Guy Fawkes was born in April 1570 in York. Although his immediate family were all Protestants, in keeping with the accepted religious practice in England at the time, his maternal grandparents ...

Guy Fawkes, sometimes known as Guido Fawkes, was one of several men arrested for attempting to blow up London’s Houses of Parliament on November 5, 1605.

Guy Fawkes met his end on January 31, 1606, in an execution that didn't exactly go to plan. History knows Fawkes as the man who led the ring of mavericks that tried to blow the Houses of ...

And yet, he has his own holiday — Guy Fawkes Night — which, despite the reasoning, seems a bit counterintuitive. Regardless, Fawkes is an important figure in British history, ...

We discover what happened to Guy Fawkes and some of the other plotters and how the events led to modern-day celebrations. BBC Teach. KS1 History topics.

After their infamous plot to destroy parliament was foiled, Guy Fawkes and his co-conspirators received one of the most severe judicial sentences in English history: hanging, drawing and quartering.

Every year on November 5, skies across England, Scotland and Wales are illuminated by fireworks as Brits head out into the night to enjoy Guy Fawkes Night celebrations.

Sharpe, author of “Remember, Remember: A Cultural History of Guy Fawkes Day,” suggests that the act of law, which stipulated a thanksgiving church service, was a big factor in the celebrations ...