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Gunpowder Plot (1605)

A plot to blow up Parliament and kill King James I, discovered on 5 November 1605 and commemorated every Bonfire Night.

Key facts

Plot to blow up Parliament and kill King James I, discovered on 5 November 1605.
Commemorated every year on Bonfire Night, with fireworks and burning an effigy.

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