Charles John Hoffman Dickens was born February 7, 1812 in Portsmouth England. He was the son of a naval clerk and his wife and he was the second of eight children not all of whom survived. Dickens Father changed his place of employment more than once, though he kept the same job. This eventually landed …
February 7 in Pop Culture History 1497 – The Bonfire of the Vanities occurred in which supporters of Girolamo Savonarola burned thousands of objects like cosmetics, art, and books in Florence, Italy. 1783 (Earthquake) Calabria, Italy 1817 – The first public gas street light in the was lit in Baltimore, Maryland, the first in the …
Sir Thomas More or Saint Thomas More is one of the great figures in both political and religious history. To Henry The VIII he was a good friend and confidant as well as an enemy and a betrayer of England. To Catholics he is a saint and was martyred for his Catholic faith. For Protestants …
