It arrived in the collection at Oxford in 1641, it was given by the brother of the man who arrested Guy Fawkes under ...

In 1605 Guy Fawkes joined a group of fellow English Catholics, led by Robert Catesby, in a plot to blow up the Houses of Parliament in order to kill King James I and his Government. Fawkes was ...

The leader of the Plot was Robert Catesby. The man in charge of blowing up Parliament was Guy Fawkes. I look forward to the 5th of November every year. Fireworks, bonfires…oooo, toffee apples!

In January 1606, the U.K. Parliament established November 5 as a day of public thanksgiving. Today we celebrate November 5 as Guy Fawkes Night or Bonfire Night by lighting bonfires, setting off ...

This tradition dates back to the Gunpowder Plot of 1605 when Guy Fawkes, a Catholic, attempted to blow up Parliament and the monarch at the time, King James I, a Protestant. As a symbolic gesture ...

On this most auspicious day roughly 400 years ago, a man named Guy Fawkes attempted to blow up parliament in England. While he may have failed in the act, his message was remembered. His act was ...

With the arrest of Guy Fawkes shortly after midnight on November 5 1605 (a tip-off to a Catholic member of parliament led to an inspection of the cellars under parliament), however, it soon became ...

Humorous trio The Penny Dreadfuls take a break from all things Victorian this Bonfire Night to examine the life of Guy Fawkes, his failed attempt to blow up Parliament and his subsequent interrogation ...

to warn him to steer clear of Parliament. Monteagle gave the letter to the Secretary of State, who ordered a search of the vaults on the night of 4 November. Guy Fawkes, another of the ...

WHEN a booted and spurred Guy Fawkes was found skulking near Parliament around midnight on November 4th, 1605, he unwittingly created a legend that has persisted to the present day. On November ...