Vampires: History of Vampires Timeline
Vampire Timeline
| Year | Event | Image |
| 5000 BC | The emergence of Vampirism in the Mediterranean. | |
| 2000 BC | Tomb of Vampire is erected in Giza, Egypt. | |
| 31 | Jesus is claimed to have healed vampires at Capernaum. | |
| 140 | Reign of Longinus, Rome's Vampire Emperor. | |
| 1047 | "Upir" makes it's first appearance as a word referring to a Russian prince as "Upir Lichy", or wicked vampire. | |
| 1096 | First Crusade expels vampires from The Holy Land, Jerusalem. | |
| 1196 | "Chronicles" by William of Newburgh's. It recorded several stories of vampire-like revenants in England. | |
| 1428 | "Dracula"; aka Vlad Dracula or aka Vlad the Impaler is born. | |
| 1477 | Vlad the Impaler is assassinated. | |
| 1484 | The Malleus Maleficarium (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 within it's pages. | |
| 1530 | Italian scientist Ludovico Fatinelli burned at the stake for suggesting a biological cause for vampirism in his "Treatise on Vampires" | |
| 1560 | Erzsebeth (Elizabeth) Bathory is born. | |
| 1607 | "The Ship of the Dead" brings vampires to the New World | |
| 1610 | Elizabeth Bathory is tried and convicted of killing several hundred of girls. Her sentence is life imprisonment. | |
| 1614 | Elizabeth Bathory dies. | |
| 1679 | A German vampire text, "De Masticatione Mortuorum", is written by Phillip Rohr. | |
| 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. | |
| 1850 | Haussman destroys Paris' Vampire Quarter then rebuilds city. | |
| 1854 | Copper Creek Siege in California prompts formation of Federal Vampire and Zombie Agency. | |
| 1872 | In Italy, Vincenzo Verzeni is convicted of murdering two people and drinking their blood. | |
| 1882 | New York Vampire riots ensue. | |
| 1891 | Steketee's Vampire Rights movement in France is started. | |
| 1897 | "Dracula" by Bram Stoker is published in England. | |
| 1905 | Worldwide vampire population hits the one million. | |
| 1924 | Fritz Haarmann the "Vampire of Hanover" is arrested, tried and convicted of killing more than 20 people in a vampire crime spree. | |
| 1931 | Dracula, starring Bela Lugosi, is released. | |
| 1932 | The movie "Vampyr," directed by Carl Theodore Dreyer, is released. | |
| 1936 | "Dracula's Daughter" is released. | |
| 1943 | U. S. President Franklin Roosevelt unveils "The Zozobra Project". | |
| 1943 | "Son of Dracula", stars Lon Chaney, Jr., as Dracula. | |
| 1950 | In New Mexico an auto mechanic named Joe Valdez becomes the first successful recipient of the vampire vaccine. | |
| 1962 | The Count Dracula Society is founded in the United States by Donald Reed. | |
| 1964 | "The Munsters" and "The Addams Family"; television shows with vampire characters. | |
| 1965 | Jeanne Youngson founds The Count Dracula Fan Club. | |
| 1967 | Due to the Lazo Disaster in Siberia, the United Nations (UN) passes a resolution banning vampire blood research. | |
| 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. | |
| 1986 | President Reagan lifts ban on the vampire and zombie blood research. | |
| 1987 | "Methuselah Project" is initiated at the Santa Rosa Institute. | |
| 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 committing vampirism 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. | |
| 2002 | Blade II is released in theaters. |
Vampire Timeline