Alberti, Leone Battista

1404 - Alberti was born in Genoa on February 14, 1404.

1424 - Wrote "On the Advantages and Disadvantages of Letters".

1428 - Received his doctorate in canon law.

1448 - Appointed Rector of the parish of San Lorenzo in Mugello.

1450 - He was commissioned to help transform the Gothic Church of S. Francesco.

1472 - Died on April 25, 1472.