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.
1992 - Buffy the Vampire Slayer, movie directed by Fran Rubel Kuzui.
1994 - Interview With a Vampire comes to the big screen.
1997 - 2003 - Buffy the Vampire Slayer, TV series created by Joss Whedon
1999 - 2004 - Angel, TV series about a vampire cursed with a soul, created by David Greenwalt and Joss Whedon.
(taken from: vampirewine.com)
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