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26th May 1897: Bram Stoker’s Gothic horror novel Dracula first published

26th May 2022
Tagged as: Books, Bram Stoker, Culture, Dracula, Literature, Romania, Vampire

Although not the first ever vampire novel, Dracula was enormously influential in defining modern ideas of vampires, and for forever associating them with Romania.

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26th May 1897: Bram Stoker’s gothic horror novel Dracula published

26th May 2019
Tagged as: Fiction, Ireland, Literature, Romania, Vampire

On the 26^th May 1897, Bram Stoker’s Gothic horror novel Dracula was first published.

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26th May 1897: Bram Stoker’s Gothic horror novel Dracula first published

26th May 1897: Bram Stoker’s gothic horror novel Dracula published

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21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow

HistoryPod Extra: The Myth of Gavrilo Princip’s Sandwich

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

2nd August 1934: Hitler becomes Führer after President Hindenburg dies

5th December 1848: President James K. Polk sparks the California Gold Rush as a result of his State of the Union Address

4th December 1971: A fire during a concert at the Montreux Casino inspires the song “Smoke on the Water” by Deep Purple

3rd December 1775: The first national US Grand Union Flag flown for the first time on the ship ‘Alfred’

2nd December 1805: The Battle of Austerlitz sees Napoleon Bonaparte’s Grande Armée defeat Russia and Austria

28th June 1914 & 1919: Trigger and end of the First World War

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland

8th July 1932: Dow Jones falls to lowest point in the Great Depression

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