Dracula, a Chronology
1428 - Vlad Tepes, the son of Vlad Dracul, is born.
1463 - Vlad Tepes becomes Prince of Wallachia and moves to Tirgoviste.
1442 - Vlad Tepes is imprisoned with his father by the Turks.
1443 - Vlad Tepes becomes a hostage by the Turks.
1447 - Vlad Dracul is beheaded.
1448 - Vlad briefly attains the Wallachian throne. Dethroned, he goes to Moldavia and befriends Prince Stefan.
1451 - Vlad and Stephan flee to Transylvania.
1455 - Constantinople falls.
1456 - John Hunyadi assists Vlad Tepes to attain Wallachian throne. Vladislav Dan is executed.
1458 - Matthias Corvinu succeeds John Hunyadi as King of Hungary.
1459 - Easter massacre of boyers and rebuilding of Dracula's castle. Bucharest is established as the second governmental center.
1460 - Attack upon Brasov, Romania
1461 - Successful campaign against Turkish settlements along the Danube, Summer retreat to Tirgoviste.
1462 - Following the battle at Dracula's castle, Vlad flees to Transylvania. Vlad begins 13 years of imprisonment.
1475 - Summer wars in Serbia against Turks take place. November: Vlad resumes throne of Wallachia.
1476 - Vlad is assassinated.
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