How was Galileo treated when he published his scientific findings about the heliocentric nature of the universe? A. Galileo was seen as a “quack” and ignored by the academic and spiritual communities.
B. Galileo was arrested, charged with heresy, and forced to deny that his findings were true.
C. Galileo was mocked by Catholic Church leaders in an effort to discredit his ideas.
D. Galileo was honored by other scholars and by the Church for his scientific findings.

explanation: we can only guess at how our actions may be perceived in the future. doing something really big like killing lots of people, saving lots of people, affecting the lives of lots of people is a sure fire way of being remembered in historical records. we can also make a difference in the history records by being a small influence on something bigger, whether that is as a civil servant, scientist or artist.

of course you could argue that we all affect history just as tiny cogs in a   bigger machine.

if you mean how do people influence our opinions of things which have already happened, then simply by writing a book which looks at things form a different perspective and trying to convince people that this perspective is more accurate or truthful. people do it all the time i.e. richard the third was a terrible or was he? plenty would disagree, it's just that their views aren't the most widely known.n:

i just did something on this guy a few days a go give me two minutes to find it in my notes.