Django Simple History for list pages

change_list.html

{# file: templates/admin/change_list.html #}

{% extends 'admin/change_list.html' %}
{% load i18n admin_urls %}

{% block object-tools-items %}
  {% if cl.pk_attname != 'history_id' %}
  <li>
    {% url opts|admin_urlname:'changelist_history' as history_url %}
    <a href="{% add_preserved_filters history_url %}" class="historylink">{% translate "History" %}</a>
  </li>
  {% endif %}
  {{ block.super }}
{% endblock %}

simple_history.py

from django.contrib.admin import ModelAdmin
from django.urls import path, reverse
from simple_history.admin import SimpleHistoryAdmin


def url_for_result(result):
    """Urls for history entries should go to the object's history page.
    """
    meta = result.history_object._meta  # pylint: disable=protected-access
    return reverse(f'admin:{meta.app_label}_{meta.model_name}_history', args=[result.id])


class BaseHistoryAdmin(ModelAdmin):
    """Base class for django-simple-history admin classes, can be subclassed to add custom functionality.
    """
    actions = None
    list_filter = ('history_type',)
    list_display = ('history_object', 'history_date', 'history_user', 'history_type', 'history_change_reason')

    def has_add_permission(self, request, obj=None):
        return False

    def has_delete_permission(self, request, obj=None):
        return False

    def get_changelist_instance(self, request):
        """Overrule `url_for_result` to point to the object's history page.
        This cannot happen on `get_changelist()` because it might be changed by other packages like DjangoQL.
        """
        changelist_instance = super().get_changelist_instance(request)
        changelist_instance.url_for_result = url_for_result
        return changelist_instance

    def get_queryset(self, request):
        """Join the history user and prefetch if possible.

        Without the `select_related('history_user')`, `ChangeList.apply_select_related()`
        will call `select_related()` without parameters which will add a lot of joins.

        Also try to prefetch the relation to the history object, so we can reduce some queries.
        """
        qs = super().get_queryset(request)
        if not isinstance(self.model.history_user, property):
            qs = qs.select_related('history_user')
        if hasattr(self.model, 'history_relation'):
            qs = qs.prefetch_related('history_relation')
        return qs


class WMSimpleHistoryAdmin(SimpleHistoryAdmin):
    """Allows to see all history entries on a model using an embedded ModelAdmin.
    Adds a button in the changelist to <app_label>/<model_name>/history/
    in addition to the already existing object-level history.
    """
    history_admin = BaseHistoryAdmin

    def get_history_admin_class(self):
        """Returns HistoryAdmin class for model, with `history_admin` as superclass.
        Change this to tweak the admin class.
        """
        return type(f'{self.model.__name__}HistoryAdmin', (self.history_admin,), {})

    def get_urls(self):
        """Register additional "changelist history" to the admin urls.
        """
        urls = super().get_urls()
        admin_site = self.admin_site
        opts = self.model._meta  # pylint: disable=protected-access

        try:
            # pylint: disable=protected-access
            model = getattr(self.model, self.model._meta.simple_history_manager_attribute).model
        except AttributeError:
            # History is not enabled, do nothing, just return urls
            return urls

        admin_class = self.get_history_admin_class()
        model_admin_instance = admin_class(admin_site=admin_site, model=model)

        history_urls = [
            path(
                'history/',
                admin_site.admin_view(model_admin_instance.changelist_view),
                name=f'{opts.app_label}_{opts.model_name}_changelist_history',
            )
        ]
        return history_urls + urls

I wrote a blog article about the usage:
https://deepintodjango.com/show-deleted-entries-in-django-simple-history