History of the Gunpowder Plot
& Guy Fawkes Night

Four hundred years ago, in 1605, a man called Guy Fawkes and a group of plotters attempted to blow up the Houses of Parliament in London with barrels of gunpowder placed in the basement. They wanted to kill King James and the king’s leaders.
Guy Fawkes was given the job to keep watch over the barrels of gunpowder and to light the fuse. 

On the morning of 5th November, soldiers discovered Guy hidden in the cellar and arrested him. The trail of gunpowder at his feet would never be lit.
The event is still commemorated annually in England on 5th November by fireworks and burning "guys"(effigies) on bonfires.