Events explained by Stefan Andreescu in his book, Vlad Tepes (Dracula) between legend and historical facts, 1976:
• August 23, 1437: Jupan Bodin received a confirmation of possession and tax exemptions for the village of Vlădeşti (Muscel) from Voivode Vlad Dracul (Vlad the Impaler’s father). Radu cel Frumos was not born by this date.
• August 2, 1439: Mircea, Vlad, and Radu were cited as sons of Vlad Dracul.
• August 8, 1447: A document issued by “Io Vladul voievod, lord of Wallachia, son of the great and very good Christian Vladu voievod” is of doubtful authenticity.
• August 1447 (Summer): Iancu of Hunedoara likely intervened in Wallachia.
• August 7, 1448: Iancu of Hunedoara, in Rupea, wrote to the Braşovians about Vladislav II, recommending he be received with due honor.
• August 1448: Battles took place near the Wallachian border, along the Danube.
• August 1, 1451-April 15, 1456: Jupan Cazan al lui Sahac, a former boyar of Vladislav II, was attested in his divan.
• August 6, 1453: Bishop Samuil, a refugee, wrote a letter to Sibiu, through the Wallachian prince’s chancellery, describing the fall of Constantinople.
• August 11, 1456: Iancu of Hunedoara (Joan Hunyadi) died of the plague in the camp near Zemun, immediately after the victory at Belgrade.
• August 24, 1460: On St. Bartholomew’s day, Wallachian princely armies again entered Transylvania, plundering Wallachian villages in Amlaş and Făgăraş.
• August 1462 (early): Radu the Handsome succeeded in attracting a group of powerful boyars to his side.
• August 21, 1462: Caffa’s accounts recorded a gift made to a soldier bringing news of “dispercione Velladi,” possibly referring to the ruin of Ţepeş’s authority.
• August 15, 1464: Pope Pius II died.
• August 15, 1475: King Matiaş Corvin issued an act in Buda with a clause regarding the restoration of the old border between Moldova and Wallachia, naming Ştefan of Moldova and Vlad of Wallachia.
• August 4, 1475: Vlad the Impaler, signing as “Wladislaus Dragwlya, vaivoda partium Transalpinarum,” wrote from Moardăş (Sibiu county) to the mayor and council of Sibiu, requesting a house as residence.
• August 7, 1476: News from Moldova about the Turkish attack and Vlad Ţepeş’s presence with Transylvanian troops was communicated to Buda.
• August 15, 1476: Jakob Unrest’s chronicle notes that Vlad Ţepeş, with Transylvanian troops, destroyed “six army corps” of the enemy near a river in Moldova.