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Gunpowder Plot: The trial of Guy Fawkes and other conspirators begins, ending with their execution on January 31.
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Gunpowder Plot
Failed 1605 attempt to assassinate King James I
The Gunpowder Plot of 1605, in earlier centuries often called the Gunpowder Treason Plot or the Jesuit Treason, was an unsuccessful attempted regicide against King James VI of Scotland and I of England by a group of English Roman Catholics, led by Robert Catesby, who considered…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Guy Fawkes
English participant in the 1605 Gunpowder Plot
Guy Fawkes, also known as Guido Fawkes while fighting for the Spanish, was a member of a group of provincial English Catholics involved in the failed Gunpowder Plot of 1605. He was born and educated in York; his father died when Fawkes was eight years old, after which his mother…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
January 27
Day of the year
January 27 is the 27th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 338 days remain until the end of the year.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)