historic

a.	1.	Of or pertaining to history, or the record of past events; as, an historical poem; the historic page. There warriors frowning in historic brass. - Pope.
	2.	having once lived, existed, or taken place in the real world; - contrasted with legendary; as, the historical Jesus; doubt that a historical Camelot every existed; actual historical events.
	3.	Belonging to the past; as, historical (or historic) times; a historical character.
	4.	Within the period of time recorded in written documents; as, within historic times. Opposite of prehistoric.
	5.	(Linguistics) Same as diachronic. Historical painting that branch of painting which represents the events of history. Historical sense that meaning of a passage which is deduced from the circumstances of time, place, etc., under which it was written. The historic sense the capacity to conceive and represent the unity and significance of a past era or age.

Adj.	1.	historic - belonging to the past; of what is important or famous in the past; "historic victories"; "historical (or historic) times"; "a historical character" Synonyms: historical
	2.	historic - important in history; "the historic first voyage to outer space"

historical, past