5th November 1605. An English nursery rhyme starts with "remember, remember the 5th of November, gunpowder, fire and plot."
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He tried the blow up the Houses of Parliament in London but he did not succeed.
Guy Fawkes place 36 barrels
Guy Fawkes attempted the Gunpowder Plot in 1605
COCAINE. ALso, he and a group of friends tried to blow up the UK Houses of Parliament in 1605 but he got caught and that is why we have bonfire night and burn a guy on the bonfire!
Guy Fawkes tried to blow up the Houses of Parliament (where Parliament sits) and not the Tower of London (which is a castle and prison at the other end of London) on November 5th 1605. They were hoping to kill many of the Protestant nobility in the house of Lords but was exposed when one of the gang warned a Catholic peer to stay away.