May 1, 1897

01/05/2026

Jonathan Harker begins his journey from Munich at 8:35 PM, traveling towards Transylvania.

May 1453 – 1553
Events explained by Stefan Andreescu in his book, Vlad Tepes (Dracula) between legend and historical facts, 1976: May 11, 1453: The capitulary in Alba Iulia confirmed that the Seven Seats had come into possession of the Tălmaciu domain. May 15, 1454: Oswald Wenczel, mayor of Sibiu, expressed fear for his city due to Turkish presence in Wallachia. May 1458: Sultan Mehmet II sent his vizier Mahmud Pasha the Greek with 30,000 Turks to guard the Danube. May 25, 1458: Vlad the Impaler sent a letter to Braşov from Gherghiţa. May 17 and 20, 1462:Vlad the Impaler’s envoy was attested in the accounts of Caffa, seeking aid in Crimea, to fight the Ottomans. May 26, 1462: King Matthias Corvin accepted the conditions of Emperor Frederic III in Buda; the same day he announced his intention to go "fight the Turks." May 15, 1462: Stephen the Great’s presence was attested in Bacău, supervising...

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