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*If [[Magda Westenra]] was born roughly 250 years ago (c. 1762), then she would be around 50 years younger than Malik. The Count might have forgotten her real age. An earlier date would still tie in with [[Chandu]] and [[Count Dracula]] fighting over her.<ref>"[[The Mummy]]" - dialogue (Count Dracula)</ref> |
*If [[Magda Westenra]] was born roughly 250 years ago (c. 1762), then she would be around 50 years younger than Malik. The Count might have forgotten her real age. An earlier date would still tie in with [[Chandu]] and [[Count Dracula]] fighting over her.<ref>"[[The Mummy]]" - dialogue (Count Dracula)</ref> |
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| − | *[[Vladimir Dracula|Adam Giles]] must have been born in 1996 if Sally Giles had a normal pregnancy of 40 weeks. This might move the entire storyline forward. The Draculas should have left [[Transylvania]] in 2008-9 (later than the original broadcast date of the first series). Series 3 should have been set in 2012, and series 5 in 2014. |
+ | *[[Vladimir Dracula|Adam Giles]] must have been born in 1996 if [[Sally Giles]] had a normal pregnancy of 40 weeks. This might move the entire storyline forward. The Draculas should have left [[Transylvania]] in 2008-9 (later than the original broadcast date of the first series). Series 3 should have been set in 2012, and series 5 in 2014. |
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==References== |
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Revision as of 16:06, 28 April 2014
Timeline of historical events.
This page details events which characters have made reference to, fictional or otherwise, in the Young Dracula universe.
Timeline
Notes
- It is said that the crown of power was forged at the 'dawn of time'[1], although the first vampires appeared around 3000 years ago (if Sethius is anything to go by) -
B.C. era
3rd century
- 205 - The Battle of Tuthrall.[3]
8th century
- 733 - The Battle of Disperia.[4]
12th century
- 1142 - The Battle of Hunyadvár.[5]
13th century
- 1300 - Elizabeta Vaccaria was born.[6]
15th century
- c. 1404 - Count Dracula (son of Dracos Dracula) was born.
- c. 1496 - Ramanga was born.[citation needed]
16th century
- 1554 - Lady Jane Grey was beheaded at the Tower of London. Her blood was used to fill one of the Blood Bottles in Count Dracula's cellar.[7][8]
- 1568 - The Battle of Bizantrulvat.[9]
- c. 1600 - Bertrand de Fortunesa was born.[10]
17th Century
18th century
Notes
- Count Chandu lived in this century - Arta Dracula died and Count Dracula ascended to the throne before Malik's birth -
- c. 1712 - Malik Vaccaria (son of Elizabeta Vaccaria) was born.
- c. 1755 - Count Dracula saw off the great warlock attack.[13]
- 1750 - Sir Manly Van Helsing was born.
- c. 1762 - Magda Westenra (daughter of Atilla and Krone Westenra) was born.[14]
- 1789 - Sir Manly Van Helsing died.
- 1789 - The French Revolution.[15][16]
19th century
- 1805 - The Battle of Trafalgar. Bertrand was present and he reported hearing Nelson say 'kiss me Hardy' rather than 'kismet' before he died.[17][18]
- c. 1813 - The Magister Maleficorum was stolen by Count Dracula.[19]
- 1815 - The Battle of Waterloo. Bertrand was present and it's suggested that he drank a lot of blood from the wounded and dying.[20][21]
- 1832 - The Vampire High Council directive of this year said that every Carpathian Feast must by sanctioned by the Vampire High Council.[22]
- 1852 - Porfiria Van Helsing was born.
- 1892 - Porfiria Van Helsing died.
20th century
- 1925 - Abraham Van Helsing III was born.
- 1965 - Abraham Van Helsing III died.
- c. 1978 - Sally Giles was born.
- c. 1994 - Ingrid Dracula (daughter of Count Dracula and Magda Westenra) was born.
- 1995 - Whitby Goth Weekend, September 1995.[23][24]
- 1996 - Adam Giles (son of Count Dracula and Sally Giles) was born.
21st century
- c. 2009 - Count Dracula and his family were driven out of Transylvania by an angry peasant mob.
Continuity problems
- If Magda Westenra was born roughly 250 years ago (c. 1762), then she would be around 50 years younger than Malik. The Count might have forgotten her real age. An earlier date would still tie in with Chandu and Count Dracula fighting over her.[25]
- Adam Giles must have been born in 1996 if Sally Giles had a normal pregnancy of 40 weeks. This might move the entire storyline forward. The Draculas should have left Transylvania in 2008-9 (later than the original broadcast date of the first series). Series 3 should have been set in 2012, and series 5 in 2014.
References
- ↑ "The Chosen One" - dialogue (Count Dracula)
- ↑ "Hit Chicks" - dialogue (Count Dracula)
- ↑ "The Crown of Ludlaw Erant" - senate quiz question
- ↑ "The Crown of Ludlaw Erant" - senate quiz question
- ↑ "The Crown of Ludlaw Erant" - senate quiz question
- ↑ "Loyalty's For Breathers" - reference book date
- ↑ Lady Jane Grey (BBC)
- ↑ "Loyalty's For Breathers" - blood bottle name
- ↑ "The Crown of Ludlaw Erant" - senate quiz question
- ↑ "Carpathian Feast" - dialogue (Bertrand)
- ↑ Living with the plague (BBC)
- ↑ "Bodyswap" - poster at Stokely Museum
- ↑ "Whatever It Takes" - dialogue (Ingrid)
- ↑ "Faustian Slip" - dialogue (Count Dracula)
- ↑ French Revolution (Encyclopedia Britannica)
- ↑ "Bodyswap" - poster at Stokely Museum
- ↑ The Battle of Trafalgar (BBC)
- ↑ "Carpathian Feast" - dialogue (Vlad and Erin)
- ↑ "The Enemy Within" - dialogue (Count Dracula)
- ↑ The Battle of Waterloo (BBC)
- ↑ "Carpathian Feast" - dialogue (Vlad)
- ↑ "Carpathian Feast" - dialogue (Augustus)
- ↑ "Once Bitten, Twice Shy" - dialogue (Sally Giles)
- ↑ Whitby Goth Weekend (Wikipedia)
- ↑ "The Mummy" - dialogue (Count Dracula)