 DATE: The ages of King Francis I and Prince Henry, as well as  references to Cartiers voyages to America, would set the movie in  about 1540 (when Prince Henry was 21 years old). However, the movie  also depicts Leonardo da Vinci coming to France at the invitation of  King Francis. In fact, Leonardo came to France in 1516 and died  there in 1519, the same year Prince Henry was born and 15 years  before Cartier first sailed to North America.