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Guy Fawkes, illustrazione di George Cruikshank dal romanzo di William Harrison Ainsworth del 1840. Guy Fawkes ( /ˈfɔːks/; York, 13 aprile 1570 – Londra, 31 gennaio 1606) è stato un militare e cospiratore inglese . Noto anche sotto gli pseudonimi di Guido Fawkes (talvolta scritto anche Faux) e John Johnson, era membro di un ...
Guy Fawkes (/ f ɔː k s /; 13 April 1570 – 31 January 1606), 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.
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Guy Fawkes (born 1570, York, England—died January 31, 1606, London) was a British soldier and the best-known participant in the Gunpowder Plot. Its object was to blow up the palace at Westminster during the state opening of Parliament , while James I and his chief ministers met within, in reprisal for increasing oppression of Roman Catholics ...
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- Guy Fawkes was an English conspirator in the 17th-century Gunpowder Plot, an unsuccessful plan to blow up Westminster Palace with King James I and...
- Prior to the 20th century many British subjects viewed Guy Fawkes as a villainous traitor. Guy Fawkes Day celebrations in the United Kingdom someti...
- On the night of November 4–5, 1605, London authorities uncovered the Gunpowder Plot, which implicated Guy Fawkes and four coconspirators. Fawkes wa...
- In January 1606 the British Parliament mandated the observance of Guy Fawkes Day on November 5 to commemorate the failure of the Gunpowder Plot. Ce...
- In the 1980s, British writer Alan Moore and illustrator David Lloyd published V for Vendetta, a graphic novel following an anarchist insurgent name...
5 nov 2020 · Storica. L'esplosiva eredità di Guy Fawkes. Anni di conflitti religiosi in Inghilterra portarono alla Congiura delle polveri del 1605, una cospirazione cattolica che mirava a far saltare in aria il parlamento e uccidere il re. Tredici uomini pianificarono l’attacco, ma solo uno – il famigerato Guy Fawkes – è celebre ancor oggi. James Sharpe.
3 nov 2018 · HISTORY MAGAZINE. Who was Guy Fawkes, the man behind the mask? A popular symbol of protest today, Guy Fawkes was first the face of treason because of his role in the murderous plot to blow...
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9 nov 2009 · The Gunpowder Plot was a failed attempt by Guy Fawkes, Robert Catesby and others to blow up England’s King James I and the British Parliament on November 5, 1605.
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.
