On 13 April 1570, Guy Fawkes was born in York.
Today famous for his part in the plot to blow up Parliament and kill King James I, Fawkes was born to a Protestant father and Catholic mother. Raised a Protestant, his family converted to Catholicism when he was just 11 years old. This early conversion laid the seed for his involvement in religious conflict as an adult, and eventually led to his role in the Gunpowder Plot of 1605.
The conspirators planned to blow up Parliament during its State Opening on 5 November, when the King, Queen and their heir would all be present. They then hoped to offer the crown to the King’s 9-year-old daughter Princess Elizabeth and return the country to Catholicism.
The plot famously failed and Fawkes was imprisoned in the Tower of London, where he was tortured before being hanged, drawn and quartered outside Westminster Hall.
Discover the journey that lead to Guy Fawkes' discovery in a vault filled with gunpowder: bit.ly/GuyFawkesTOL
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