A Brief Chronology
1047
- The word upir (vampire in Russian) first appears in written form, referring to a Russian prince.
1428(29?)
- Vlad Dracul's son, Vlad Dracula, or Vlad the Impaler, is born.
1560
- Elizabeth Bathory is born.
1600-1800
- Europe and Russia are plagued with superstition about the vampire.
1610
- Elizabeth Bathory is tried and sentenced to life imprisonment for her vampiric crimes.
1727-1732
- Arnod Paole wreaks his vampiric havoc on the small town of Meduegna.
1748
- The first modern vampire poem, "Der Vampir", is published.
1819
- The first vampire story in English, The Vampyre by John Polidori, is published.
1897
- Bram Stoker publishes Dracula.
1928
- England sees the first printing of The Vampire: His Kith and Kin by Montague Summers.
1931
- Dracula, starring Bela Lugosi, is released.
1964
- The Munsters & Addams Family (both feature vampire characters) debut on TV.
1967
- Vampire Barnabas Collins makes his debut on Dark Shadows.
1976
- First book of Anne Rice's vampire series, Interview With A Vampire, is published.
1991
- Vampire: The Masquerade is released by White Wolf.
1992
- Bram Stoker's Dracula, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, is released.
1994
- Interview With a Vampire comes to the big screen.
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