Of, concerning, or in accordance with recorded history, (particularly) as opposed to legends, myths, and fictions. / (literature, art) About history; depicting persons or events from history.

A historical romance.

In a historic manner; with reference to history or the historical record. / According to history: formerly, in the past, traditionally. / To an unprecedented or extremely rare degree.

Fiction based on real historical events, but in which the characters are not real, and the minor events may not be realistic.

(linguistics) The scientific study of language change.

Research performed using the historical method.

(historiography) The techniques and guidelines by which historians use primary sources and other evidence to research and then to write history.

The framing of something in an historical perspective.

plural of historicalization

Of or pertaining to art history