Guy Fawkes
English military personnel
Guy Fawkes, also known as Guido Fawkes while fighting for the Spanish, was a member of a group of provincial English Catholics involved in the failed Gunpowder Plot of 1605. He was born and educated in York; his father died when Fawkes was eight... Wikipedia
Born: April 13, 1570, York, United Kingdom
Died: January 31, 1606 (age 35 years), Westminster, London, United Kingdom
Parents: Edward Fawkes and Edith Fawkes
Siblings: Anne Fawkes and Elizabeth Fawkes
Conviction(s): High treason
Criminal penalty: Hanged, drawn and quartered
Criminal status: Executed
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Everyone knows how Fawkes was caught in the act, imprisoned and tortured at the Tower of London and that he and most of his fellow conspirators suffered a ...
Guy Fawkes was born in 1570 and though his father was a staunch Protestant, his mother married for a second time into a strongly Catholic family.
How is the Gunpowder Plot remembered? The 5 November is variously called 'Firework Night', 'Bonfire Night' or 'Guy Fawkes Day'. An Act of Parliament (3 ...