Guy Fawkes
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- | {{Template}} | + | {{Template}}'''Guy Fawkes''' ([[13 April]] [[1570]] – [[31 January]] [[1606]]) sometimes known as '''Guido Fawkes''', was a member of a group of [[Roman Catholic]] revolutionaries from [[England]] who planned to carry out the [[Gunpowder Plot]]. The plot was an attempt to blow up the [[Houses of Parliament]], which would displace [[Protestant]] rule by killing King [[James I of England]] and the entire Protestant [[aristocracy]], on [[5 November]] [[1605]]. |
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