Guy Fawkes

This week we are learning about Guy Fawkes. Guy Fawkes is a celebration of bonfires, fireworks and lights. It is celebrated after Guy/Guido Fawkes' failed attempt to blow up parliament known as 'The Failed Gunpowder Plot of 1606'. Fawkes was a member of 13 English Catholics led by Robert Catesby who planned to kill King James and replace him with his own daughter Princess Elizabeth. In 1606 the group made their way into a cellar beneath the parliament and loaded it with barrels of gunpowder ready to blow. An anonymous note was sent to the king as a warning of their plans and soon Fawkes was captured on November the 5th, the day we celebrate Guy Fawkes night. We celebrate his capture even after 400 years.