Chronology of Vampires

Vampires appear in various lore, folklore and legends throught history. They are mentioned in many
cultures, in different parts of the world in different time periods.
This is a timeline of the vampires through the history:
Year Event
5000 BC The emergence of Vampirism in the editerranean Basin.
!000 BC Tom" of the Vampire is erected in #i$a, %gypt.
&' (esus is claimed to have healed vampires at Capernaum.
')0 *eign of +onginus, *ome,s Vampire %mperor.
--& Charlemagne defeats .uadilla the Vampire thus saving *ome.
'0)- /irst appearance of the word 0upir0 1an early form of the word later to "ecome 0vampire02 in a
document referring to a *ussian prince as 03pir +ichy0, or wicked vampire.
'045 /irst Crusade e6pels vampires from The 7oly +and, (erusalem.
''40 8alter ap,s 09e :agis Curialium0 includes accounts of vampire like "eings in %ngland.
''45 8illiam of :ew"urgh,s 0Chronicles0 records several stories of vampire like revenants in
%ngland.
')!;<!4 09racula0 aka Vlad 9racula or aka Vlad the =mpaler is "orn.
')-5<-- 9racula is assassinated.
');) The alleus aleficarium 1the witch hunter,s "i"le2 is written "y 7einrich >ramer and (aco"
?prenger. The topic of how to hunt and destroy a vampire is discussed within it,s pages.
'5&0 =talian scientist +udovico /atinelli "urned at the stake for suggesting a "iological cause for
vampirism in his 0Treatise on Vampires0.
'550 %r$se"et 1%li$a"eth2 Bathory is "orn.
'50- 0The ?hip of the 9ead0 "rings vampires to the :ew 8orld.
'5'0 Bathory is arrested for killing several hundred girls and "athing in their "lood. Tried and
convicted, she is sentenced to life imprisonment, "eing "ricked into a room in her castle.
+eo @llatius finishes writing the first modern treatment of vampires, 09e #raecorum hodie
Auirundam opinationa"us0.
'5') %li$a"eth Bathory dies.
'55- /r. /rancoise *ichard,s 0*elation de ce Aui s,est passB a ?antC%rini =sle de l,@rchipel0 links
vampirism and witchcraft.
'5-! 8ave of vampire hysteria sweeps through =stra.
'5-4 @ #erman vampire te6t, 09e asticatione ortuorum0, is written "y Dhillip *ohr.
'-'0 Vampire hysteria sweeps through %ast Drussia.
'-!5 Vampire hysteria returns to %ast Drussia.
'-!5<&0 Vampire hysteria lingers in 7ungary.
'-!5<&! The wave of vampire hysteria in @ustrian ?er"ia produces the famous cases of Deter
DlogoEowit$ and @rnold Daul 1Daole2.
'-&) The word 0vampyre0 enters the %nglish language in translations of #erman accounts of
%uropean waves of vampire hysteria.
'-)) Cardinal #iuseppe 9avan$ati pu"lishes his treatise, 09isserta$ione sopre = Vampiri.0
'-)5 9om @ugustin Calmet pu"lishes his treatise on vampires, 09issertations sur les @pparitions des
@nges des 9emons et des %spits, et sur les revenants, et Vampires de 7undrie, de "oheme, de
oravic, et de ?ilesie.0
'-); The first modern vampyre poem, 09er Vampir0, is pu"lished "y 7einrich @ugust Fssenfelder.
'-50 @nother wave of vampire hysteria occurs in %ast Drussia.
'-55 Vampire hysteria peaks in 8allachia, *omania.
Year Event
'--! Vampire hysteria occurs in *ussia.
'-4- #oethe,s 0Bride of Corinth0 1a poem concerning a vampire2 is pu"lished.
'-4;<';00 ?amuel Taylor Coleridge writes 0Christa"el,0 now conceded to "e the first vampire poem in
%nglish.
';00 0= Vampiri,0 an opera "y ?ilvestro de Dalma, opens in ilan, =taly.
';0' 0Thala"a0 "y *o"ert ?outhey is the first poem to mention the vampire in %nglish.
';'0 *eports of sheep "eing killed "y having their Eugular veins cut and their "lood drained circulated
through northern %ngland. 0The Vampyre,0 an early vampire poem, "y (ohn ?tagg is pu"lished.
';'& @ vampire appears in +ord Byron,s The #iaour.
';'4 (ohn Dolidori,s 0The Vampyre,0 is the first vampire story in %nglish is pu"lished.
