Its been said that Napoleon Bonaparte said, that “history is a set of lies agreed upon.” The phrase “history is a set of lies agreed upon” is attributed to Napoleon Bonaparte, suggesting that historical narratives are often shaped by the perspectives of the victors and can be considered a collection of accepted falsehoods rather than pure truth.
History is defined as “A chronological record of events, as of the life or development of a people or institution, often including an explanation of or commentary on those events.
The branch of knowledge that records and analyzes past events.
- noun The recorded events of the past; also, that branch of science which is occupied with ascertaining and recording the facts of the past.
- noun Recorded or accomplished fact; also, the aggregate of the events, recorded or unrecorded, which mark a given period of past time, as in the development of an individual or of a race, etc.: as, a checkered history.