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August 1437 – 1476

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.