The past historic tense.

Fiction based on real historical events, but in which the characters are not real, and the minor events may not be realistic.

(linguistics) The scientific study of language change.

Research performed using the historical method.

(historiography) The techniques and guidelines by which historians use primary sources and other evidence to research and then to write history.

(philosophy) the consciousness of a dead person

plural of historical interpreter

A person employed by a museum etc. to portray a historical character, using appropriate clothing, speech style, etc.

(sociology) A branch of sociology that focuses on how societies develop through history.

(slang) A historical-romance novel with a focus on sex and violence.