"historical instances" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It can be used to refer to specific events or occurrences in the past that are significant or well-known. Example: "Throughout history, there have been many historical instances of successful revolutions that have brought about significant changes in society."
There are historical instances of corporate sacrifice for civic good, but they are rare.
Other specific historical instances of federal government action to regulate interstate commerce can be cited.
In all these historical instances the paneling was almost always made of either oak or pine.
Marshall was struck by this idea, and, throughout the eighties, he assigned teams of analysts to search for historical instances of such advances.
He cited some historical instances of suspected differential pricing (at Amazon and Victoria's Secret) but said he didn't know about Amazon Prime.
They then analyze historical instances of disagreements between European and American leaders and draw conclusions in an essay about how events might have been different had they unfolded in the "multipolar" world advocated by French President Jacques Chirac.
The Emperor Augustus overruled his wishes, a rare historical instance of an authoritarian leader insisting on the publication rather than suppression of a text.
In at least one historical instance, the author of the biography wound up being better known to posterity than the candidate he helped make president.
"I don't remember another historical instance when it was so clear who the next chief justice would and should be," says Walter Dellinger, a former solicitor general in the Clinton administration.
On the one hand, he argues that there is at least one historical instance of a functioning international order that lived up to his criteria of legitimacy.
For those blessed with an EU passport, visa requirements are today often trivial, whilst border controls inside of the Schengen area are regarded as no more than a historical instance.
