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.
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