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Gunpowder Plot

The Gunpowder Plot of 1605, in earlier centuries often called the Gunpowder Treason Plot or the Jesuit Treason, was an unsuccessful attempted regicide against King James VI of Scotland and I of England by a group of English Catholics, led by Robert Catesby.

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Location
London, England
Date
5 November 1605
Outcome
Failure, plotters executed (some posthumously).
Participants
Robert Catesby, John and Christopher Wright, Robert and Thomas Wintour, Thomas Percy, Guy Fawkes, Robert Keyes, Thomas Bates, John Grant, Ambrose Rookwood, Sir Everard Digby and…
Type
Bombing, terrorism

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related to Reaction · 51
Gunpowder Plot → Anne Vaux, Bates, Catholic, Catholics, Digby, Elizabeth I's, Elizabeth Vaux, Enfield Chase, English, English Catholics, Garnet, Gerard, Habingtons, Harrowden, He, Hindlip Hall, Holbeche House, Houses, In, James
related to Trials · 51
Gunpowder Plot → Attorney-General Sir Edward Coke, Bates, By, Catesby, Catholics, Coke, Coke's, Common Pleas, Commons, Devonshire, Earls, Exchequer, Fawkes's, Garnet, Garnet's, Gatehouse Prison, Gerard, He, House, Jesuit Treason
related to External links · 27
Gunpowder Plot → Archived, BBC History, Commons Journal, February, Gunpowder Plot Had Succeeded, Guy Fawkes, Guy Fawkes Search, House, Hutton, ITV's Exploding, Legend, National Biography, Nicholls, November, Original Thanksgiving Act, Oxford Dictionary, Parliament, Parliamentary Archives, Parliamentary ArchivesPhotograph, Parliamentary ArchivesThe Gunpowder Plot
related to Accusations of state conspiracy · 23
Gunpowder Plot → Bishop, Catholic, English Catholics, Francis Edwards's, Gardiner, Gerard, Guy Fawkes, In, John Gerard, King, Lincoln, Many, Salisbury, Salisbury's, Samuel Gardiner, Secretary Cecil, Stonyhurst College, Subsequent, Such, The Popish Plot
related to Aftermath · 19
Gunpowder Plot → Allegiance, Although, Catholic, Catholics, Elizabethan, England, Garnet, Gowrie, In, James I's, James's, Macbeth, Oath, Parliament, Pope, Popish Recusants Act, Spanish, The, William Shakespeare
related to Reconstructing the explosion · 15
Gunpowder Plot → According, Advantica-owned Spadeadam, Calculations, Even, Exploding, Fawkes, House, In, ITV, King James, Legend, Lords, The, The Gunpowder Plot, Westminster Abbey
Date · 1
Gunpowder Plot → 5 November 1605
Location · 1
Gunpowder Plot → London, England
Outcome · 1
Gunpowder Plot → Failure, plotters executed (some posthumously).
Participants · 1
Gunpowder Plot → Robert Catesby, John and Christopher Wright, Robert and Thomas Wintour, Thomas Percy, Guy Fawkes, Robert Keyes, Thomas Bates, John Grant, Ambrose Rookwood, Sir Everard Digby and…

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plot catesby king catholics fawkes house gunpowder james thomas catholic john would wintour garnet parliament england percy november english london

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Gunpowder PlotDate5 November 16051.00infobox
Gunpowder PlotLocationLondon, England1.00infobox
Gunpowder PlotOutcomeFailure, plotters executed (some posthumously).1.00infobox
Gunpowder PlotParticipantsRobert Catesby, John and Christopher Wright, Robert and Thomas Wintour, Thomas Percy, Guy Fawkes, Robert Keyes, Thomas Bates, John Grant, Ambrose Rookwood, Sir Everard Digby and…1.00infobox
Gunpowder PlotTypeBombing, terrorism1.00infobox
the ringing of church bellsinstance ofThe thwarting of the Gunpowder Plot was commemorated for many years afterwards by special sermons and other public events0.80text
which evolved into the British variant of Bonfire Night of todayinstance ofThe thwarting of the Gunpowder Plot was commemorated for many years afterwards by special sermons and other public events0.80text
George Home to his courtinstance ofHe also appointed Scottish nobles0.80text
which proved unpopular with the Parliament of Englandinstance ofHe also appointed Scottish nobles0.80text
the Privy Council or Star Chamberinstance ofexcept by royal prerogative or a body0.80text
Gunpowder Plotrelated to Accusations of state conspiracyMany0.60section
Gunpowder Plotrelated to Accusations of state conspiracySalisbury0.60section

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