Matching Pairs Leonardo Da VinciOnline version Leonardo Da Vinci by MR MR 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Leonardo da Vinci was born on 15th April 1452. He trained to be an artist. Leonardo wanted to know about everything in nature. He wanted to know how everything worked. He worked for rich Italian people. In his last years, he lived in a beautiful house that the King of France gave to him. He was born in Vinci which is a small town near Florence, Italy. Most of his inventions were never made. Some of his ideas were a helicopter, a tank, a calculator, a parachute, a robot, a telephone, evolution, and solar power. He died in 1519 in France. He was very good at designing and inventing interesting things. He is famous for his paintings, but he was also a scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, sculptor, architect, botanist, musician, and a writer. One of his most important paintings is the Mona Lisa. He did many drawings. The best-known drawing is Vitruvian Man. Leonardo was often thinking of new inventions.