July 8, 1897

08/07/2025

Renfield begins feeding his spiders to a sparrow.

March 1437 – 1482
Events explained by Stefan Andreescu in his book, Vlad Tepes (Dracula) between legend and historical facts, 1976: March 7, 1437: Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini, later Pope Pius II, wrote about two factions in Wallachia, the Dăneşti and the Drăculeşti families, direct descendants of Basarab I, founder of Wallachia. March 30, 1452: Iancu of Hunedoara informed the Braşovians that Vlad Ţepeş had left for Moldova. March 2, 1453: King Ladislau V the Postum ordered the capitulary of Alba Iulia to participate in putting the Saxons in possession of Tălmaciu. March 24, 1455: Pope Nicholas V died. March 1456: It was already known that the Sultan would march on Semendria and Belgrade. March 14, 1457: Vlad Ţepeş sent an epistle to the Sibians, complaining about attempts to arrest him and warning about a pretender to the Wallachian throne (his half brother Vlad Călugărul) in Amlaş. March 16, 1457: Ladislau, son of Iancu of Hunedoara...

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