Gunpowder Plot

November 5, 1605

Guy Fawkes is arrested for setting up 36 barrels of gunpowder in an attempt to blow up King James I and the English Parliament. They were going to blow up the House of Lords during the State Opening of Parliament. Fawkes was in charge of the explosives, but after authorities were tipped off by an anonymous letter, he was discovered guarding 36 barrels of gunpowder. It was enough to reduce the House of Lords to rubble. Fawkes and his fellow conspirators were then tried and executed.