historical
adj.adj. connected to the past or based on real events from history. You use this to describe things that actually happened or people who really lived.
adj. relating to or having taken place in the past, especially as documented in history. Often used to distinguish real events and figures from fictional ones.
The museum has many historical documents on display.
The author spent years researching historical records to ensure the novel accurately reflected life in the nineteenth century.
While the film takes some creative liberties with the timeline, it remains largely faithful to the historical reality of the diplomatic crisis.
From Latin historicus (“historical”) + -al (forming adjectives denoting of or relating to). By surface analysis, history + -ical.
Commonly confused with 'historic'; 'historical' refers to anything from the past, while 'historic' is reserved for events of great importance.
a historic documenta historical documentUse 'historical' for general things from the past; 'historic' implies the document itself changed the course of history.