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Did Guy Falkes invent fireworks

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Anonymous

13y ago
Updated: 8/19/2019

No. Guy Fawkes did not invent fireworks. They date back to 7th century China.

Guy Fawkes (13 April 1570 - 31 January 1606), a catholic, was have involved in the plot to blow up the Houses of Parliament during the State Opening of Parliament by James I in an attempt to kill the king, who was a protestant,and restore the catholic monarchy to England. Fireworks are now often set off on 5 November in memory of this attempted act of treason. Due to an anonymous tip-off, warning a Member of Parliament to stay away from the State Opening, Parliament was searched in the early hours of 5 November 1605, and Guy Fawkes was caught in the cellars as he guarded the barrels of gunpowder.

Following his trial Fawkes was sentenced to be hung, drawn and quartered, but just before the noose was placed over his neck, he jumped from the scaffold and broke his necki in the fall, thereby sparing himself the agony of being drawn and quartered.

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