Guy Fawkes

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No, he was caught out by one of the King's men hours before he was about to light the gunpowder. One of the plotters sent a letter to the King informing him of the plot. Guy Fawkes was then hanged, drawn and quartered

Born: 1570 in York. Yes, Guy Fawkes was a Yorkshireman.

Baptised: 16th April 1570 at Saint Michael-le-Belfrey, York.

Died: 31st Jan 1606 at Old Palace Yard, Westminster.

Schooled: Saint Peter's in York.

Fawkes left England in 1593 or 1594 for Flanders. He enlisted in the Spanish army under the Archduke Albert of Austria. Fawkes held a post of command when the Spaniards took Calais in 1596 under the orders of King Philip II of Spain.

November 5, 1605, Fawkes was arrested in the cellars of Parliament House.

In 1606 Parliament agreed to make 5th November a day of public thanksgiving and ever since then the day has been celebrated with fireworks and bonfires.

Details of the gunpowder plot:

On 5th November 1605, two years after the death of Queen Elizabeth I, soldiers discovered a man called Guy Fawkes in a cellar under the Houses of Parliament. With him were at least twenty barrels of gunpowder. Guy Fawkes was arrested and tortured. At last he gave way and told his torturers about a plot to blow up Parliament together with the king, James I, his ministers and Members of Parliament. Fawkes was a Roman Catholic who had been angered by the failure of King James, who was after all the son of the Catholic Mary Queen of Scots, to grant more religious toleration to Catholics. He had joined with a group of four other Catholics led by Robert Catesby in the plot to kill the king. Catesby had made the mistake of inviting other Catholics to join the plot. One of these was called Francis Tresham. Tresham wrote a letter to his brother-in-law Lord Monteagle warning him not to go to Parliament and Monteagle told the government. The plot was foiled at the eleventh hour; some of the plotters escaped, some turned King's Evidence and reported on the rest.

The unlucky Fawkes was taken in chains to the Tower of London and beheaded at dawn. He was hanged, drawn and quartered. After Guy was hanged, he was drawn (drug) through the streets of London behind a horse cart. At a public venue, he was then chopped into 'quarters'. The charge was treason, though some people in England prefer to remember Guy as "the only man ever to enter Parliament with honest intentions." In 1606 Parliament agreed to make 5th November a day of public thanksgiving and ever since then it has been known as "Guy Fawkes Night", with people all over Britain letting off fireworks and lighting bonfires. To this day, one of the ceremonies that accompany the opening of a new session of parliament, is the searching of the basement. Parliament somehow made political capital out of the close call, and poor Guy Fawkes is burned in effigy every November 5th on bonfires.

because in in tudor times that name was very popular

Guy comes from the French language and it was obviously favoured by his parents. Fawkes is an old surname which is spelt quite a few ways, such as Folkes

he live in childwood

The king at the time was James I (James VI of Scotland).

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Guy Fawkes was married to Maria Pulleyn. No, Guy Fawkes did not have any children.

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Guy adopted the Italian name Guido while in the Spanish military to sound more Catholic

Five men plotted to kill James I and his advisers by blowing up the Houses of Parliament at the official opening of Parliament. They were led by Robert Catesby. The other plotters were Thomas Percy, Thomas Wintour, John Wright - and Guy Fawkes.

yes and no, there stomach can blow up from being to full,but i don't think you can litterally "BLOW UP".

The opening of parliament in November coincides with a time that traditionally the fallen leaves were burnt in bonfires, as well as all saints eve on 31st October when witches were burnt. The irony is also there as Guy Fawkes tried to use fire to destroy Westminster Palace

they streched him, dislocated his bones, cut him open and burnt his organs in front of him. Then beheaded him and spread his body parts in different locations, to remind people not to commit treason.

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they didn't achieve anything because the got caught but if it did blow it would have been a disaster

The main leader of the group that plotted to blow up the king, was Robert Catesby

People from britian.

And also people from other countries like New Zealand and I think Australia..

Guy Fawkes is celebrated by the britich and british colonies NZ and Aussie are under the Britich Settelment:)

he was tortured to make him name the people who had helped him in his plot.

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.

Scurvy was often treated with the ingestion of fresh limes which were given to those people on transatlantic crossings. This is why people from USA brand people from the UK as "Limey's"

Guy Fawkes Day marks the downfall of the Gunpowder Plot of 5 November 1605, in which a number of Catholic conspirators, including Guy Fawkes, attempted to blow up the Houses of Parliament, in London. Parliament later established November 5 as a national day of thanksgiving. Fireworks traditionally fill the skies over Britain in remembrance of the failure of the Gunpowder Plot.

The rhyme "remember, remember the 5th of November" refers to Guy Fawkes Day, celebrated in England. The full rhyme is:

Remember, Remember the 5th of November,

Gunpowder, Treason and Plot,

I see no reason why Gunpowder, Treason,

Should ever be forgot.

Guy Fawkes was a devout Catholic and James I was a Protestant. The King was the supreme head of the church so the Church of England was Protestant. Guy Fawkes wanted to kill the King so a Catholic King could take his place.

Well, he was important. He fought with the Spanish and he also belonged to a group of English Catholics who planned to assassinate King James.