| Year |
Month |
Date |
Event |
| 1430 |
|
|
Oldest vampire, Torrence, was transformed. |
| 1431 |
May |
30 |
Joan of Arc martyred. |
| 1492 |
|
|
Columbus sailed for the
New World. |
| 1654 |
|
|
Allan Cameron fought along side Ewen Cameron
against Cromwell |
| 1692 |
|
|
Mayflower landed on
Plymouth Rock |
| 1769 |
|
|
Maximilien was born. |
| 1793 |
|
|
Maximilien sire faces the guillotine. Later
Maximilien is shot as a thief and survives the change. |
| 1817 |
|
|
Donovan born. |
| 1836 |
March |
5 |
Donovan and another soldier are sent through
Spanish lines with dispatches. |
| 1836 |
March |
6 |
The Alamo falls in a
pre-dawn attack. Santa Ana orders the bodies of the defenders burned. |
| 1836 |
March |
6 |
Donovan is shot and killed by a Spanish sharp
shooter and becomes a vampire. Because his sire is already dead in the
fall of the Alamo, he becomes a sire. |
| 1836 |
March |
10 |
In Louisiana, Charles' get weaken. It is
determined that he no longer exists and those he blooded are culled.
Only Madelin and Roderick survive to inherit money and property. |
| 1849 |
|
|
Gold discovered in
California. |
| 1850 |
Oct |
|
Donovan meets Amanda in San Francisco. She is
the first vampire he has meet. She becomes his mentor. |
| 1851 |
|
|
Cassandra born into slavery. She is a mulatto
that can almost pass for white. |
| 1852 |
|
|
One of Amanda's prostitutes, Sandy, dies of
consumption and survives the change. |
| 1855 |
|
|
Donovan and Amanda return to the South.
Donovan discovers who his parent was and meets Madelin and Roderick. |
| 1856 |
|
|
Valentine born |
| 1858 |
|
|
Earl born. |
| 1861 |
|
|
The Civil War begins. |
| 1863 |
|
|
Brandon takes a 12 year old slave girl,
Cassandra, as his servant. He sexually abuses her and pimps her. |
| 1865 |
|
|
The Civil War ends. |
| 1866 |
|
|
Brandon beheaded by carpetbaggers. Sixteen,
Cassandra kills herself to escape them and survives the change to take
her revenge. |
| 1866 |
|
|
Donovan rescues Cassandra and makes her his
fledgling. Later they are lovers. |
| 1866 |
|
|
Some of the Southern vampires take refuge
with Amanda in California, including Sir Edmund, Priscilla, Madelin, and
Roderick. |
| 1866 |
|
|
A monk, Mendall, began
research on genetics. |
| 1869 |
|
|
Donovan discovers Earl, a cousin orphaned
during the Civil War and takes him to live with Amanda. |
| 1869 |
|
|
Donovan and Cassandra return to California.
Cassandra hates Amanda. |
| 1869 |
|
|
First Continental Railroad - Promatory Point
Utah. |
| 1873 |
|
|
Edmund discovers the work of Mendall which
supports his own genetic hypothesis. |
| 1875 |
|
|
Darkhour Corporation formed. |
| 1876 |
|
|
Valentine the first Second Generation. |
| 1876 |
|
|
Earl becomes a Second Generation. |
| 1877 |
|
|
Donovan and Cassandra leave and travel to
Europe. |
| 1878 |
|
|
Donovan and Cassandra met Sir Alfred and
Cassandra says she wants to stay. Donovan leaves and Cassandra feels he
abandoned her. |
| 1888 |
|
|
W. T. Kleine is transformed as a third
generation |
| 1889 |
|
|
Stefan born. |
| 1897 |
|
|
Bram Stoker publishes Dracula |
| 1898 |
|
|
Stefan orphaned and Valentine raises him. |
| 1899 |
|
|
The London Conference, the largest gathering
of vampires. |
| 1907 |
|
|
Cassandra kills Sir Alfred and begs Donovan
for help. She returns to Calif. with him and seems to have changed. |
| 1907 |
|
|
California House constructed on the coast
near Carmel. |
| 1908 |
|
|
Stefan's transformation. He becomes
Cassandra's fledgling. |
| 1914 |
|
|
WWI began. |
| 1917 |
|
|
Maximillien joined Darkhour House. |
| 1918 |
|
|
WW1 ended. |
| 1922 |
|
|
Cassandra made Stanos her servant. |
| 1932 |
|
|
Amanda and Donovan adopt a child, Clare. |
| 1933 |
|
|
Hitler became President
of Germany |
| 1935 |
|
|
Cassandra and Stefan return from Germany
urging the Darkhour Corporation to back Adolf Hitler. Amanda opposed the
action. |
| 1935 |
|
|
Amanda and Clare killed in a fire. |
| 1935 |
|
|
Donovan proves that Cassandra ordered the
murder of Amanda and Clare. Cassandra is sentenced by the Darkhour Board
to a 75 year exile and the destruction of all her get. |
| 1946 |
|
|
Roderick's final death during the fighting in
the Pacific during WWII. His blooded heirs were culled. Judith and Tara
survived the change. |
| 1948 |
|
|
Valentine opened her fashion design business
in Hollywood. |
| 1948 |
|
|
Maximillien claims a child, a daughter
Mignon. |
| 1966 |
|
|
Maximillien brings his 18 year old daughter,
Mingon, to California House to undergo the transformation ceremony. Afterward he
gives her to Stefan as both wife and fledgling. |
| 1972 |
|
|
Weber and Kleine opened their doors. |
| 1977 |
|
|
Sick of Stefan's abuse, Mignon leaves Stefan,
find a safe place in Berkeley CA. |
| 1979 |
|
|
Cassandra found a hunter, Willie Dodd. He
survived the change to become her get, whom she called Wolf. |
| 1980 |
|
|
Mt. St. Helen's erupted
affecting the US Northwest. |
| 1981 |
Jan |
|
Cassandra acquires a college student, Bruce
Mason. He survived the change to become her get, whom she called
Panther. |
| 1981 |
April |
25 |
Thom Barber died in a car crash and is
transformed. |
| 1981 |
April |
28 |
Events of Captivity begin. (See
storyline.) |
| 1981 |
June |
13 |
Adam is born. Stefan forces Mignon to kill
Adam's mother. |
| 1981 |
June |
13 |
Events of Freedom begin. (See
storyline.) |
