Historical EventsHistorical Events API

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Historical Events is a simple tool for getting historical events. It returns a list of historical events between 300BC and 2012

The Historical Events API provides reliable and fast access to historical events data through a simple REST interface. Built for developers who need consistent, high-quality results with minimal setup time.

To use Historical Events, you need an API key. You can get one by creating a free account and visiting your dashboard.

GET Endpoint

URL
https://api.apiverve.com/v1/historicalevents

Code Examples

Here are examples of how to call the Historical Events API in different programming languages:

cURL Request
curl -X GET \
  "https://api.apiverve.com/v1/historicalevents?text=moon%20landing" \
  -H "X-API-Key: your_api_key_here"
JavaScript (Fetch API)
const response = await fetch('https://api.apiverve.com/v1/historicalevents?text=moon%20landing', {
  method: 'GET',
  headers: {
    'X-API-Key': 'your_api_key_here',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
  }
});

const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);
Python (Requests)
import requests

headers = {
    'X-API-Key': 'your_api_key_here',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
}

response = requests.get('https://api.apiverve.com/v1/historicalevents?text=moon%20landing', headers=headers)

data = response.json()
print(data)
Node.js (Native HTTPS)
const https = require('https');
const url = require('url');

const options = {
  method: 'GET',
  headers: {
    'X-API-Key': 'your_api_key_here',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
  }
};

const req = https.request('https://api.apiverve.com/v1/historicalevents?text=moon%20landing', options, (res) => {
  let data = '';
  res.on('data', (chunk) => data += chunk);
  res.on('end', () => console.log(JSON.parse(data)));
});

req.end();
PHP (cURL)
<?php

$ch = curl_init();

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, 'https://api.apiverve.com/v1/historicalevents?text=moon%20landing');
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, 'GET');
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, [
    'X-API-Key: your_api_key_here',
    'Content-Type: application/json'
]);

$response = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);

$data = json_decode($response, true);
print_r($data);

?>
Go (net/http)
package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "io"
    "net/http"

)

func main() {
    req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://api.apiverve.com/v1/historicalevents?text=moon%20landing", nil)

    req.Header.Set("X-API-Key", "your_api_key_here")
    req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")

    client := &http.Client{}
    resp, err := client.Do(req)
    if err != nil {
        panic(err)
    }
    defer resp.Body.Close()

    body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
    fmt.Println(string(body))
}
Ruby (Net::HTTP)
require 'net/http'
require 'json'

uri = URI('https://api.apiverve.com/v1/historicalevents?text=moon%20landing')
http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)
request['X-API-Key'] = 'your_api_key_here'
request['Content-Type'] = 'application/json'

response = http.request(request)
puts JSON.pretty_generate(JSON.parse(response.body))
C# (HttpClient)
using System;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

class Program
{
    static async Task Main(string[] args)
    {
        using var client = new HttpClient();
        client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("X-API-Key", "your_api_key_here");

        var response = await client.GetAsync("https://api.apiverve.com/v1/historicalevents?text=moon%20landing");
        response.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();

        var responseBody = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
        Console.WriteLine(responseBody);
    }
}

Authentication

The Historical Events API requires authentication via API key. Include your API key in the request header:

Required Header
X-API-Key: your_api_key_here

Learn more about authentication →

Interactive API Playground

Test the Historical Events API directly in your browser with live requests and responses.

Parameters

The Historical Events API supports multiple query options. Use one of the following:

Some Historical Events parameters marked with Premium are available exclusively on paid plans.View pricing

Option 1: Get Historical Events by Keyword

ParameterTypeRequiredDescriptionDefaultExample
textstringrequired
The keyword for which you want to get the historical events (e.g., moon landing)
-moon landing

Option 2: Get Historical Events by Date

ParameterTypeRequiredDescriptionDefaultExample
yearPremiumintegerrequired
The year for which you want to get the historical events
-1969
monthPremiumintegeroptional
The month for which you want to get the historical events
-7
dayPremiumintegeroptional
The day for which you want to get the historical events
-20

Option 3: Get Historical Events by Year

ParameterTypeRequiredDescriptionDefaultExample
yearPremiumintegerrequired
The year for which you want to get the historical events
-1969

