This plugin adds a [espresso_past_events] shortcode that you can add to a post or page to display a list of past events.

ee_shortcode_past_events.php

<?php
/**
 * @package EE_Event_List_Past_Events_Archives_Shortcode
 * @version 1.0
 */
/*
Plugin Name: Event Espresso Past Events List Shortcode
Plugin URI: https://github.com/eventespresso/ee-code-snippet-library
Description: Add [espresso_past_events] shortcode to a post or page to display a list of past events.
Author: Josh Feck
Version: 1.0
Author URI: https://github.com/joshfeck
*/

function my_ee_past_events_shortcode($args) {
    if(!class_exists('EventEspresso\core\domain\services\wp_queries\EventListQuery')){
        return;
    }
    $args = shortcode_atts(
        array(
            'limit'         => 100,
            'show_expired'  => TRUE,
            'category_slug' => NULL,
            'sort'          => 'DESC', 
            'order_by'      => 'start_date',
        ), 
        $args, 
        'espresso_past_events'
    );
    add_filter( 'posts_where', 'ee_pels_custom_posts_where_sql_for_only_expired' );
    $loop = new EventEspresso\core\domain\services\wp_queries\EventListQuery( $args );
    $big = 999999999; // need an unlikely integer
    $pagination = paginate_links( array(
        'base' => str_replace( $big, '%#%', esc_url( get_pagenum_link( $big ) ) ),
        'format' => '?paged=%#%',
        'current' => max( 1, get_query_var('paged') ),
        'total' => $loop->max_num_pages,
        'show_all'     => TRUE,
        'end_size'     => 10,
        'mid_size'     => 6,
        'prev_next'    => TRUE,
        'prev_text'    => '&lsaquo; PREV',
        'next_text'    => 'NEXT &rsaquo;',
        'type'         => 'plain',
        'add_args'     => FALSE,
        'add_fragment' => ''
    ));

    $html = include_once( plugin_dir_path( __FILE__ ) . '/shortcode-template.php' );
    
    remove_filter( 'posts_where', 'ee_pels_custom_posts_where_sql_for_only_expired' );
    wp_reset_postdata();
    return $html;
}
add_shortcode('espresso_past_events', 'my_ee_past_events_shortcode');

function ee_pels_custom_posts_where_sql_for_only_expired($where) {
    $where .= ' AND ' . EEM_Datetime::instance()->table() . '.DTT_EVT_end < "' . current_time( 'mysql', TRUE ) . '" ';
    return $where;
}

shortcode-template.php

<?php /* template for past events shortcode */ 

$output  = '<div class="module ee-events-archive event-list">';
$output .= '<article class="ee-event archived">';
    if( $loop->have_posts() ) {
        // loop through posts
        while ( $loop->have_posts() ) : $loop->the_post();
$output .= '<strong class="event-title">' . get_the_title() . '</strong>';
$output .= '<div class="event-items">';
$output .= '<a class="view-details-btn" href="' . get_the_permalink() . '">View details</a>';
$output .= '<p class="event-time">Date: <span class="start-date">' . espresso_event_date('', ' ', false, false ) . '</span></p>';
$output .= '</div>';
        endwhile; 
    }
$output .= '</article>';
    
// pagination links
$output .= ! empty( $pagination ) ? '<div class="ee-pagination-dv clear">' . $pagination . '</div>' : '';
    
$output .= '</div>';

return $output;