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Leonardo da Vinci

Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci was an Italian Renaissance polymath: painter, sculptor, architect, musician, scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, cartographer, botanist and writer whose genius, perhaps more than that of any other figure, epitomized the Renaissance humanist ideal.Leonardo has often been...

Timeline of Events

1496

1.3.1496

Leonardo da Vinci unsuccessfully tests a flying machine.

1963

1.8.1963

Leonardo da Vinci's ''Mona Lisa'' is exhibited in the United States for the first time, at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.

1967

2.13.1967

American researchers discover the Madrid Codices by Leonardo da Vinci in the National Library of Spain.

1999

5.28.1999

In Milan, Italy, after 22 years of restoration work, Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece ''The Last Supper'' is put back on display.