Which came first? · Tricky

Which came first: Dracula or The Times of London?

The Times of London came first, in 1785 (founded). Dracula followed 112 years later, in 1897 (published).

  1. Second1897

    Dracula

    book · published

    Bram Stoker's Dracula came out in 1897; a US copyright filing mistake later left it in the public domain there.

    Checked against Wikipedia and Wikidata

  2. First1785

    The Times of London

    newspaper · founded

    The Times of London was founded in 1785 as The Daily Universal Register.

    Checked against Wikipedia and Wikidata

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Years from Wikidata, each checked against the item’s English Wikipedia article on 2026-10-18. A year stands for what its label says: a founding, a first patent, a premiere.