';!0 0+ord *uthwen ou +es Vampires0 "y Cyprien Berard is pu"lished anonymously in Daris. (une
'&: 0+e Vampire,0 the play "y Charles :odier, opens at the Theatre de la Dorte ?aintCartin in
Daris. @ugust: 0The VampireG or, The Bride of the =sles,0 a translation of :odier,s play "y (ames
*. Dlanche, opens in +ondon.
';!4 arch: 7einrich arschner,s opera, 09er Vampyr,0 "ased on :odier,s story, opens in +iep$ig.
';)' @le6ey Tolstoy pu"lishes his short story, 03pyr,0 while living in Daris. =t is the first modern
vampire story "y a *ussian.
';)- Bram ?toker is "orn.
';50 7aussman destroys Daris, Vampire .uarter then re"uilds city.
';5' @le6andre 9umas, last dramatic work, 0+e Vampire,0 opens in Daris.
';5) Copper Creek ?iege in California prompts formation of /ederal Vampire and Hom"ie @gency.
The case of vampirism in the *ay family of (ewell, Connecticut, is pu"lished in local
newspapers.
';-! =n =taly, Vincen$o Ver$eni is convicted of murdering two people and drinkin
';-) *eports from Ceven, =reland, tell of sheep having their throats cut and their "lood drained.
';;! :ew Iork Vampire riots ensue.
';4' ?teketee,s Vampire *ights movement in /rance is started.
';4- 09racula0 "y Bram ?toker is pu"lished in %ngland.
'405 8orldwide vampire population hits the one million.
'4!) /rit$ 7aarmann the 0Vampire of 7anover0 is arrested, tried and convicted of killing more than
!0 people in a vampire crime spree.
'4&' 9racula, starring Bela +ugosi, is released.
Deter >urten of 9usseldorf, #ermany, is e6ecuted after "eing found guilty of murdering a
num"er of people in a vampiric killing spree.
'4&! The movie 0Vampyr,0 directed "y Carl Theodore 9reyer, is released.
'4&5 09racula,s 9aughter0 is released.
'4)! @. %. Van Vought,s 0@sylum0 is the first story a"out an alien vampire.
'4)& 3. ?. Dresident /ranklin *oosevelt unveils 0The Ho$o"ra DroEect0.
'4)& 0?on of 9racula0, stars +on Chaney, (r., as 9racula.
'450 =n :ew e6ico an auto mechanic named (oe Valde$ "ecomes the first successful recipient of
the vampire vaccine.
'45! The Count 9racula ?ociety is founded in the 3nited ?tates "y 9onald *eed.
'45) 0The unsters0 and 0The @ddams /amily0G television shows with vampire characters.
'455 (eanne Ioungson founds The Count 9racula /an Clu".
'45- 9ue to the +a$o 9isaster in ?i"eria, the 3nited :ations 13:2 passes a resolution "anning
vampire "lood research.
'4-0 ?ean anchester founds The Vampire *esearch ?ociety.0=n ?earch of 9racula0 "y *aymond
Year Event
T. c:ally and *adu /lorescu is pu"lished. CC?tephan >aplan founds The Vampire *esearch
Centre.
'4-5 The first of The Vampire Chronicles, 0=nterview 8ith the Vampire0, "y @nne *ice is pu"lished.
'4-; %ric 7eld and 9orothy :i6on found the Vampire =nformation %6change.
'4-4 /rank +angella stars in the remake of 9racula.
'4;0 *ichard Chase, the soCcalled 9racula >iller of ?acramento, California, commits suicide in
prison.
The 8orld /ederation of 9ark ?hadows Clu"s 1now 9ark ?hadows Ffficial /an Clu"2 is
founded.
'4;5 0The Vampire +estat0 "y @nne *ice is pu"lished and reaches the "est seller list.
'4;5 Dresident *eagan lifts "an on the vampire and $om"ie "lood research.
'4;- 0ethuselah DroEect0 is initiated at the ?anta *osa =nstitute.
'4;; 0The .ueen of the 9amned0 is pu"lished "y @nne *ice.
'44! @ndrei Chikatilo of *ostov, *ussia, is sentenced to death after killing and vampiri$ing some 55
people.
'44) The film version of @nne *ice,s 0=nterview with the Vampire0 opens with Tom Cruise as the
Vampire +estat and Brad Ditt as +ouis.
'44; Blade is released into theaters. Dandora "y @nne *ice is pu"lished. The Vampire @rmand "y
@nne *ice is pu"lished.
'444 Vittorio the Vampire "y @nne *ice is pu"lished.