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A Long and Illustrious History › The Tudors and Stuarts
Who was Guy Fawkes?
- A Civil War general who fought for Parliament
- A Catholic conspirator who tried to blow up the Houses of Parliament in 1605
- A Protestant reformer who challenged the Church of England
- A highwayman famous in 17th century England
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Guy Fawkes was one of a group of Catholic conspirators who planned the Gunpowder Plot of 1605, an attempt to blow up the Houses of Parliament and kill King James I during the State Opening. Fawkes was discovered guarding barrels of gunpowder beneath Parliament and was arrested, tortured and executed. His downfall is commemorated annually on 5 November — Bonfire Night — across Britain.