| ANNUALS | Turn in the history books |
| ROE | Name in the subtitle of the history book "January 1973" |
| ERA | One of the history books |
| NONPERSON | A character taken from the history books |
| FIRST | One for the history books |
| PASSAGES | Go through parts of the history book |
| ITALIAN | "...the pride taken by the ___ s in their gifted women is among the most important facts in the history of their Renaissance" -- Walter Shaw Sparrow (7) |
| DOMINIC | ___ Cooper, very close friend of 13A who has co-starred with him in The History Boys, Starter For 10 and The Lady In The Van (7) |
| OKCORRAL | The most famous gunfight in the history of the Old West took place at this site in Tombstone, Arizona (1,1,6) |
| GATES | United States computer entrepreneur whose software company made him the youngest multi-billionaire in the history of the United States (born in 1955) |
| MARYROSE | The excavation of this ship was one of the most important in the history of marine archaeology. It was the most powerful of Henry VIII's warships, his pride and joy, and it was probably named after hi |
| CHRIS | Who is the only player to score two hundreds in the history of the tournament so far, the most by any player? (5) |
| GEOLOGIST | Specialist in the history of the earth in rocks |
| ALAN | Page in the Minnesota Vikings' history books |
| DEBS | "The greatest leader in the history of the American working class," per Bernie Sanders |
| LYING | Harry S Truman described Richard Nixon as, 'One of the few in the history of this country to run for high office talking out of both sides of his mouth at the same time and ... out of both side' |
| AGUERO | Sergio ___, Argentine footballer who is the top non-English scorer in the history of the Premier League |
| THEODORA | Wife of Emperor Justinian I considered the most influential and powerful woman in the history of the Byzantine Empire |
| IWOJIMA | One of the bloodiest battles in the history of the U.S. Marine Corps (3,4) |
| MALINGA | Sri Lankan yorker specialist who has taken the most wickets in the history of the IPL |