annals

noun

Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French annales, from Latin annālēs librī (“chronicles”), from annālis (“pertaining to a year”), from annus (“year”) + librī, plural of liber (“book”). Compare with annual.

1. A relation of events in chronological order, each event being recorded under the year in which it happened.

   “So ended this great siege, the most memorable in the annals of the British isles. It had lasted a hundred and five days”

   “the annals of our religion”

2. Historical records; chronicles; history.

   “the short and simple annals of the poor”

   “It was one of the most critical periods in our annals.”

3. A periodic publication, containing records of discoveries, transactions of societies, etc.

   “Annals of Science”