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Gunpowder Plotter Guy Fawkes faces execution after conspirators detonate a cache
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January 31

Guy Fawkes Executed: Gunpowder Plot Ends on Scaffold

Gunpowder Plotter Guy Fawkes faces execution after conspirators detonate a cache of explosives beneath the House of Lords to blow up King James I and Parliament. This failed assassination attempt cemented annual celebrations of bonfires and fireworks across Britain, embedding a tradition of public vigilance against treason into the national calendar.

January 31, 1606

420 years ago

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