The past (7)
'the past' is the definition.
(history is a kind of past)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for history that I've seen before include "Account of past events" , "Old record" , "Study of past events" , "Time passed" , "Life story" .)
'the past' is the definition.
(synonyms)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for yesteryear that I've seen before include "Rossetti's translation questioned whereabouts of its snows!" , "Period 14 [CENTENARIAN] lived through" , "Former times" , "nostalgic time, perhaps" , "Twelve months ago" .)