Historical Events

Token Usage:1 per call

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

This 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 this API, you need an API key. You can get one by creating a free account and visiting your dashboard.

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Endpoint

GET Request

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

Code Examples

Here are examples of how to call this API in different programming languages:

cURL Request

curl -X GET \
  "https://api.apiverve.com/v1/historicalevents?text=moon landing" \
  -H "X-API-Key: your_api_key_here"

JavaScript (Fetch API)

const response = await fetch('https://api.apiverve.com/v1/historicalevents', {
  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', 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', 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($ch, CURLOPT_URL, 'https://api.apiverve.com/v1/historicalevents');
curl_setopt($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", 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')
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))

Authentication

This API requires authentication via API key. Include your API key in the request header:

Required Header

X-API-Key: your_api_key_here

Parameters

The following parameters are available for this API endpoint:

Parameter	Type	Required	Location	Description	Example
text	string	Yes	query	The keyword for which you want to get the historical events (e.g., moon landing)	moon landing

Response

The API returns responses in JSON, XML, and YAML 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

<Root>
  <status>ok</status>
  <error />
  <data>
    <count>6</count>
    <filteredOn>text</filteredOn>
    <events>
      <year>1969</year>
      <month>05</month>
      <day>18</day>
      <date>1969/05/18</date>
      <event> Apollo program: ''Apollo 10'' (Tom Stafford, Gene Cernan, John Young) is launched, on the full dress-rehearsal for the Moon landing.</event>
      <range>May</range>
      <granularity>year</granularity>
    </events>
    <events>
      <year>1969</year>
      <month>05</month>
      <day>25</day>
      <date>1969/05/25</date>
      <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.</event>
      <range>May</range>
      <granularity>year</granularity>
    </events>
    <events>
      <year>1969</year>
      <month>07</month>
      <day>20</day>
      <date>1969/07/20</date>
      <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=&lt;a href="http://www.spaceline.org/flightchron/apollo11.html|publisher=spaceline.org|accessdate=2008-02-06|"&gt;http://www.spaceline.org/flightchron/apollo11.html|publisher=spaceline.org|accessdate=2008-02-06|&lt;/a&gt; archiveurl= &lt;a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20080214213826/http://www.spaceline.org/flightchron/apollo11.html|"&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="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/07/0714_040714_moonlanding.html|publisher=nationalgeographic.com|accessdate=2008-02-06|"&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="http://web.archive.org/web/20080209140059/http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/07/0714_040714_moonlanding.html|"&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>
    </events>
    <events>
      <year>1969</year>
      <month>07</month>
      <day>20</day>
      <date>1969/07/20</date>
      <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.</event>
      <range>July</range>
      <granularity>year</granularity>
    </events>
    <events>
      <year>1971</year>
      <month>02</month>
      <day>08</day>
      <date>1971/02/08</date>
      <event>Apollo program: ''Apollo 14'' returns to Earth after the third manned Moon landing.</event>
      <range>February</range>
      <granularity>year</granularity>
    </events>
    <events>
      <year>1973</year>
      <month>01</month>
      <day>07</day>
      <date>1973/01/07</date>
      <event>Elvis Presley'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>
    </events>
  </data>
</Root>

YAML Response

200 OK

status: ok
error: 
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

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Response Structure

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

Field	Type	Description	Example
status	string	Indicates whether the request was successful ("ok") or failed ("error")	ok
error	string \| null	Contains error message if status is "error", otherwise null	null
data	object \| null	Contains the API response data if successful, otherwise null	{...}

Response Data Fields

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

Field	Type	Sample Value
count	number	6
filteredOn	array	["text"]
events	array	[{"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"}, ...]

Headers

Required and optional headers for API requests:

Header Name	Required	Example Value	Description
X-API-Key	Yes	your_api_key_here	Your APIVerve API key. Found in your dashboard under API Keys.
Accept	No	application/json	Specify response format: application/json (default), application/xml, or application/yaml
User-Agent	No	MyApp/1.0	Identifies your application for analytics and debugging purposes
X-Request-ID	No	req_123456789	Custom request identifier for tracking and debugging requests
Cache-Control	No	no-cache	Control caching behavior for the request and response

Client Libraries

To get started with minimal code, most of our APIs are available through client libraries and clients:

Error Codes

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

Status Code	Message	Description
200	OK	Request successful, data returned
400	Bad Request	Invalid request parameters or malformed request
401	Unauthorized	Missing or invalid API key
403	Forbidden	API key does not have permission for this endpoint
429	Too Many Requests	Rate limit exceeded, please slow down requests
500	Internal Server Error	Server error, please try again later

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