| 12/18/1899 |
Born in Edelsfeld, Sulzbach district (Upper Palatinate); later visits elementary school in Wilchenreuth and grammar school in Weiden |
| 1917 |
Finishes grammar school early, takes emergency exam, and is conscripted to the barracks in Erlangen |
| 1918 - 1920 |
Prisoner of war in France |
| 1920 - 1923 |
Studies Electrical Engineering at Munich College of Technology |
| 1923 |
Joins the Siemens-Schuckert works in Berlin as a project worker |
| 1925 |
Moves to testing and experimenting section |
| 1926 |
Marries Helene Kaschakt |
| 1928 |
Moves to the assembly section, works throughout the world |
| 1929 |
PhD thesis: "The independent three-phase asynchronous generator with separately excited three-phase exciter" |
| 1936 |
Starts work on his post-doctoral thesis at Berlin College of Technology |
| 1936 |
Electrical Engineering is reorganised at Stuttgart College of Technology |
| 8/1/1936 |
Stands in as head of Chair of Electrical Systems |
| 11/1/1936 |
Appointed Full Professor of Electrical Systems |
| 1939 |
Conscripted once again into military service, posted to Cracow to oversee and maintain operations of the technical works (gas, electricity, water, trams) |
| February 1940 |
Returns to Stuttgart |
| 1940 |
Publishes his book "Automatic control systems in electrical engineering" |
| 1941 |
Engineering Officers' Academy is moved from Berlin to Stuttgart |
| 1944 |
Chair is moved to Ottendorf, university buildings are destroyed in air raids |
| 1945 |
Dismissed from Stuttgart College of Technology |
| 1948 |
Refuses two appointments from universities abroad |
| 1949 |
Publishes his book "Automatic control" |
| 1950 |
Stands in for ill Professor Graner at the Chair of Electrical Systems |
| 1952 |
Reappointed to the Chair of Electrical Systems |
| 1953 - 1954 |
Visiting professorship at Istanbul University of Technology |
| 1961 |
Awarded an honorary doctorate by Vienna College of Technology |
| 1964 |
Awarded the Honorary Ring of the VDE by the Association of German Electrical Engineers |
| 1968 |
Made emeritus professor at the end of the winter semester upon reaching retirement age |
| 1968 - 1970 |
Stands in as head of the department |
| 1995 |
Leonhard dies in his native district of Wilchenreuth |
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