Leonardo moves to France
1516 · Event
Invited by Francis I, the ageing Leonardo crosses the Alps with the Mona Lisa in his baggage and settles at Clos Lucé near Amboise, where he dies in 1519.
On these timelines: Renaissance, France, Master, Italy (post-476 CE)
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- Luther's 95 Theses (1517)