Time Line

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·  1047: Upir appears as the first written form of vampire. It is referring to a Russian Prince as "Upire Lichy" or wicked   Vampire.

·  1190: Vampire like beings are reported in England by Walter Map's De Nagis Curialium.

·  1428/29:Vlad Tepes, the son of Vlad Dracul is born.

·  1436: Vlad Tepes becomes Prince of Wallachia and moves to Tirgoviste.

·  1442: Vlad tepes and his father are imprisoned by the Turks.

·  1443: Vlad Tepes becomes a hostage of the Turks.

·  1447: Vlad Dracul is beheaded.

·  1448: Vlad Tepes briefly attains the Wallachian throne. Dethroned, he goes to Moldavia and becomes friends with Prince Stefan.

·  1451: Vlad and Stefan flee to Transylvania.

·  1455: Constantinople falls.

·  1456: John Hunyadi assists Vlad Tepes to attain the Wallachian throne. Vladislav Dan is executed.

·  1458: Matthias Corvinus succeeds John Hunyadi as King of Hungary.

·  1459: Easter Massacre of Boyers and rebuilding of Dracula's Castle.

·  1462: Following a battle at Dracula's Castle, Vlad flees to Transylvania. Vlad begins 13 years of imprisonment.

·  1475: Vlad resumes the throne of Wallachia.

·  1476/77:Vlad is assassinated.

·  1560: Elizabeth Bathory is born.

·  1610: Bathory is arrested for killing several hundred people and bathing in their blood. Tried and convicted she is sentenced to life imprisonment.

·  1614: Elizabeth Bathory dies.

·  1645: De Graecorum hodie quirundam opinationabus Is finished by Leo Allatius. It is the first modern treatment of vampires.

·  1657: Fr. Francoise Richard's Relation de ce qui s'est passe a Sant-Erini Isle de l'Archipel links vampirism and witchcraft.

·  1672: Wave of Vampire hysteria sweeps through Istra.

·  1679: A German text, De Masticatione Mortuorum by Philip Rohr is written.

·  1710: Vampire Hysteria hits East Prussia.

·  1725: Vampire hysteria returns to East Prussia.

·  1725-30:Vampire Hysteria lingers in Hungary.

·  1725-32:In Austrian Serbia, the Vampire hysteria creates the famous cases of Peter Plogojowitz and Arnold Paul (Paole).

·  1734: The word "Vampyre" enters the English language through translations of German accounts of the waves of Vampire hysteria in Europe.

·  1744: Cardinal Giuseppe Davanzati publishes his treatise, Dissertazione sopre I Vampiri.

·  1746: Dom Augustine Calmet publishes his treatise on Vampires, Dissertations sur kes Apparitions des Anges des Demons et des Esoits, et sur les revanants, et Vampires de Hundrie, de Bohemem de Moravie, et de Silesie.

·  1748: The first modern Vampire poem, "Der Vampir" is published by Heinrich August Ossenfelder.

·  1750: Another wave of Vampire hysteria his Eastern Prussia.

·  1756: Vampire Hysteria peaks in Wallachia.

·  1772: Vampire Hysteria occurs in Russia.

·  1797: Goethe's "Bride of Corinth" is published.

·  1798-
1800: Samuel Taylor Coleridge writes "Christabel" now considered to be the first vampire poem in English.

·  1800: I Vampiri an opera by Silvestro de Palma, opens in Milan , Italy.

·  1801: "Thalaba" By Robert Southy was written.

·  1810: Reports of Sheep being killed by having their jugular veins cut and their blood drained circulate throughout Northern England. "the Vampyre", a poem by John Stagg is published.

·  1813: Lord Byron's poem, "The Giaour" mentions a hero's encounter with a vampire.

·  1819: John Polidori's The Vampyre, the first vampire story published in English is published in the April issue of New Monthly Magazine. John Keats composes "The Lamia", a poem built on ancient Greek Legends.

