The story started in England in 1603 with a man called Guy Fawkes.
A little group of 13 catholics was created by Robert Catesby.
At that period the catholics were persecuted in England. The group had a plan: it was to blow up the Houses of Parliament and kill the king.
So, they rented a cellar under the house of Lords in the Parliament and they put 36 barrels of gunpowder in this cellar.
On the day of the State Opening of Parliament in 1605 (a day when the king/queen comes to the Parliement to know about the new laws and make a speech), Guy Fawkes had the mission to go in the cellar and to crack the match to blow up the Parliament. But, a few days before, Lord Monteagle received an anonymous letter who said « don’t go to the parliament on the day of the opening because the Parliament will be blown up, say it also to the king ».
So, in 1605, on that day, Guy Fawkes was captured in the cellar and he was taken the the Tower of London where he was tortured.
And on January 31st, 1606 he was executed in front of the Parliament.
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