It is a celebration of the arrest and conviction of Guy (Guido) Fawkes who - with others - planned to blow up the Houses of Parliament in 1605. The date is known as Bonfire Night or Guy Fawkes night when an effigy of Guy Fawkes (a Guy) is burned on bonfires throughout the country and fireworks are also ignited in celebration. Guy Fawkes was put to death by being burned at the stake. The displays are particularly appealing to children who learn a little rhyme; Remember, remember the 5th of November, gunpowder, treason and plot. Its origins are a bit gruesome but most people don't think of the original reason for the celebration.
Fireworks and Bonfires are lit in honour of Guy Fawkes, who tried to burn down the Houses of Parliament in the Gunpowder Plot of 1605.
Guy Fawkes day, November 5, is celebrated in England with fireworks and bonfires, on which effigies of the Fawkes are burned.
Guy Forkes was burned to the stake. The day that we now refered to as bonfire night.
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England, 1605. November the 5th: The Houses of Parliament, Westminster, London. And the gunpowder plot was an event not a place.
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Bonfire Night is celebrated on November 5th in the United Kingdom to mark the foiling of the Gunpowder Plot in 1605, where Guy Fawkes attempted to blow up the Houses of Parliament. It is also known as Guy Fawkes Night or Fireworks Night.
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Guy Fawkes is usually commemorated in England by a large bonfire, and letting off fireworks, on November 5th each year. Since the 1980's it has become commonplace for the celebration to be transferred to the nearest Saturday to November 5th - but this is a recent innovation.