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Guy Fawkes Night, also known as Guy Fawkes Day, Bonfire Night and Fireworks Night, is an annual commemoration observed on 5 November, primarily in Great Britain, involving bonfires and fireworks displays.
Guy Fawkes Day, British observance, celebrated on November 5, commemorating the failure of the Gunpowder Plot of 1605. Guy Fawkes Day is celebrated with parades, fireworks, bonfires, and food. Straw effigies of Fawkes are tossed on a bonfire, as are those of contemporary political figures.
Guy Fawkes ( / fɔːks /; 13 April 1570 – 31 January 1606), [a] also known as Guido Fawkes while fighting for the Spanish, was a member of a group of provincial English Catholics involved in the failed Gunpowder Plot of 1605.
Nov 5, 2012 · Observed in the United Kingdom every year on November 5, Guy Fawkes Day—also called Bonfire Night or Fireworks Night—commemorates a failed assassination attempt from more than 400 years ago.
Nov 5, 2022 · Guy Fawkes, sometimes known as Guido Fawkes, was one of several men arrested for attempting to blow up London’s Houses of Parliament on November 5, 1605. Fawkes and company were Catholics...
Nov 5, 2021 · On November 5, people across Great Britain celebrate Guy Fawkes Night with bonfires and fireworks. But who was Guy Fawkes and why does he have a celebration named after him?
Every 5 November in Britain on Guy Fawkes Day, we remember the Gunpowder Plot of 1605, when Guy Fawkes and fellow Catholic conspirators attempted to blow up Parliament and assassinate James I of England.
Jun 17, 2024 · The British celebration of Guy Fawkes Day (November 5) includes fireworks, masked children begging “a penny for the guy,” and the burning of little effigies of the conspirator.
Nov 9, 2009 · Guy Fawkes Day —also referred to as Guy Fawkes Night or Bonfire Night—is now celebrated annually across Great Britain each November 5 in remembrance of the Gunpowder Plot. As dusk falls,...
Nov 5, 2014 · Nov 5, 2014, 11:40 AM PST. This evening, millions of people in Great Britain (and some people elsewhere) will celebrate Guy Fawkes Night by setting off fireworks and building bonfires. Many...
