{"slug": "vlad-the-impaler", "label": "Vlad the Impaler", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vlad_the_Impaler", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43715", "qid": "Q43715", "description": "15th-century ruler of Wallachia", "entries": 10, "years": 8, "span": [1431, 1508], "span_label": ["1431 CE", "1508 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 5}, {"title": "Births", "count": 2}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "wallachia", "label": "Wallachia", "shared": 6}, {"slug": "mehmed-ii", "label": "Mehmed II", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "december", "label": "December", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "november", "label": "November", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "september", "label": "September", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "october", "label": "October", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "john-hunyadi", "label": "John Hunyadi", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "ottoman-sultan", "label": "Ottoman Sultan", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "targoviste", "label": "Târgoviște", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1431, "year_label": "1431 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Vlad the Impaler, Prince of Wallachia, A member of the House of Drăculești, as well as the Voivode of Wallachia 1456-1462", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361768961#Births", "title": "1431", "revid": 1361768961, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1431, "year_label": "1431 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "December 13", "text": "December 13 – Vlad, future Prince of Wallachia as Vlad II Dracul, is made a member of the Order of the Dragon. Because of this, his son Vlad the Impaler will inspire the literary figure named Dracula.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361768961#October–December", "title": "1431", "revid": 1361768961, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1431, "year_label": "1431 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "November", "text": "November or December – Vlad the Impaler, Prince of Wallachia (d. 1476)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361768961#Births", "title": "1431", "revid": 1361768961, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1448, "year_label": "1448 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October", "text": "October – Vlad the Impaler becomes reigning Prince of Wallachia for two months, before being deposed in November by Vladislav II of Wallachia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367832753#October–December", "title": "1448", "revid": 1367832753, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1455, "year_label": "1455 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "November 15", "text": "November 15 – The conflict between Vladislav II of Wallachia and John Hunyadi escalates, so the latter decides to support Vlad the Impaler for the throne of Wallachia, the following year.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371446040#October–December", "title": "1455", "revid": 1371446040, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1456, "year_label": "1456 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 20", "text": "August 20 – Vladislav II, reigning Prince of Wallachia, is killed in hand-to-hand combat by the former Prince, Vlad the Impaler, who succeeds him.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371442849#July–September", "title": "1456", "revid": 1371442849, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1462, "year_label": "1462 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June 17", "text": "June 17 – In the \"Night Attack at Târgoviște\", Vlad the Impaler (\"Dracula\") attempts to assassinate Mehmed II, forcing him to retreat from Wallachia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359849875#April–June", "title": "1462", "revid": 1359849875, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1476, "year_label": "1476 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "November 26", "text": "November 26 – Vlad the Impaler declares himself reigning Voivode (Prince) of Wallachia for the third and last time. He is killed on the march to Bucharest, probably before the end of December. His head is sent to his old enemy, Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361998162#October_–December", "title": "1476", "revid": 1361998162, "section": "Events › October –December"}}, {"year": 1495, "year_label": "1495 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "September", "text": "September – Vlad Călugărul, Wallachian half-brother of Vlad the Impaler", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365256979#Deaths", "title": "1495", "revid": 1365256979, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1508, "year_label": "1508 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "April 23", "text": "April 23 – Prince Mihnea cel Rău, son of Vlad the Impaler, becomes the Voivode of Wallachia, with a palace at Târgoviște (now in Romania), upon the death of his cousin Radu IV the Great.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1351320572#April–June", "title": "1508", "revid": 1351320572, "section": "Events › April–June"}}]}