da Vinci, Leonardo b. April 5, 1452 d. May 2, 1519 Artist, one of the great masters of the High Renaissance, who was also celebrated as a painter, sculptor, architect, engineer, and scientist. He was born on April 15, 1452, in the small Tuscan town of Vinci, near Florence. He was the son of a Florentine notary and a peasant woman. In the mid-1460s the family settled in Florence, where Leonardo was given the best education in Florence. He rapidly advanced socially and intellectually. He was handsome and a fine musician and improviser. About 1466...[Read More] (Bio by: Jelena) Chapelle Saint Hubert*, Amboise, Departement d'Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France *This location is unconfirmed or in dispute.
da Vinci, Leonardo b. April 5, 1452 d. May 2, 1519 Artist, one of the great masters of the High Renaissance, who was also celebrated as a painter, sculptor, architect, engineer, and scientist. He was born on April 15, 1452, in the small Tuscan town of Vinci, near Florence. He was the son of a Florentine notary and a peasant woman. In the mid-1460s the family settled in Florence, where Leonardo was given the best education in Florence. He rapidly advanced socially and intellectually. He was handsome and a fine musician and improviser. About 1466...[Read More] (Bio by: Jelena) Amboise Forrest*, Amboise, Departement d'Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France *This location is unconfirmed or in dispute.
Debré, Michel b. January 15, 1912 d. August 2, 1996 French Statesman. He was the Prime Minister of France from 1959 to 1962. Born in Paris, he was a long-time associate of Charles de Gaulle for whom he created the Ecole Nationale d'Administration (National School of Administration) in 1946 and also led the committee to draft a new consitution for the Fifth Republic in 1958. A staunch Gaullist, he then served under President de Gaulle as Minister of Justice (1958 to 1959)...[Read More] (Bio by: Fred Beisser) Cimetière d'Amboise, Amboise, Departement d'Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France
b. April 5, 1452 d. May 2, 1519