·  1820: Lord Ruthwen ou Les Vampires by Cyprien Bernard is published anonymously in Paris. June 13: Le Vampire, the play by Charles Nordier, opens at the Theatre de la Porte Saint-Martin in Paris. August: The Vampire; or, The Bride of the Isles a translation of Nordier's play, opens in London.

·  1829: March: Heinrich Marschner's opera, Der Vampyr, based on Nordier's story opens in Liepzig.

·  1841: Alexey Tolstoy publishes his short story "upyr" while living in Paris.

·  1847: Bram Stoker is born. Varney the Vampire begins lengthy serialization.

·  1854: The case of vampirism in the Ray family in Jewett, Connecticut, is published in local newspapers.

·  1872: "Carmilla" is written by Sheridan Le Fanu. In Italy, Vincenzo Verzeni is convicted of murdering two people and drinking their blood.

·  1874: Reports from Ceven, Ireland, tell of sheep having their throats cut and their blood drained.

·  1882: Bela Lugosi is born.

·  1888: Emily Gerard's Land Beyond the Forest is published. It will become the major source of information for Stoker to write Dracula.

·  1894: H.G. Well's Short story, "The Flowering of the Strange Orchid", is a precursor to science fiction vampire stories.

·  1897: Dracula by Bram Stoker is published in England. "The Vampire" by Rudyard Kipling becomes the inspiration for the creation of the vamp as a stereotypical character on stage and screen.

·  1912: The Secrets of House No. 5 possibly the first vampire movie is produced in Great Britain.

·  1913: Dracula's Guest by Stoker is published.

·  1920: Dracula, the first film based on the novel, is made in Russia. No copy has survived.

·  1921: Hungarian film makers produce a version of Dracula.

·  1922: Nosferatu a German made silent film produced by Prana films is the third attempt to film Dracula

·  1924: Hamilton Deane's stage version of Dracula opens in Derby. Fritz Harmaann of Hanover, Germany is arrested, tried, and convicted of killing more than 20 people in a vampyric killing spree.  Sherlock Holmes has an encounter with a vampire in "The Case of the Sussex Vampire"

·  1927: February 14: Stage version of Dracula debuts at the Little Theater in London. October: American version of Dracula, starring Bela Lugosi, opens at the Fulton Theatre in New York City.  Tod Browning directs Lon Chaney in London After Midnight the first full length vampire feature film.

·  1928: The first edition of Montague Summer's influential work The Vampire: His Kith and Kin appears in England

·  1929: Montague Summer's second vampire book, The Vampire in Europe is published.

·  1931: The Spanish film version of Dracula is previewed. February: American Film version of Dracula with Bela Lugosi premieres at the Roxy Theater in New York City. Peter Kurten of Dusseldorf, Germany, is executed after being found guilty of murdering a number of people in a vampyric killing spree.

·  1932: The highly acclaimed movie The Vampyr, Directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer, is released.

·  1936: Dracula's Daughter Is released by Universal Studios.

·  1942: A.E. Van Vogt's "Asylum" is the first story about an alien vampire.

·  1943: Son of Dracula (Universal Studios) stars Lon Chaney, Jr., as Dracula.

·  1944: John Carradine plays Dracula for the first time in The Horror of Frankenstein.

·  1953: Drakula Instanbula, a Turkish film adapation of Dracula is released. Eerie No.8 includes the first comic book adapation of Dracula.

·  1954: The Comics Code banishes vampires from comic books. I am Legend by Richard Matheson presents Vampirism as a a disease that alters the body.

·  1956: John Carradine plays Dracula in the first television adapation of the play for "Matinee Theater". Kyuketsuki Ga the first Japanese vampire film, is released.

·  1957: The first Italian vampire movie I Vampiri, is released. Roger Corman makes the first science fiction vampire movie, Not of this Earth. El Vampiro with German Robles is the first of a new wave of Mexican Vampire films.

·  1958: Hammer films in Great Britain initiates a new wave of interest in vampires with the first of its Dracula films, released in the United States as The Horror of Dracula.

·  1959: Plan 9 From Outer Space is Bela Lugosi's last film.