Response

The Historical Events API returns responses in JSON, XML, YAML, and CSV formats:

Example Responses

JSON Response
200 OK
{
  "status": "ok",
  "error": null,
  "data": {
    "count": 6,
    "filteredOn": [
      "text"
    ],
    "events": [
      {
        "year": "1969",
        "month": "05",
        "day": "18",
        "date": "1969/05/18",
        "event": " Apollo program: ''Apollo 10'' (Tom Stafford, Gene Cernan, John Young) is launched, on the full dress-rehearsal for the Moon landing.",
        "range": "May",
        "granularity": "year"
      },
      {
        "year": "1969",
        "month": "05",
        "day": "25",
        "date": "1969/05/25",
        "event": "Apollo program: ''Apollo 10'' returns to Earth, after a successful 8-day test of all the components needed for the upcoming first manned Moon landing.",
        "range": "May",
        "granularity": "year"
      },
      {
        "year": "1969",
        "month": "07",
        "day": "20",
        "date": "1969/07/20",
        "event": " Apollo program: The lunar module ''Eagle'' lands on the lunar surface. An estimated 500 million people worldwide watch in awe as Neil Armstrong takes his historic first steps on the Moon at 02:56 UTC, the largest television audience for a live broadcast at that time.cite web|title=Manned Space Chronology: Apollo_11|url=<a href=\"http://www.spaceline.org/flightchron/apollo11.html|publisher=spaceline.org|accessdate=2008-02-06|\">http://www.spaceline.org/flightchron/apollo11.html|publisher=spaceline.org|accessdate=2008-02-06|</a> archiveurl= <a href=\"http://web.archive.org/web/20080214213826/http://www.spaceline.org/flightchron/apollo11.html|\">http://web.archive.org/web/20080214213826/http://www.spaceline.org/flightchron/apollo11.html|</a> archivedate= 14 February 2008 !--DASHBot--| deadurl= no}}cite web|title= Apollo Anniversary: Moon Landing quotInspired Worldquot|url=<a href=\"http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/07/0714_040714_moonlanding.html|publisher=nationalgeographic.com|accessdate=2008-02-06|\">http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/07/0714_040714_moonlanding.html|publisher=nationalgeographic.com|accessdate=2008-02-06|</a> archiveurl= <a href=\"http://web.archive.org/web/20080209140059/http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/07/0714_040714_moonlanding.html|\">http://web.archive.org/web/20080209140059/http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/07/0714_040714_moonlanding.html|</a> archivedate= 9 February 2008 !--DASHBot--| deadurl= no}}",
        "range": "July",
        "granularity": "year"
      },
      {
        "year": "1969",
        "month": "07",
        "day": "20",
        "date": "1969/07/20",
        "event": "The ''Apollo 11'' astronauts return from the first successful Moon landing, and are placed in biological isolation for several days, on the chance they may have brought back lunar germs. The airless lunar environment is later determined to preclude microscopic life.",
        "range": "July",
        "granularity": "year"
      },
      {
        "year": "1971",
        "month": "02",
        "day": "08",
        "date": "1971/02/08",
        "event": "Apollo program: ''Apollo 14'' returns to Earth after the third manned Moon landing.",
        "range": "February",
        "granularity": "year"
      },
      {
        "year": "1973",
        "month": "01",
        "day": "07",
        "date": "1973/01/07",
        "event": "Elvis Presley's concert in Hawaii. The first worldwide telecast by an entertainer watched by more people than watched the Apollo moon landings.",
        "range": "January",
        "granularity": "year"
      }
    ]
  }
}
XML Response
200 OK
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<response>
  <status>ok</status>
  <error xsi:nil="true" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"/>
  <data>
    <count>6</count>
    <filteredOn>
      <item>text</item>
    </filteredOn>
    <events>
      <event>
        <year>1969</year>
        <month>05</month>
        <day>18</day>
        <date>1969/05/18</date>
        <event> Apollo program: &apos;&apos;Apollo 10&apos;&apos; (Tom Stafford, Gene Cernan, John Young) is launched, on the full dress-rehearsal for the Moon landing.</event>
        <range>May</range>
        <granularity>year</granularity>
      </event>
      <event>
        <year>1969</year>
        <month>05</month>
        <day>25</day>
        <date>1969/05/25</date>
        <event>Apollo program: &apos;&apos;Apollo 10&apos;&apos; returns to Earth, after a successful 8-day test of all the components needed for the upcoming first manned Moon landing.</event>
