Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Historic \His*tor"ic\, Historical \His*tor"ic*al\, a. [L.
   historicus, Gr. ?: cf. F. historique. See {History}.]
   Of or pertaining to history, or the record of past events;
   as, an historical poem; the historic page. --
   {His*tor"ic*al*ness}, n. -- {His*to*ric"i*ty}, n.

         There warriors frowning in historic brass. --Pope.

   {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.

Source : WordNet®

historical
     adj 1: of or relating to the study of history; "historical
            scholars"; "a historical perspective" [ant: {ahistorical}]
     2: having once lived or existed or taken place in the real
        world as distinct from being legendary; "the historical
        Jesus"; "doubt that a historical Camelot every existed";
        "actual historical events"
     3: belonging to the past; of what is important or famous in the
        past; "historic victories"; "historical (or historic)
        times"; "a historical character" [syn: {historic}]
     4: used of the study of a phenomenon (especially language) as
        it changes through time; "diachronic linguistics" [syn: {diachronic}]
        [ant: {synchronic}]