Guy Fawkes

of Guy Fawkes Day: an event taking place in England on the 5th of November each year commemorating the arrest of Guy Fawkes (1570-1606), an English conspirator who, on the 5th of November 1605, took part in a plot to blow up the British Houses of Parliament to kill King James I. The day is celebrated with fireworks and bonfires burning his effigy.