        <range>May</range>
        <granularity>year</granularity>
      </event>
      <event>
        <year>1969</year>
        <month>07</month>
        <day>20</day>
        <date>1969/07/20</date>
        <event> Apollo program: The lunar module &apos;&apos;Eagle&apos;&apos; lands on the lunar surface. An estimated 500 million people worldwide watch in awe as Neil Armstrong takes his historic first steps on the Moon at 02:56 UTC, the largest television audience for a live broadcast at that time.cite web|title=Manned Space Chronology: Apollo_11|url=&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.spaceline.org/flightchron/apollo11.html|publisher=spaceline.org|accessdate=2008-02-06|&quot;&gt;http://www.spaceline.org/flightchron/apollo11.html|publisher=spaceline.org|accessdate=2008-02-06|&lt;/a&gt; archiveurl= &lt;a href=&quot;http://web.archive.org/web/20080214213826/http://www.spaceline.org/flightchron/apollo11.html|&quot;&gt;http://web.archive.org/web/20080214213826/http://www.spaceline.org/flightchron/apollo11.html|&lt;/a&gt; archivedate= 14 February 2008 !--DASHBot--| deadurl= no}}cite web|title= Apollo Anniversary: Moon Landing quotInspired Worldquot|url=&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/07/0714_040714_moonlanding.html|publisher=nationalgeographic.com|accessdate=2008-02-06|&quot;&gt;http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/07/0714_040714_moonlanding.html|publisher=nationalgeographic.com|accessdate=2008-02-06|&lt;/a&gt; archiveurl= &lt;a href=&quot;http://web.archive.org/web/20080209140059/http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/07/0714_040714_moonlanding.html|&quot;&gt;http://web.archive.org/web/20080209140059/http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/07/0714_040714_moonlanding.html|&lt;/a&gt; archivedate= 9 February 2008 !--DASHBot--| deadurl= no}}</event>
        <range>July</range>
        <granularity>year</granularity>
      </event>
      <event>
        <year>1969</year>
        <month>07</month>
        <day>20</day>
        <date>1969/07/20</date>
        <event>The &apos;&apos;Apollo 11&apos;&apos; astronauts return from the first successful Moon landing, and are placed in biological isolation for several days, on the chance they may have brought back lunar germs. The airless lunar environment is later determined to preclude microscopic life.</event>
        <range>July</range>
        <granularity>year</granularity>
      </event>
      <event>
        <year>1971</year>
        <month>02</month>
        <day>08</day>
        <date>1971/02/08</date>
        <event>Apollo program: &apos;&apos;Apollo 14&apos;&apos; returns to Earth after the third manned Moon landing.</event>
        <range>February</range>
        <granularity>year</granularity>
      </event>
      <event>
        <year>1973</year>
        <month>01</month>
        <day>07</day>
        <date>1973/01/07</date>
        <event>Elvis Presley&apos;s concert in Hawaii. The first worldwide telecast by an entertainer watched by more people than watched the Apollo moon landings.</event>
        <range>January</range>
        <granularity>year</granularity>
      </event>
    </events>
  </data>
</response>
YAML Response
200 OK
status: ok
error: null
data:
  count: 6
  filteredOn:
    - text
  events:
    - year: '1969'
      month: '05'
      day: '18'
      date: 1969/05/18
      event: ' Apollo program: ''''Apollo 10'''' (Tom Stafford, Gene Cernan, John Young) is launched, on the full dress-rehearsal for the Moon landing.'
      range: May
      granularity: year
    - year: '1969'
      month: '05'
      day: '25'
      date: 1969/05/25
      event: >-
        Apollo program: ''Apollo 10'' returns to Earth, after a successful 8-day
        test of all the components needed for the upcoming first manned Moon
        landing.
      range: May
      granularity: year
    - year: '1969'
      month: '07'
      day: '20'
      date: 1969/07/20
      event: ' Apollo program: The lunar module ''''Eagle'''' lands on the lunar surface. An estimated 500 million people worldwide watch in awe as Neil Armstrong takes his historic first steps on the Moon at 02:56 UTC, the largest television audience for a live broadcast at that time.cite web|title=Manned Space Chronology: Apollo_11|url=<a href="http://www.spaceline.org/flightchron/apollo11.html|publisher=spaceline.org|accessdate=2008-02-06|">http://www.spaceline.org/flightchron/apollo11.html|publisher=spaceline.org|accessdate=2008-02-06|</a> archiveurl= <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20080214213826/http://www.spaceline.org/flightchron/apollo11.html|">http://web.archive.org/web/20080214213826/http://www.spaceline.org/flightchron/apollo11.html|</a> archivedate= 14 February 2008 !