belonging to history (as contrasted with legend and fiction)
recorded as actually having happened
Cases of word usage
1) a book of months and days, with information about the sun, moon, tides, historical facts etc (almanac)
2) (a place for keeping) public or government records, especially for historical reasons (archives)
3) strange; new; of a kind not previously known; a story in prose, long enough to fill one or more volumes, about either imaginary of historical people (novel)