·  1961: The Bad Flower is the Korean adapation of Dracula.

·  1962: The Count Dracula Society is founded in Los Angeles by Donald Reed.

·  1964: Parque de Juelos is the first Spanish made vampire movie.

·  1964: The Munsters and The Addams Family, two horror comedies with vampire characters, open in the fall television season.

·  1965: Jeanne Youngson founds the Count Dracula Fan Club. The Munsters, based on a television show of the same name, is the first comic book featuring a vampire character.

·  1966: Dark Shadows debuts on ABC afternoon television.

·  1967: April: In episode 210 of Dark Shadows, vampire Barnabas Collins makes his first appearance.

·  1969: First issue of Vampirella, the longest running vampire comic book to date, is released. Denholm Elliott plays the title role in the BBC production of Dracula. Does Dracula Really Suck? (aka Dracula and the Boys is released as the first gay vampire movie

·  1970: Sean Manchester founds the Vampire Research Society.

·  1971: Marvel Comics releases the first copy of a post-comics code vampire comic book, The Tomb of Dracula. Morbius, the living vampire, is the first new vampire character introduced after the revision of the comics code allowed vampires to reappear in comic books.

·  1972: The Night Stalker with Darrin McGavin becomes the most watched television movie until that point in time. Vampire Kung-Fu is released in Hong Kong as the first in a string of Vampire Martial arts films. In search of Dracula by Raymond T. McNally and Radu Florescu introduces Vlad The Impaler, the historical Dracula, to the world of contemporary vampir fans. A dream of Dracula by Leonard Wolf compliments McNally's and Florescu's effort in calling attention to vampire lore. True Vampires of History by Donald Glut is the first attempt to assemble all of the stories of historical vampire figures. Stephen Kaplan founds the Vampire Research Center.

·  1973: Dan Curtus Productions' version of Dracula(1973) stars Jack Palance in a made for television movie. Nancy Garden's Vampires launches a wave of juvenile literature.

·  1975: Fred Saberhagen propses viewing Dracula as a hero rather than as a villain in The Dracula Tape. The World of dark Shadows Is introduced as the first Dark Shadows fanzine.

·  1976: Interview With The Vampire by Anne Rice is published. Stephan King is nominated for the World Fantasy Award for his vampire novel, Salem's Lot. Shadowcon, the first Dark Shadows convention, is organized by Dark Shadows fans.

·  1977: A new, dramatic version of Dracula opens on Broadway starring Frank Langella. Louis Jordan stars in the title role of Count Dracual a three hour version of Bram Stoker's book on BBC television. Martin V. Riccardo founds the Vampire Studies Society

·  1978: Chelsea Quinn Yabro's Hotel transylvania joins the volumes of Fred Saberhagen and Anne Rice as a third major effort began a reappraisal of the vampire myth during the decade. Eric Held and Dorothy Nixon found the Vampire Information Exchange.

·  1979: Based on the success of the new Broadway production, Universal Pictures remakes Dracula starring Frank Langella. The band Bauhau's recording of "Bela Lugosi's Dead" becomes the first hit of the new gothic rock music movement. Shadowgram is founded as the Dark Shadows fanzine.

·  1980: The Bram Stoker Society is founded in Dublin, Ireland. Richard Chase, the so called Dracula killer in Sacramento, California, commits suicide in prison. The World Federation of Dark shadows Clubs is founded.

·  1983: In the December issue of Dr. Strange, marvel Comics ace occultist kills all the vampires in the world thus banishing them from marvel Comics for the next six years.

·  1985: The Vampire Lestat by Anne Rice is published and reaches best seller lists.

·  1989: Overthrow of Romanian dictator Kikolai Ceaucescu opens Transylvania to Dracula enthusiasts.

·  1991: Vampire: The Masquerade, the most successful of all vampire role-playing games, is released by White Wolf.

·  1992: Bram Stoker's Dracula directed by Francis Ford Coppola opens. Andrei Chikatilo of Rustov, Russia, is sentenced to death after killing and vampirizing some 55 people

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