October 31, 1897 – Dracula Map

All three parties continue their desperate pursuit; Van Helsing and Mina arrive at Veresti and secure a carriage and horses.

Vlad Dracula timeline

October 1448 – 1517

Events explained by Stefan Andreescu in his book, Vlad Tepes (Dracula) between legend and historical facts, 1976: October 17-19, 1448: The Battle of Kossovopolje (Câmpia Mierlei) took place, ending in the defeat of the Christian army by the Ottoman forces. October 24, 1448: Iancu of Hunedoara was arrested and detained by Despot Gheorghe Branković upon reaching Smederevo on the Danube. October 29, 1448: A "brother of the devil from Nicopol" (Turkish envoy) arrived at the court of Wallachia. October 31, 1448: Vlad Ţepeş was still in Târgovişte, as indicated by a letter to the judges and burghers of Braşov. October 12, 1449: Bogdan II defeated Alexăndrel in the battle of Tămăşani, near Roman, and integrated Moldova into Iancu of Hunedoara's sphere of influence. October 16, 1451: Bogdan II was assassinated at Răuseni by Petru Aron. October 4, 1453: Boyar Manea Udrişte was still among the members of the princely council of...

Bram Stoker's Dracula timeline

October 31, 1897

All three parties continue their desperate pursuit; Van Helsing and Mina arrive at Veresti and secure a carriage and horses.

October 30, 1897

The party arrives in Galatz; they discover the box was taken from the ship and given to a man named Petrof Skinsky, who is later found dead with his throat torn open; Mina deduces Dracula is being taken up the river toward his castle; the group divides: Jonathan and Arthur take a steam launch; Seward and Quincey follow by land; Van Helsing and Mina head for the Borgo Pass by carriage.

October 29, 1897

On the train to Galatz, Mina reports in her trance that the ship is near land and the box is being moved.