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[[File:The Gunpowder Plot Conspirators, 1605 from NPG.jpg|thumb|300px|A contemporary engraving of eight of the thirteen conspirators, by Crispijn van de Passe. Fawkes is the third from the right.]]
{{quote|''Remember, remember, the Fifth of November;
Gunpowder''The gunpowder treason and plot;
''I know of no reason why the gunpowder treason
''Should ever be forgot.|''|Traditional rhyme''}}
 
Guy or Guido Fawkes (1570-1606) was a member of a band of English Catholics who planned thein 1605 plotplanned the to blow up the English House of Lords, thereby killing the king, James I, as well as many other significant anti-Catholic targets. Their conspiracy became known as the [[wikipedia:Gunpowder Plot|"Gunpowder Plot"]].
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Contrary to popular belief, Fawkes was not the leader of the Gunpowder Plot; the true leader was a charismatic zealot named Robert Catesby. The group of [[Thirteen Is Unlucky|thirteen]] conspirators met in secret at an inn several times through the year 1605. In October, the plot was finalised, but an anonymous letter (generally believed to have been written by Francis Tresham, the thirteenth member of the conspiracy) was sent to Lord Monteagle, telling him of the plot details. The letter was shown to the king on November 1. Four days later, a search party sent by the king found Fawkes in a room under the House of Lords, ready to travel, and carrying the means to set off the barrels of gunpowder hidden under a woodpile in the room. He was arrested and interrogated, during which he claimed to be acting alone. At the order of the King he was moved to the Tower of London, where he was tortured until he broke and confessed on November 7.
Guy or Guido Fawkes (1570-1606) was a member of a band of English Catholics who planned the 1605 plot to blow up the English House of Lords, thereby killing the king, James I.
 
Catesby and several of the other conspirators were shot and killed on November 8 when a force of 200 men beseiged a manor house in which they had taken refuge. The surviving conspirators were brought back to London, where at the end of January 1606 they and Guy Fawkes were tried, condemned and then hanged, drawn and quartered, all within a matter of days.
Contrary to popular belief he was not the leader of the Gunpowder Plot, the true leader was Robert Catesby. The group of [[Thirteen Is Unlucky|thirteen]] met in secret at an inn several times through the year 1605.
 
In subsequent years, it became a British tradition to burn an effigy of Guy Fawkes in a bonfire every November 5th, which is called (reasonably enough) [[wikipedia:Guy Fawkes Night|Guy Fawkes Night]]. (The earliest such celebrations were within two years of Fawkes' arrest; Canterbury's selebrationcelebration in 1607 is particularly well documented.) The tradition has continued to this very day, some four centuries later, and includes masks inspired by Fawkes. The practice was exported to the American colonies but died out there after the Revolutionary War. While there was a decline in celebrating Guy Fawkes Day by the beginning of the 19th century, Victorian England revived and revivified the practice, even expanding on it by adding fireworks to the traditional bonfires.
In October, the plot was finalised, but with one twist; the thirteenth member, Francis Tresham, had sent a letter anonymously to Lord Monteagle, telling him of the plot details. The letter was shown to the king on November 1. Four days later, a search party sent by the king found Fawkes. He was sentenced to be tortured, then hanged, drawn and quartered.
 
In subsequent years, it became a British tradition to burn an effigy of Guy Fawkes in a bonfire every November 5th, which is called (reasonably enough) [[wikipedia:Guy Fawkes Night|Guy Fawkes Night]]. (The earliest such celebrations were within two years of Fawkes' arrest; Canterbury's selebration in 1607 is particularly well documented.) The tradition has continued to this very day, some four centuries later, and includes masks inspired by Fawkes. The practice was exported to the American colonies but died out there after the Revolutionary War. While there was a decline in celebrating Guy Fawkes Day by the beginning of the 19th century, Victorian England revived and revivified the practice, even expanding on it by adding fireworks to the traditional bonfires.
 
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