Some Vampire History
16:56 Oct 21 2010
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Some Vampire History
5000 BC
The emergence of Vampirism in the Mediterranean Basin.
2000 BC
Tomb of the Vampire is erected in Giza, Egypt.
31
Jesus is claimed to have healed vampires at Capernaum.
140
Reign of Longinus, Rome's Vampire Emperor.
773
Charlemagne defeats Quadilla the Vampire thus saving Rome.
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.
1996
TV series - Kindred: The Embraced airs on TV.
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. Blade forms an uneasy alliance with the vampire council in order to combat the Reaper vampires who feed on vampires.
Queen of the Damned is released in theaters. The vampire Lestat becomes a rock star whose music wakes up the queen of all vampires.
The history of the vampire begins In ancient Persia, where a vase was discovered depicting a man struggling with a huge creature which is trying to suck his blood. Then, in Babylonian myth a deity known for drinking the blood of babies, Lilitu or "Lilith", was discovered. She was reputedly the first wife of Adam according to old Hebrew texts removed from the Old Testament, and left her husband due to his sexual ineptitude, becoming the Queen of Demons and Evil spirits. In China during the 6th century BC, traces of the "Living Dead", or revenants as they are known, were also found. More legends continued throughout all the world, including India, Malaysia, Polynesia and the lands of the Aztecs and Eskimos. According to the Aztecs, the offering of a young victims blood to the Gods ensured the fertilization of the earth. But truly, the vampire proper originates from European civillization...ancient Greece to begin with. There were numerous bloodthirsty Goddesses in both Roman ang Greek mythology, known as Lamiae, Empusae and Striges. These names eventually evolved into the general terms for Witches,Demons and Vampires. But these Vampires, though they do drink blood, were only Goddesses...not "living Dead", but disembodied divinities capable of taking on human appearances so that they might seduce their victims. As time passed on, and Christianity grew in popularity, the redemptive value of blood became apparant. Holy Communion, which includes drinking wine symbolizing Christ's blood and Bread symbolizing his flesh was at times taken quite literally. Some people, confusing pagan beliefs with transubstantiation (the actualy presence of Christ's flesh and blood during Communion) took part in feasting on human flesh and drinking human blood. During the 11th Century, witches and doctors alike prescribed virgin blood to cure all illnesses. Also during this time, some corpses found intact all over Europe began a huge vampire scare. The belief came about that people who died without a chance to receive last rites,or those who had commited suicide or had been excommunicated were destined to return to the earth as revenants. Various accounts of the discovery of Vampires can be read in books such as The Diabolical Dictionary (Dictionnaire Infernal) by the Bishop of Cahors; the Courtiers Triflings(De Nugis Curialium) by Walter Map, and the History of England(Historia Rerum Anglicarum) written by William of Newburgh. The phenomenon of Vampirism continued through the Renaissance era only sporadically, but again grew to epidemic proportions in the 14th Century, mainly in central European Regions of Prussia, Silesia and Bohemia. The bubonic plague was thought to be the work of Vampires and panic of infection led people to bury their dead without completely verifying that they were truly deceased. It was then no wonder that so many encounters of Vampires rising from their graves during this time were noted. A person, buried alive, would try to claw his way out of the grave and would be discovered covered in blood from the wounds he had inflicted upon himself by doing so. This, of course, would label him as a vampire.
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spookshow
11:08 Oct 22 2010
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