--DASHBot--| deadurl= no}}cite web|title= Apollo Anniversary: Moon Landing quotInspired Worldquot|url=<a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/07/0714_040714_moonlanding.html|publisher=nationalgeographic.com|accessdate=2008-02-06|">http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/07/0714_040714_moonlanding.html|publisher=nationalgeographic.com|accessdate=2008-02-06|</a> archiveurl= <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20080209140059/http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/07/0714_040714_moonlanding.html|">http://web.archive.org/web/20080209140059/http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/07/0714_040714_moonlanding.html|</a> archivedate= 9 February 2008 !--DASHBot--| deadurl= no}}'
      range: July
      granularity: year
    - year: '1969'
      month: '07'
      day: '20'
      date: 1969/07/20
      event: >-
        The ''Apollo 11'' astronauts return from the first successful Moon
        landing, and are placed in biological isolation for several days, on the
        chance they may have brought back lunar germs. The airless lunar
        environment is later determined to preclude microscopic life.
      range: July
      granularity: year
    - year: '1971'
      month: '02'
      day: '08'
      date: 1971/02/08
      event: >-
        Apollo program: ''Apollo 14'' returns to Earth after the third manned
        Moon landing.
      range: February
      granularity: year
    - year: '1973'
      month: '01'
      day: '07'
      date: 1973/01/07
      event: >-
        Elvis Presley's concert in Hawaii. The first worldwide telecast by an
        entertainer watched by more people than watched the Apollo moon
        landings.
      range: January
      granularity: year
CSV Response
200 OK
keyvalue
count6
filteredOn[text]
events[{year:1969,month:05,day:18,date:1969/05/18,event: Apollo program: ''Apollo 10'' (Tom Stafford, Gene Cernan, John Young) is launched, on the full dress-rehearsal for the Moon landing.,range:May,granularity:year},{year:1969,month:05,day:25,date:1969/05/25,event:Apollo program: ''Apollo 10'' returns to Earth, after a successful 8-day test of all the components needed for the upcoming first manned Moon landing.,range:May,granularity:year},{year:1969,month:07,day:20,date:1969/07/20,event: Apollo program: The lunar module ''Eagle'' lands on the lunar surface. An estimated 500 million people worldwide watch in awe as Neil Armstrong takes his historic first steps on the Moon at 02:56 UTC, the largest television audience for a live broadcast at that time.cite web|title=Manned Space Chronology: Apollo_11|url=<a href=\http://www.spaceline.org/flightchron/apollo11.html|publisher=spaceline.org|accessdate=2008-02-06|\>http://www.spaceline.org/flightchron/apollo11.html|publisher=spaceline.org|accessdate=2008-02-06|</a> archiveurl= <a href=\http://web.archive.org/web/20080214213826/http://www.spaceline.org/flightchron/apollo11.html|\>http://web.archive.org/web/20080214213826/http://www.spaceline.org/flightchron/apollo11.html|</a> archivedate= 14 February 2008 !--DASHBot--| deadurl= no}}cite web|title= Apollo Anniversary: Moon Landing quotInspired Worldquot|url=<a href=\http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/07/0714_040714_moonlanding.html|publisher=nationalgeographic.com|accessdate=2008-02-06|\>http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/07/0714_040714_moonlanding.html|publisher=nationalgeographic.com|accessdate=2008-02-06|</a> archiveurl= <a href=\http://web.archive.org/web/20080209140059/http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/07/0714_040714_moonlanding.html|\>http://web.archive.org/web/20080209140059/http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/07/0714_040714_moonlanding.html|</a> archivedate= 9 February 2008 !--DASHBot--| deadurl= no}},range:July,granularity:year},{year:1969,month:07,day:20,date:1969/07/20,event:The ''Apollo 11'' astronauts return from the first successful Moon landing, and are placed in biological isolation for several days, on the chance they may have brought back lunar germs. The airless lunar environment is later determined to preclude microscopic life.,range:July,granularity:year},{year:1971,month:02,day:08,date:1971/02/08,event:Apollo program: ''Apollo 14'' returns to Earth after the third manned Moon landing.,range:February,granularity:year},{year:1973,month:01,day:07,date:1973/01/07,event:Elvis Presley's concert in Hawaii. The first worldwide telecast by an entertainer watched by more people than watched the Apollo moon landings.,range:January,granularity:year}]

