Ten facts about Leonardo da Vinci and the sources where the information was found:
1. Leonardo da Vinci was born April 15, 1452, in Vinci Italy.
2. Leonardo da Vinci died May 2, 1519, Amboise, France.
3. Leonardo da Vinci is most famous for the Mona Lisa.
4. Leonardo da Vinci was artist, inventor, scientist, mathematician, engineer, writer, musician and much more.
5. Leonardo da Vinci’s last fresco is the Last Supper.
http://www.biography.com/people/leonardo-da-vinci-40396
6. Leonardo da Vinci wrote backwards in his notebooks (you have to hold them up to a mirror to read them). http://www.ivc.edu/academics/schoolFA/arthistory/Documents/
art2526projects/davinci_f07/page/paper.html
7. Leonardo da Vinci made sketches for the first bicycle
http://www.cyclepublishing.com/history/leonardo%20da%20vinci%20bicycle.html
8. Leonardo da Vinci had a total of 17 half sisters and brothers.
http://legacy.mos.org/LEONARDO/BIO.HTML
9. Leonardo da Vinci’s real last name not da Vinci. Nobody knew his real last name so they put da which means from and Vinci where he was born. http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/scientists/leonardodavinci.html
10. Leonardo da Vinci made sketches for flying machines.
http://www.da-vinci-inventions.com/flying-machine.aspx
1. Leonardo da Vinci was born April 15, 1452, in Vinci Italy.
2. Leonardo da Vinci died May 2, 1519, Amboise, France.
3. Leonardo da Vinci is most famous for the Mona Lisa.
4. Leonardo da Vinci was artist, inventor, scientist, mathematician, engineer, writer, musician and much more.
5. Leonardo da Vinci’s last fresco is the Last Supper.
http://www.biography.com/people/leonardo-da-vinci-40396
6. Leonardo da Vinci wrote backwards in his notebooks (you have to hold them up to a mirror to read them). http://www.ivc.edu/academics/schoolFA/arthistory/Documents/
art2526projects/davinci_f07/page/paper.html
7. Leonardo da Vinci made sketches for the first bicycle
http://www.cyclepublishing.com/history/leonardo%20da%20vinci%20bicycle.html
8. Leonardo da Vinci had a total of 17 half sisters and brothers.
http://legacy.mos.org/LEONARDO/BIO.HTML
9. Leonardo da Vinci’s real last name not da Vinci. Nobody knew his real last name so they put da which means from and Vinci where he was born. http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/scientists/leonardodavinci.html
10. Leonardo da Vinci made sketches for flying machines.
http://www.da-vinci-inventions.com/flying-machine.aspx