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Gunpowder Plot

Type Event Region Europe Time 1605

Around 5 November 1605 a group of English Catholics conspired to blow up the Palace of Westminster on the opening day of Parliament, intending to kil…

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  1. 1605Cellars of the Palace of Westminster · LondonThe conspiratorial group led by Robert Catesby rented cellars beneath Parliament, with Guy Fawkes guarding a large quantity of gunpowder, planning to detonate it when the king attended the opening of Parliament.
  2. 1605Palace of Westminster · LondonAfter Lord Monteagle received an anonymous warning letter and reported it to the authorities, Fawkes was arrested in the cellars in the early hours of Parliament's opening day, and the conspiracy was fully exposed.

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