THE Gunpowder Plot came within a whisker of blowing up Parliament, the King and all his ministers before it was discovered just in the nick of time. Some believe the whole plot was secretly ...

The Real Story of Guido Fawkes | The Gunpowder Plot of 1605 Tensions were high in England in late October 1605, when a ...

In 1605, a group of disaffected Catholics plotted to assassinate King James I by blowing up the House of Lords. They hoped to restore Protestant England to Catholicism and end the persecution of their ...

In 1605, a group of British Catholics, including Guy Fawkes and Robert Catesby, devised a plan to blow up the Houses of Parliament. They hoped to wipe out the anti-Catholic political establishment and ...

"Remember, remember the 5th of November, gunpowder, treason and plot; for there is a reason why gunpowder and treason should ne'er be forgot." That is how the children's nursery rhyme goes that marks ...

On 5 November 1605, a group of ten activists attempted one of the biggest acts of extremism in British history. One of these men was the now infamous Guy Fawkes, who was tasked with guarding the 36 ...

Who was Anne Vaux and how was she involved in the Gunpowder Plot? Anne Vaux was born in 1562 to parents William Vaux, 3rd Baron Vaux of Harrowden and his first wife, Elizabeth. She is looked back on ...

Every year Guy Fawkes Night is celebrated on November 5 by burning a guy on a bonfire and setting off fireworks, to mark the failed Gunpowder plot to blow up the Houses of Parliament and assassinate ...

Remember, remember… on this day in 1605 Guy Fawkes and his fellow conspirators plan to blow up the Houses of Parliament was foiled Today 420 years ago was supposed to see the State Opening of the ...