Tribute to Historical Character Guy Fawkes III

Tribute to historical character Guy Fawkes (* April 13, 1570 in York; † January 31, 1606 in London, also spelled Guido as well as Faux or Faukes) was a Catholic officer of the Kingdom of England who attempted an explosive assassination of its King James I and the English Parliament in London on November 5, 1605. In commemoration of the failure of the so-called Gunpowder Plot, Bonfire Night is held annually in many places in England (especially by Anglicans) with traditional fireworks and torchlight processions. Fawkes served as a soldier for 12 years, gaining proficiency in the use of explosives. In 1593, he enlisted in the army of Archduke Albrecht VII of Habsburg in the Netherlands, where he fought against the Protestants in what became known as the Eighty Years' War. By 1602 he held the rank of ensign; he had been decorated as a brave and determined soldier.

Tribute to historical character Guy Fawkes, Robert Catesby, and their co-conspirators attempted to blow up the English Parliament at the Palace of Westminster in London on November 5, 1605. The reason for this was the persecution to which members of the Catholic Church were subjected. For the assassination, he had already deposited 36 barrels containing more than two tons of black powder in the cellars of the buildings (hence the English name Gunpowder Plot for the assassination), which he had rented as storage space for this purpose. Fawkes planned to use the assassination on the day of the opening of Parliament in the House of Lords to kill King James I and his family, all the members of Parliament, all the bishops of the country and most of the high nobility, and then to free some political prisoners from the Tower of London. A Catholic king was then to be installed.

One of the co-conspirators wrote a warning letter to the Catholic Lord Monteagle, he was advised to stay away from the opening of Parliament. Instead of keeping it secret though, he passed the letter on to the authorities. The conspirators heard about the warning letter but were not dissuaded from their plan after Fawkes assured them that the explosives had not been touched. Tribute to historical character Guy Fawkes and the stored explosives were discovered by Peace Judge Thomas Knyvet on the morning of November 5 during an inspection of the basements under Parliament. Under torture, Fawkes, who had been taken to the Tower, confessed his planned crime and named his co-conspirators, who were executed by hanging, disemboweling, and quartering on January 30, 1606. He shortened his punishment by jumping off the gallows platform with the noose around his neck just before he was pulled up and broke his neck.