No, refreshing your cache doesn't erase history, but deleting cookies will! On most browsers, open the page and use ctrl-R or F5 or clicking the refresh toolbar button.
You may need to use control-F5 (or control-click the refresh button) on chrome to really force a refresh. All this is doing is discarding all scripts and page data, and pulling a new copy from the server. Your cookies will still be sent to the server and used, so your history will stick.