historic & historical

historical 

adjective
of or concerning history; concerning past events
历史的，有关历史的；有关过去事件的

historical evidence.
历史证据。

■belonging to the past, not the present
属于过去的

famous historical figures.
著名的历史人物。

■(especially of a novel or film) set in the past
（尤指小说或电影）历史题材的

■(of the study of a subject) based on an analysis of its development over a period
（学科研究）历时的

for the Darwinians, biogeography became a historical science.
对于进化论者来说，生物地理是一门历时的科学。

historic 
adjective

famous or important in history, or potentially so
历史上著名的，历史上重大的，历史性的

we are standing on a historic site.
我们站在历史遗址上。

a time of historic change.
历史转折点。