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historical document
Drafted by Thomas Jefferson between June 11 and June 28, 1776, as authorized by the Continental Congress, July 2, 1776 with minor revisions and released publicly on July 4, 1776. · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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historical document

Summary

historical document has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[1]

Key Facts

  • historical document is a type of document[2].
  • historical document is a type of historical source[3].
  • historical document's topic's main category is recorded as Category:History resources[4].
  • historical document's different from is recorded as archive document[5].
  • historical document's different from is recorded as linguistic written record[6].
  • historical document's studied by is recorded as palaeography[7].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include document[2] and historical source[3].

Why It Matters

historical document has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[1] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[8]

Related Entities

document palaeography

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_historical-document_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{historical document}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/historical-document}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 23d ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0373756-historicke-dokumenty
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0373756-historicke-dokumenty, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259495|batch #259495]]"
  2. 5w ago · InternetArchiveBot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Studied by → palaeography
    Different from → archive document, linguistic written record
    Subclass of → —
    Topic's main category → Category:History resources
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-references:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P10283]]: C2778371909, Rescuing 1 sources and submitting 0 for archiving. #IABot (v2.0.9.5)"
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