historical Figures Definition:
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1. adj Historical people, situations, or things existed in the past and are considered to be a part of history.

EX1: ...an important historical figure., ...the historical impact of Western capitalism on the world...

EX2: Historically, royal marriages have been cold, calculating affairs.
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2. adj Historical books, films, or pictures describe or represent people, situations, or things that existed in the past.

EX1: He is writing a historical novel about nineteenth-century France.

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3. adj Historical information, research, and discussion is related to the study of history.

EX1:historical records.

EX2:modern historical research.

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4. adj If you look at an event within a historical context, you look at what was happening at that time and what had happened previously, in order to judge the event and its importance.

EX1:It was this kind of historical context that Morris brought to his work...
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5. having once existed or lived in the real world, as opposed to being part of legend or fiction or as distinguished from religious belief.

EX1: to doubt that a historical Camelot ever existed a theologian's study of the historical Jesus.
Historical Figures:
Babylonians (made astrological charts thousands of years)
Mozart
Jesus and/or God
The Devil and/or Death
Beethoven
Michael Jackson
Thomas Jefferson
Abraham Lincoln
Columbus (Found a new world)
Quincy Adams
Francis Scott Key (wrote 'star spangled' banner)
General Custard (Fought the Indians)
by MirrorRhea February 9, 2012
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