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1047
First appearance of the word "upir" in a document referring to a Russian
prince as "Upir Lichy", or wicked vampire.
1196
William of Newburgh's "Chronicles". It records several stories of vampire
like revenants in England.
1428
Vlad Dracula, or Vlad the Impaler, is born.
1477
Vlad the Impaler is assassinated.
1484
The Malleus Maleficarium, known as the witch hunter's bible, is written by
Heinrich Kramer and Jacob Sprenger. The topic of how to hunt and destroy a
vampire is discussed.
1560
Erzsebet (Elizabeth) Bathory is born.
1610
Elizabeth Bathory is tried and convicted of killing several hundred girls.
Her sentence is life imprisonment.
1614
Elizabeth Bathory dies.
1679
A German vampire text, "De Masticatione Mortuorum", is written by Phillip
Rohr.
1727-1732
Arnold Paole unleashes his vampiric terror on the town of Meduegna.
1734
The word "vampyre" enters the English language. 1748 - The first modern
vampyre poem, "Der Vampir", is published.
1813
A vampire appears in Lord Byron's The Giaour.
1819
John Polidori's "The Vampyre," is the first vampire story in English is
published.
1847
Bram Stoker is born.
1872
In Italy, Vincenzo Verzeni is convicted of murdering two people and drinking
their blood.
1897
"Dracula" by Bram Stoker is published in England.
1924
Fritz Haarmann the "Vampire of Hanover" is arrested, tried and convicted of
killing more than 20 people in a vampiric crime spree.
1931
Dracula, starring Bela Lugosi, is released.
1932
The movie "Vampyr," directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer, is released.
1936
"Dracula's Daughter" is released.
1943
"Son of Dracula", stars Lon Chaney, Jr., as Dracula.
1962
The Count Dracula Society is founded in the United States by Donald Reed.
1964
"The Munsters" and "The Addams Family"; television shows with vampiric
characters.
1965
Jeanne Youngson founds The Count Dracula Fan Club.
1970
Sean Manchester founds The Vampire Research Society."In Search of Dracula" by
Raymond T. McNally and Radu Florescu is published.--Stephan Kaplan founds The
Vampire Research Centre.
1976
The first of the Vampire Chronicles, "Interview With the Vampire", by Anne
Rice is published.
1979
Frank Langella stars in the remake of Dracula.
1980
Richard Chase, the so-called Dracula Killer of Sacramento, California,
commits suicide in prison.
1985
"The Vampire Lestat" by Anne Rice is published and reaches the best seller
list.
1988
"The Queen of the Damned" is published by Anne Rice.
1991
Vampire: The Masquerade," the vampire role-playing game is released by White
Wolf.
1992
"Bram Stoker's Dracula" directed by Francis Ford Coppola opens. --Andrei
Chikatilo of Russia, is sentenced to death after killing and vampirizing 55
people.-"The Tale of the Body Thief" by Anne Rice is published.
1994
The film version of Anne Rice's "Interview with the Vampire" opens with Tom
Cruise as the Vampire Lestat and Brad Pitt as Louis.
1998
Blade is released into theaters. Pandora by Anne Rice is published. The
Vampire Armand by Anne Rice is published.
1999
Vittorio the Vampire by Anne Rice is published.