Response Structure

All API responses follow a consistent structure with the following fields:

FieldTypeDescriptionExample
statusstringIndicates whether the request was successful ("ok") or failed ("error")ok
errorstring | nullContains error message if status is "error", otherwise nullnull
dataobject | nullContains the API response data if successful, otherwise null{...}

Learn more about response formats →

Response Data Fields

When the request is successful, the data object contains the following fields:

Response fields marked with Premium are available exclusively on paid plans.View pricing
FieldTypeSample ValueDescription
countnumber6Total number of historical events returned in results
filteredOnPremiumarray["text"]Array of filter criteria applied to generate results
[ ] Array items:array[6]Array of objectsArray of historical event objects matching search criteria
â”” yearPremiumstring"1969"Calendar year when the historical event occurred
â”” monthPremiumstring"05"Month number (01-12) when the event occurred
â”” dayPremiumstring"18"Day of month when the historical event occurred
â”” datePremiumstring"1969/05/18"Full date in YYYY/MM/DD format for the event
â”” eventstring" Apollo program: ''Apollo 10'' (Tom Stafford, Gene Cernan, John Young) is launched, on the full dress-rehearsal for the Moon landing."Detailed description and text of the historical event
â”” rangePremiumstring"May"Named month range or period when the event occurred
â”” granularityPremiumstring"year"Precision level of date (year, month, or specific day)

Headers

Required and optional headers for Historical Events API requests:

Header NameRequiredExample ValueDescription
X-API-Keyrequiredyour_api_key_hereYour APIVerve API key. Found in your dashboard under API Keys.
Acceptoptionalapplication/jsonSpecify response format: application/json (default), application/xml, or application/yaml
User-AgentoptionalMyApp/1.0Identifies your application for analytics and debugging purposes
X-Request-IDoptionalreq_123456789Custom request identifier for tracking and debugging requests
Cache-Controloptionalno-cacheControl caching behavior for the request and response

Learn more about request headers →

GraphQL AccessALPHA

Access Historical Events through GraphQL to combine it with other API calls in a single request. Query only the historical events data you need with precise field selection, and orchestrate complex data fetching workflows.

Test Historical Events in the GraphQL Explorer to confirm availability and experiment with queries.

Credit Cost: Each API called in your GraphQL query consumes its standard credit cost.

GraphQL Endpoint
POST https://api.apiverve.com/v1/graphql
GraphQL Query Example
query {
  historicalevents(
    input: {
      text: "moon landing"
    }
  ) {
    count
    filteredOn
    events
  }
}

Note: Authentication is handled via the x-api-key header in your GraphQL request, not as a query parameter.

CORS Support

The Historical Events API supports Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) with wildcard configuration, allowing you to call Historical Events directly from browser-based applications without proxy servers.

CORS HeaderValueDescription
Access-Control-Allow-Origin*Accepts requests from any origin
Access-Control-Allow-Methods*Accepts any HTTP method
Access-Control-Allow-Headers*Accepts any request headers

Browser Usage: You can call Historical Events directly from JavaScript running in the browser without encountering CORS errors. No proxy server or additional configuration needed.

