1560
Elizabeth Bathory is born.
1610
Countess Bathory convicted of murdering and bathing in the blood of 650 young women. She is sentenced to be imprisoned in her bedroom at her Cachtice Castle.
1615
Countess Elizabeth Bathory dies.
1818
Mary Shelley publishes Frankenstein.
1819
John William Polidori publishes The Vampyre.
1847
James Malcolm Rymer publishes the story Varney The Vampire.
1847 (Nov 8)
Bram Stoker is born in Clontarf outside Dublin Ireland.
1864-1867
Bram Stoker studies and graduates from Trinity University in Dublin.
1867
Bram Stoker works as a Clerk of Petty Sessions in Ireland at Dublin Castle.
1871
Bram Stoker begins work as free lance journalist, drama critic and editor for the Dublin Evening Mail.
1872
Bram Stoker published his first short story "The Crystal Cup" in London Society.
1872
The vampire tale "Carmilla" by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu is published.
1875
Bram Stoker publishes his first novel The Primrose Path.
1876 (December)
Bram Stoker attended a production of Hamlet starring Henry Irving, which he reviewed for Dublin Evening Mail. The next evening he met Henry Irving at the Shelburne Hotel in Dublin.
1878
Bram Stoker marries Florence Balcombe at St. Anne's Church in Dublin Ireland.
1878
Bram Stoker publishes his non fiction book Duties of Clerks of Petty Sessions in Ireland.
1878 (March)
Bram Stoker moves to London and accepts the job as personal secretary to Henry Irving and Acting Manager of the Lyceum Theater
1879 (December 31)
Irving Noel Thornley Stoker, Bram Stoker's first and only child, is born.
1881
Bram Stoker publishes short story collection Under the Sunset.
1886
Robert Louis Stevenson publishes The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
1886
Bram Stoker publishes his non-fiction book A Glimpse of America.
1888
The infamous "Jack the Ripper" murders start in London
1890-1896
Bram Stoker composes various research notes for Dracula.
1890
Bram Stoker and his family begin taking summer vacations in Whitby England.
1890
Bram Stoker publishes his novel The Snakes Pass.
1893
Bram and family vacation in Scotland's Cruden Bay.
1895
Bram Stoker publishes the novels The Watter's Mou and The Shoulder of Shasta.
1897 (May 18)
Dramatic reading of the text of Dracula is held at the Lyceum Theater (to protect the copyright).
1897 (May 26)
Bram Stoker's Dracula is published by Archibald Constable in London.
1898
Bram Stoker publishes his novel Miss Betty.
1899
First American edition of Dracula is published by Doubleday & McClure.
1901
First translated edition of Dracula is published in Iceland.
1902
The Lyceum Theater closes.
1902
Bram Stoker publishes his novel The Mystery of The Sea.
1903
Bram Stoker publishes his novel The Jewel of Seven Stars.
1905
Bram Stoker publishes his novel The Man (aka The Gates of Life).
1905
Henry Irving dies.
1906
Bram Stoker publishes his non fiction book Personal Reminiscences of Henry Irving.
1908
Bram Stoker publishes his story collection Snowbound: The Record of a Theatrical Touring Party.
1908
Bram Stoker publishes his novel Lady Athlyne.
1909
Bram Stoker publishes his novel The Lady of the Shroud.
1910
Bram Stoker publishes his non fiction book Famous Imposters.
1911
Bram Stoker publishes his novel Lair of the White Worm.
1912 (April)
The Titanic hits iceberg and sinks in the Atlantic ocean.
1912 (April 20)
Bram Stoker dies in London at the age of 64.
1913
Bram Stoker's Dracula notes are auctioned by Sotheby Wilkinson and Hodge.
1914
Dracula's Guest is published. It is a section deleted from the early pages of the manuscript.
1922
The film Nosferatu is produced and the Stoker copyright war
1927
Hamilton Dean opens "Dracula" play in London, with Florence Stoker's approval and input.
1927
Bela Lugosi stars in Hamilton Deane and John Balderston's version of "Dracula" on Broadway. The production opens with Florence Stoker's approval and input and receives rave reviews.
1929
A pirated print of "Nosferatu" opens in the U.S.
1931
Universal Pictures releases the Bela Lugosi/Tod Browning film version of "Dracula," with Florence Stoker's approval and input.
1933
Bram Stoker's widow loses the U.S. copyright to Dracula.
1970
Rosenbach Museum in Philadelphia acquires Bram Stoker's notes for Dracula.
1977
Frank Langella brings the Deane/Balderston play back to Broadway. It is a success.
1980
The Bram Stoker Society is started in Dublin, Ireland.
1992
Francis Ford Coppola's "Bram Stoker's Dracula" opens
1997
There is a centennial reading of Bram Stoker's edited dramatic text of Dracula, which had been recently rediscovered.
2002
Christie's puts up the typescript of Dracula for auction and it sells for $941,000.00.
