There was a plot to blow up the British Houses of Parliament, often referred to as the Gun Powder Plot.
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Guido Fawkes (Guy) in 1605 was close but never got the chance to bomb Parliament, he attempted to, but never succeeded as he was caught, then tortured (hung, drawn and quarted before he was burnt on his own pile of gunpowder, (although i suspect, he wasn't burnt on gun powder) & that is why we have a Guy on a bonfire at Guy Fawkes celebration, pleasant... huh? Check out wikipedia, they have all about him on it.
5th November 1605. An English nursery rhyme starts with "remember, remember the 5th of November, gunpowder, fire and plot."
Thomas Wintour was executed alongside Guy Fawkes.
He was a co conspirator. After the discovery of the plot, Percy was killed at Holbeche House on November 8, 1605.
November 5th, 1605 fell on a Saturday.
England, 1605. November the 5th: The Houses of Parliament, Westminster, London. And the gunpowder plot was an event not a place.
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It happened on the 5th of November 1605.
Just past midnight on the 5th November 1605.
5th of November, 1605.
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One major effect in England during Shakespeare's time was the Gunpowder Plot of 1605, where a group of Catholics attempted to assassinate King James I and members of Parliament. This event may have influenced the themes of power, ambition, and political betrayal in Shakespeare's "Macbeth."
Ulisse Aldrovandi died on November 10, 1605 at the age of 83.
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