Learn more about CORS support →

Rate Limiting

Historical Events API requests are subject to rate limiting based on your subscription plan. These limits ensure fair usage and maintain service quality for all Historical Events users.

PlanRate LimitDescription
Free5 requests/minHard rate limit enforced - exceeding will return 429 errors
StarterNo LimitProduction ready - standard traffic priority
ProNo LimitProduction ready - preferred traffic priority
MegaNo LimitProduction ready - highest traffic priority

Learn more about rate limiting →

Rate Limit Headers

When rate limits apply, each Historical Events response includes headers to help you track your usage:

HeaderDescription
X-RateLimit-LimitMaximum number of requests allowed per time window
X-RateLimit-RemainingNumber of requests remaining in the current window
X-RateLimit-ResetUnix timestamp when the rate limit window resets

Handling Rate Limits

Free Plan: When you exceed your rate limit, Historical Events returns a 429 Too Many Requests status code. Your application should implement appropriate backoff logic to handle this gracefully.

Paid Plans: No rate limiting or throttling applied. All paid plans (Starter, Pro, Mega) are production-ready.

Best Practices for Historical Events:

  • Monitor the rate limit headers to track your Historical Events usage (Free plan only)
  • Cache historical events responses where appropriate to reduce API calls
  • Upgrade to Pro or Mega for guaranteed no-throttle Historical Events performance

Note: Historical Events rate limits are separate from credit consumption. You may have credits remaining but still hit rate limits when using Historical Events on Free tier.

Error Codes

The Historical Events API uses standard HTTP status codes to indicate success or failure:

CodeMessageDescriptionSolution
200OKRequest successful, data returnedNo action needed - request was successful
400Bad RequestInvalid request parameters or malformed requestCheck required parameters and ensure values match expected formats
401UnauthorizedMissing or invalid API keyInclude x-api-key header with valid API key from dashboard
403ForbiddenAPI key lacks permission or insufficient creditsCheck credit balance in dashboard or upgrade plan
429Too Many RequestsRate limit exceeded (Free: 5 req/min)Implement request throttling or upgrade to paid plan
500Internal Server ErrorServer error occurredRetry request after a few seconds, contact support if persists
503Service UnavailableAPI temporarily unavailableWait and retry, check status page for maintenance updates

Learn more about error handling →

Need help? Contact support with your X-Request-ID for assistance.

Integrate Historical Events with SDKs

Get started quickly with official Historical Events SDKs for your preferred language. Each library handles authentication, request formatting, and error handling automatically.

Available for Node.js, Python, C#/.NET, and Android/Java. All SDKs are open source and regularly updated.

Integrate Historical Events with No-Code API Tools

Connect the Historical Events API to your favorite automation platform without writing code. Build workflows that leverage historical events data across thousands of apps.

All platforms use your same API key to access Historical Events. Visit our integrations hub for step-by-step setup guides.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I get an API key for Historical Events?
Sign up for a free account at dashboard.apiverve.com. Your API key will be automatically generated and available in your dashboard. The same key works for Historical Events and all other APIVerve APIs. The free plan includes 1,000 credits plus a 500 credit bonus.
How many credits does Historical Events cost?

Each successful Historical Events API call consumes credits based on plan tier. Check the pricing section above for the exact credit cost. Failed requests and errors don't consume credits, so you only pay for successful historical events lookups.

Can I use Historical Events in production?

The free plan is for testing and development only. For production use of Historical Events, upgrade to a paid plan (Starter, Pro, or Mega) which includes commercial use rights, no attribution requirements, and guaranteed uptime SLAs. All paid plans are production-ready.

Can I use Historical Events from a browser?
Yes! The Historical Events API supports CORS with wildcard configuration, so you can call it directly from browser-based JavaScript without needing a proxy server. See the CORS section above for details.
What happens if I exceed my Historical Events credit limit?

When you reach your monthly credit limit, Historical Events API requests will return an error until you upgrade your plan or wait for the next billing cycle. You'll receive notifications at 80% and 95% usage to give you time to upgrade if needed.

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