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Guy Fawkes

Guy Fawkes , also known as Guido Fawkes, the name he adopted while fighting for the Spanish in the Low Countries, belonged to a group of provincial English Catholics who planned the failed Gunpowder Plot of 1605.Fawkes was born and educated in York...

Timeline of Events

1605

11.5.1605

Gunpowder Plot: A conspiracy led by Robert Catesby to blow up the English Houses of Parliament is thwarted when Sir Thomas Knyvet, a justice of the peace, finds Guy Fawkes in a cellar below the House of Lords.

1606

1.27.1606

Gunpowder Plot: The trial of Guy Fawkes and other conspirators begins, ending with their execution on January 31.

1.31.1606

Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes is executed for his plotting against Parliament and James I of England.