The Catholic conspirator jumped or fell from the gallows on this day in 1606, breaking his neck before the executioner could ...

Getty Images This engraving depicts the 1886 Lewes Bonfire - and some elements look very familiar To some extent, the answer lies in history stemming back even further than Guy Fawkes's failed bid ...

In Lewes, notorious for its riotous celebrations, four bonfire societies began to organise ... Fireworks Night was synonymous with Guy Fawkes Day and was an established family event.

As the UK marks Bonfire Night, one woman describes how ... Over 400 years ago, on 5 November 1605, Guy Fawkes was arrested while guarding explosives that he and his fellow Gunpowder Plotters ...

In January 1606, the U.K. Parliament established November 5 as a day of public thanksgiving. Today we celebrate November 5 as Guy Fawkes Night or Bonfire Night by lighting bonfires, setting off ...

Bonfire Night in United States can be one of the most exciting nights of the year. There are loads of Guy Fawkes events in United States and no matter what the weather's like, you can always be ...

Bonfire Night - also known as Guy Fawkes Night or Fireworks Night - is ... A few months later the Observance of November 5 Act made the day an annual celebration of the plot's failure.

Themes: Celebrating special days; Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot of 1605; remaining safe on Bonfire Night ... 1605. On this day, a group of men planned to blow up the Houses of Parliament ...

It's Guy Fawkes Day! On this day, the UK celebrates the foiling of a plot to kill King James I in 1605 by lighting fireworks and, in a morbid twist, burning an effigy of poor Guy. It's easy to ...

A furious mother has blasted the council for dishing out a £400 littering fine to her son after he put a cardboard box in a bonfire on Guy Fawkes night ... littering that day, but we've always ...

What pushed Guy Fawkes over the edge? What pushed Guy Fawkes over the edge? What turned him from a radical who wanted change to an extremist willing to kill? Foreign correspondent Jason Burke has ...