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Guy Fawkes

One of the conspirators in the 1605 Gunpowder Plot, caught guarding the explosives.

Key facts

One of the conspirators in the 1605 Gunpowder Plot, caught guarding the explosives.
His effigy is traditionally burned on bonfires on 5 November.

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