139], [142]-145, [152] Francis I, [143]-145, [148]-157 Fraternity of the Immaculate Conception, [43], [44], [47] Friction, [140], [141]