The discovery came after a tip-off to a Catholic politician led to an inspection of the cellars under parliament.įawkes was swiftly taken into custody at the Tower of London and interrogated until he eventually gave up his coconspirators. He was the one guy in the plot unlucky enough to be discovered late on November 4 with dozens of barrels of gunpowder hidden under where the king would sit the next day. The plot failed, which was particularly unfortunate for Fawkes. Guy Fawkes was part of a Catholic plot to kill a Protestant king and his English lords. It’s easy to forget that this celebration has grim roots. On this day, the UK celebrates the foiling of a plot to kill King James I in 1605 by lighting fireworks and, in a morbid twist, burning an effigy of poor Guy. It’s Guy Fawkes Day–here’s his signature before and after he was tortured by Adam Taylor the Business Insider
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