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.

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.