I have an iphone 7. Under calendar there are events, etc dating back to the 1800s or more. How do I delete the calendars from previous years?

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Are these calendar events repeating a list on the year today on your calendar?

Dear Judith, It was a pleasure helping you with your iPhone issue today. Here is a summary of the resolution.
Issue identified :

Calendar showing old years

Solution Implemented :

Advised customer tha the calendar by default has all the years on it and there is no way of deleting old years.

By default the calendar is preconfigured with all the years in it.

Advised customer just do not scroll down to previous year and it will not affect anything on her device

Also confirmed that calendar does not affect her storage by checking settings > General > Storage

Answer accepted

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