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Historical Events

All 366 days of Wikimedia On This Day editorial events combined with dated Wikidata items in the historical-event subclass closure, retaining uncertainty and source identity.

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Status
2/2 sources healthy
Contract
1.0.0
Data version
historical-events-expanded-2026.09.01
Current records
44,633
Normal pull
quarterly additions
Full reconciliation
yearly

Coverage

What this API contains

Sourced historical events with uncertainty-aware dates, places, people, and relationships.

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Endpoints

Built for direct use

/apis/history/events · 1 credit/apis/history/events/{id} · 1 credit/apis/history/events/search · 1 credit/apis/history/events/range · 1 credit

Standard list, search, detail, relationship, and conversion calls cost one credit. Bulk exports cost 100 credits.

Bounded preview

See the shape of the data

These are up to five fixed records from the current release. The preview has no paging, search, or export controls. A developer account and API key are required to query the full dataset.

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Source record

Where the data comes from

Healthy

Wikidata Dated Historical Event Subclass Catalog

dated historical event identities and source fields

Last successful pull
Sep 1, 2026 · 5:15 PM UTC
License / terms
CC0 1.0
Reuse review
Commercial: True · Redistribution: True
Healthy

Wikimedia On This Day Feed

editorially selected events, births, and deaths for all calendar days

Last successful pull
Sep 1, 2026 · 5:22 PM UTC
License / terms
CC BY-SA / GFDL and linked-page terms
Reuse review
Commercial: True · Redistribution: True