The Gunpowder Plot. This man is Guy Fawkes. Do you know why he is famous?
Gunpowder Plot Timeline - Ropery Walk Primary School
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13 April 1570
24 March 1603
20 May 1604 March 1605
26 October 1605
1st November
1605
4th November
1605
5th November
1605
31 January 1606
Guy Fawkes in born in
York.
King James I is
crowned King Of England.
Guy Fawkes, Robert Catesby and some other men meet in the Duck and Drake pub for the
first time. They begin to discuss
their plan to blow up the Houses Of Parliament.
The group rent a
cellar under the House of Lords. They hide 36 barrels
of gunpowder
under bundles of firewood.
Lord Monteagle receives a
letter warning him
not to attend the opening of Parliament
on 5th November
1605.
King James I is show the letter
received by Lord
Monteagle.
Robert Cecil, the Secretary of State, orders a search of the Houses
of Parliament.
Guy Fawkes is arrested in the cellar under the Houses of Parliament. He is taken
to the Tower Of London.
Guy Fawkes is executed for treason and is hung, drawn and quartered.
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