Historical Events API
Historical Events is a simple tool for getting historical events. It returns a list of historical events between 300BC and 2012
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API Response
{
"status": "ok",
"error": null,
"data": {
"count": 6,
"filteredOn": [
"text"
],
"events": [
{
"year": "1969",
"month": "05",
"day": "18",
"date": "1969/05/18",
"event": " Apollo program: ''Apollo 10'' (Tom Stafford, Gene Cernan, John Young) is launched, on the full dress-rehearsal for the Moon landing.",
"range": "May",
"granularity": "year"
},
{
"year": "1969",
"month": "05",
"day": "25",
"date": "1969/05/25",
"event": "Apollo program: ''Apollo 10'' returns to Earth, after a successful 8-day test of all the components needed for the upcoming first manned Moon landing.",
"range": "May",
"granularity": "year"
},
{
"year": "1969",
"month": "07",
"day": "20",
"date": "1969/07/20",
"event": " Apollo program: The lunar module ''Eagle'' lands on the lunar surface. An estimated 500 million people worldwide watch in awe as Neil Armstrong takes his historic first steps on the Moon at 02:56 UTC, the largest television audience for a live broadcast at that time.cite web|title=Manned Space Chronology: Apollo_11|url=<a href=\"http://www.spaceline.org/flightchron/apollo11.html|publisher=spaceline.org|accessdate=2008-02-06|\">http://www.spaceline.org/flightchron/apollo11.html|publisher=spaceline.org|accessdate=2008-02-06|</a> archiveurl= <a href=\"http://web.archive.org/web/20080214213826/http://www.spaceline.org/flightchron/apollo11.html|\">http://web.archive.org/web/20080214213826/http://www.spaceline.org/flightchron/apollo11.html|</a> archivedate= 14 February 2008 !--DASHBot--| deadurl= no}}cite web|title= Apollo Anniversary: Moon Landing quotInspired Worldquot|url=<a href=\"http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/07/0714_040714_moonlanding.html|publisher=nationalgeographic.com|accessdate=2008-02-06|\">http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/07/0714_040714_moonlanding.html|publisher=nationalgeographic.com|accessdate=2008-02-06|</a> archiveurl= <a href=\"http://web.archive.org/web/20080209140059/http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/07/0714_040714_moonlanding.html|\">http://web.archive.org/web/20080209140059/http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/07/0714_040714_moonlanding.html|</a> archivedate= 9 February 2008 !--DASHBot--| deadurl= no}}",
"range": "July",
"granularity": "year"
},
{
"year": "1969",
"month": "07",
"day": "20",
"date": "1969/07/20",
"event": "The ''Apollo 11'' astronauts return from the first successful Moon landing, and are placed in biological isolation for several days, on the chance they may have brought back lunar germs. The airless lunar environment is later determined to preclude microscopic life.",
"range": "July",
"granularity": "year"
},
{
"year": "1971",
"month": "02",
"day": "08",
"date": "1971/02/08",
"event": "Apollo program: ''Apollo 14'' returns to Earth after the third manned Moon landing.",
"range": "February",
"granularity": "year"
},
{
"year": "1973",
"month": "01",
"day": "07",
"date": "1973/01/07",
"event": "Elvis Presley's concert in Hawaii. The first worldwide telecast by an entertainer watched by more people than watched the Apollo moon landings.",
"range": "January",
"granularity": "year"
}
]
}
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What response formats are supported?
We support JSON (default), XML, and YAML response formats. Simply add the format parameter to your request with values 'json', 'xml', or 'yaml'. All formats contain the same comprehensive data.
Are there usage limits on the free tier?
The free tier includes 50 tokens per month with a rate limit of 10 requests per minute. Pro plans offer higher limits and enterprise plans provide unlimited usage with priority support.
How do I authenticate API requests?
Include your API key in the request header as X-API-Key: your_key_here or as a query parameter ?key=your_key. All requests are made over HTTPS for security.
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