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Use the following script to create a database in the required location:

CREATE TABLE GDELT_HISTORICAL (
 GLOBALEVENTID bigint , --1
 SQLDATE int, 
 MonthYear char(6) , 
 [Year] char(4) , 
 FractionDate decimal , --5
 Actor1Code char(55) , 
 Actor1Name char(255) , 
 Actor1CountryCode char(55) , 
 Actor1KnownGroupCode char(55) , 
 Actor1EthnicCode char(55) , --10
 Actor1Religion1Code char(55) , 
 Actor1Religion2Code char(55) , 
 Actor1Type1Code char(55) , 
 Actor1Type2Code char(55) , 
 Actor1Type3Code char(55) , 
 Actor2Code char(55) , --16
 Actor2Name char(255) , 
 Actor2CountryCode char(55) , 
 Actor2KnownGroupCode char(55) , 
 Actor2EthnicCode char(55) , 
 Actor2Religion1Code char(55) , 
 Actor2Religion2Code char(55) , 
 Actor2Type1Code char(55) , 
 Actor2Type2Code char(55) , 
 Actor2Type3Code char(55) , 
 IsRootEvent int , 
 EventCode char(4) , 
 EventBaseCode char(4) , 
 EventRootCode char(4) , 
 QuadClass int , 
 GoldsteinScale decimal , 
 NumMentions int , 
 NumSources int , 
 NumArticles int , 
 AvgTone decimal , 
 Actor1Geo_Type int  , 
 Actor1Geo_FullName char(255) , 
 Actor1Geo_CountryCode char(2) , 
 Actor1Geo_ADM1Code char(4) , 
 Actor1Geo_Lat float , 
 Actor1Geo_Long float , 
 Actor1Geo_FeatureID int  , 
 Actor2Geo_Type int  , 
 Actor2Geo_FullName char(255) , 
 Actor2Geo_CountryCode char(2) , 
 Actor2Geo_ADM1Code char(4) , 
 Actor2Geo_Lat float , 
 Actor2Geo_Long float , 
 Actor2Geo_FeatureID int  , 
 ActionGeo_Type int  , 
 ActionGeo_FullName char(255) , 
 ActionGeo_CountryCode char(2) , 
 ActionGeo_ADM1Code char(4) , 
 ActionGeo_Lat float , 
 ActionGeo_Long float , 
 ActionGeo_FeatureID float  , 
 DATEADDED int
);

Unzip all your history files into one location and then run this script for each file:

  BULK INSERT GDELT_HISTORICAL
    FROM 'C:\Users\MONKEYMIKE\Desktop\201302.csv'
    WITH
        (
		FIELDTERMINATOR = '\t'
		, ROWTERMINATOR = '0x0a'--'\n'
		 )