Historically speaking

I have an interesting conundrum to grill you with - Is all history important?

In short, I think that this doesn’t have an answer. Obviously it depends on what you define as important (I would like to think of it as something that significantly affects the outcomes of an event etc), then what you classify as history. Well, let’s take the Free online Dictionary’s definition of history:

1. A narrative of events; a story.

2.
a). A chronological record of events, as of the life or development of a people or institution, often including an explanation of or commentary on those events: a history of the Vikings.
b). A formal written account of related natural phenomena: a history of volcanoes.
c). A record of a patient's medical background.
d). An established record or pattern of behavior: an inmate with a history of substance abuse.

3. The branch of knowledge that records and analyzes past events: "History has a long-range perspective" Elizabeth Gurley Flynn.

4.
a). The events forming the subject matter of a historical account.
b). The aggregate of past events or human affairs: basic tools used throughout history.
c). An interesting past: a house with history.
d). Something that belongs to the past: Their troubles are history now.
e). Slang One that is no longer worth consideration: Why should we worry about him? He's history!

5. A drama based on historical events: the histories of Shakespeare.
(http://www.thefreedictionary.com/history)

I think this conundrum raises fundamental issues about how you view other people and your respect for their beliefs and the like. That is why I’d be inclined to say that it is. On the other hand, I don’t think that every piece of history is ‘important’ in so much as some history is irrelevant to so much of the population, or shapes very small outcomes.

I know why I wrote this, I think it helped me to answer some of my own questions.

I’m listening to the Easybeats singing The music goes round my head (they wrote it). I think the Saints did it better. I think they did Where going to have a good time tonight better than INXS & Jimmy though