England had been a Catholic country until ... Sharpe, author of “Remember, Remember: A Cultural History of Guy Fawkes Day,” suggests that the act of law, which stipulated a thanksgiving ...

Guy Fawkes Day, the date on which a small band of religious militants decided to blow King James I to smithereens and create an absolute religious monarchy on the people of England. The elements ...

Pretty much everyone in the UK knows about Guy Fawkes, the conspirator who almost ... in what was called Pope Day. Fawkes’ reputation has evolved over time, and some now see him as a ...

Guy Fawkes Day, which happens each November 5th ... Well, the same thing happened (or almost happened) clear back in 1605 in England. On the night of November 4th, 1605, a fellow named Guy ...

George Washington called Guy Fawkes Day a grave insult to America's Catholics ... died trying to restore a Catholic to the throne of England. The Guy Fawkes gunpowder plot of 1605 has been ...

On 5 November every year, the effigy of Guy Fawkes is still burned on bonfires across England in recognition ... for the opening of parliament the next day. The foiling of the plot had been ...

Upon his return to England, he is believed to have become ... and the day shifted from being known as Gunpowder Treason Day to Guy Fawkes Day. The effigies have become less popular, with November ...

Guy Fawkes day is celebrated in the UK along with a number of countries that were formerly part of the British Empire. On Bonfire Night people throw straw dummies that are meant to represent Guy ...

England had been a Catholic country until Tudor King Henry ... Sharpe, author of “Remember, Remember: A Cultural History of Guy Fawkes Day,” suggests that the act of law, which stipulated a ...