After their infamous plot to destroy parliament was foiled, Guy Fawkes and his co-conspirators received one of the most severe judicial sentences in English history: hanging, drawing and quartering.

The conspirators, including Guy Fawkes after whom the plot is often known, were either killed resisting arrest, or captured and then executed by being hanged, drawn and quartered. Top September 1607 ...

One of the conspirators, Guy Fawkes, was tasked with igniting this huge bomb. It is Fawkes' effigy that is still burned on 5 November bonfires to this day. «; ... British History Timeline.

Every year on November 5, skies across England, Scotland and Wales are illuminated by fireworks as Brits head out into the night to enjoy Guy Fawkes Night celebrations.

Guy Fawkes Night is celebrated on Nov. 5 in the U.K. Its history dates back to 1605 and a foiled assassination attempt that could have changed history Bonfires, fireworks and a plot to kill a king ...

As Guy Fawkes walked to the gallows on January 31, 1606, doomed to execution for his part in an unsuccessful attempt to blow up London’s Houses of Parliament, no one knew just what was going ...

It is a commonly held piece of etymology that Fawkes’ name is the origin of the use of “guy” as slang for “man” — and, by extension, of the phrase “you guys.” Originally Published ...