miércoles, 5 de noviembre de 2014

BONFIRE NIGHT

What is Bonfire Night?

  • Bonfire Night is derived from the traditional Guy Fawkes Night celebrations.
  • It is a celebration which remembers the failed Gunpowder Plot to blow up the Houses of Parliament in London on 5th November 1605.
  • The Gunpowder Plot aimed to kill the Protestant King and replace him with a Catholic Queen.

    What happened on 5th November 1605?

    • An anonymous letter was sent to some Catholics warning them to stay away from the House of Lords.
    • A search of rented storerooms underneath the Houses of Parliament was ordered by the King on the 5th November.
    • Guy Fawkes was found guarding explosives which had been placed underneath the House of Lords and hidden with wood and coal. He was part of a group of Catholics who had plotted to commit treason and kill the Protestant King of England, James I, by blowing up the Houses of Parliament with Gunpowder.
    • Guy Fawkes was 35 years old. He was tortured until he revealed the names of the other conspirators. He was later executed along with the other conspirators.