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Attributed to Francesco Melzi · Public domain
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Leonardo da Vinci

1452 CE – 1519 CE · 67 years

The life of the ultimate Renaissance man — illegitimate son, apprentice, painter, engineer, anatomist, and visionary. A first-person ePub told in Leonardo's own voice.

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Landmark

Kalyan Mosque

1514 CE – still standing

Polity

Khanate of Sibir

1490 CE – 1598 CE

Figure · Cusco, Tawantinsuyu (Inca Empire)

Pachacuti

1418 CE – 1471 CE

Conflict

Shaybanid Conquest of Transoxiana

1500 CE – 1510 CE

Landmark

Charyn Canyon

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity

Golden Horde

1243 CE – 1502 CE

Figure · Spain / Atlantic / Caribbean

Christopher Columbus

1451 CE – 1506 CE

Conflict

Russo–Kazan Wars

1445 CE – 1556 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1452 CE and 1519 CE.

1514 CE Kalyan Mosque 1453 CE Fall of Constantinople 1455 CE Wars of the Roses 1459 CE Sixty Dome Mosque 1460 CE Mapuche–Inca War 1462 CE Chimú–Inca War

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

Royal Hill of Ambohimanga Landmark · Africa 1500 CE – still standing Byzantine Empire Polity · Europe 395 CE – 1453 CE Mediterranean Southern Route Trade route · Middle East 331 BCE – 1500 CE Sengoku Period (Japanese Warring States) Conflict · East Asia 1467 CE – 1615 CE Kilwa Kisiwani Landmark · Africa 900 CE – 1505 CE Khoiasan Polity · Africa 1500 BCE – 1500 CE
Image credits 7 pictures from Wikimedia Commons
  • Leonardo da Vinci Attributed to Francesco Melzi · Public domain
  • Po-i-Kalyan Официальный веб-сайт Агентства культурного наследия Республики Узбекистан · CC BY 4.0
  • Khanate of Sibir Başqurd · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Pachacuti Online Collection of Brooklyn Museum; Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1995.29.10_PS6.jpg · Public domain
  • Charyn Canyon Bgag · CC0
  • Golden Horde naturalearthdata.com, offered to the Public Domain per Terms of Use · CC0
  • Christopher Columbus Sebastiano del Piombo · Public domain