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Histopedia 0.0.5
python package for scientific historical information
License: MIT

# Histopedia
# README

This Python library provides several functions for working with historical data including events, inventions, discoveries, people, and prehistoric animals.

## Functions

| Function Name | Description | Example Usage |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `proximate(year)` | Returns a list of events within 2 years of the input year | `proximate(1776)` returns a list of events |
| `addEvent(dscrp, yr)` | Adds a new event to the database | `addEvent('Declaration of Independence', 1776)` returns `"event (Declaration of Independence) added for year 1776"` |
| `exact(year)` | Returns a list of events that occurred in the exact input year | `exact(1776)` returns `[('Declaration of Independence', 1776)]` |
| `traceIno(trace_year)` | Returns a list of innovations that occurred in the input year | `traceIno(1901)` returns `[2000, 2001]` |
| `discov(yr)` | Returns a list of discoveries that occurred in the input year, or the closest discovery if none occurred | `discov(1769)` returns `"Discovery not found for 1769. Did you mean 1766: oxygen?"` |
| `push(disc, yr)` | Adds a new discovery to the database | `push('Pluto', 1930)` returns `"Appended successfully"` |
| `getDisc()` | Returns the list of all discoveries in the database | `getDisc()` returns `[(oxygen, 1766), (Pluto, 1930)]` |
| `pushIno(ino, yr)` | Adds a new innovation to the database | `pushIno(2000, 1901)` |
| `getInos()` | Returns the list of all innovations in the database | `getInos()` returns `[(2000, 1901), (2001, 1901)]` |
| `getEvents()` | Returns the list of all events in the database | `getEvents()` returns `[('Declaration of Independence', 1776), ('Louisiana Purchase', 1803)]` |
| `born(name)` | Returns the birth year of a person | `born('George Washington')` returns `1732` |
| `died(name)` | Returns the death year of a person | `died('Albert Einstein')` returns `1955` |
| `period(anml)` | Returns the time period of a prehistoric animal | `period('Tyrannosaurus')` returns `"Late Cretaceous"` |