Accessibility Links

  • Skip to Main Content
  • Skip to Main Navigation
  • Skip to Footer
Subscribe Directory Newsletter History quizzes
Sign In Register
Sign In Register
Settings Sign out
My account
There seems to be a problem, please try again.

Thank you for registering to HistoryExtra

If you subscribe to BBC History Magazine Print or Digital Editions then you can unlock 10 years’ worth of archived history material fully searchable by Topic, Location, Period and Person. Please enter your number below.

Or skip this step

You have successfully linked your account!

Success!

Thank you for subscribing to HistoryExtra, you now have unlimited access. You will shortly receive a receipt for your purchase via email.
Visit My Account to manage your subscription, profile and preferences.
There seems to be a problem, please try again.

Thank you for registering to HistoryExtra

History Extra Logo

The official website for BBC History Magazine and BBC History Revealed

    Period
    Period
    View all Period
    Roman
    Viking
    Anglo-Saxon
    Medieval
    Tudor
    Second World War
    View all Periods
    People
    People
    View all People
    Tutankhamun
    Richard III
    Henry VIII
    Elizabeth I
    Queen Victoria
    Winston Churchill
    View all People
    Topics
    Topics
    View all Topics
    Kings and queens
    Weird and wonderful
    Sex and love
    Social history
    Religious history
    Women's history
    Historical Q&As
    Heritage visits
    View all Topics
    Podcast
    Podcast
    View all Podcast
    Everything you ever wanted to know about...
    Unravelling the Bayeux Tapesty
    Princes in the tower
    Exclusive podcasts
    Podcast transcripts
    TV & Film
    Events
    Events
    View all Events
    Virtual history events
    Medieval Life and Death
    Magazines
    Magazines
    View all Magazines
    BBC History Magazine
    BBC World Histories Magazine
    BBC History Revealed
    Special editions
    About us
    Subscribe
    Subscribe
    Directory
    Newsletter
    History quizzes
    1. Home
    2. Guy Fawkes

    Guy Fawkes

    Who was Guy Fawkes, the conspirator most closely associated with the Gunpowder Plot of 1605? Find out more from our articles below…

    Guy Fawkes and the men behind the gunpowder plot. Guy Fawkes, best known of the conspirators, is third from the right. (Print Collector/Getty Images)
    Stuart

    Why did the 1605 gunpowder plot fail? 9 big questions about the conspiracy to blow up parliament

    The arrest of Guy Fawkes. (Photo by Culture Club/Getty Images)
    Stuart

    Alternate history: what if… the gunpowder plot had succeeded?

    A late 16th century portrait of Anne Boleyn (c.1500-1536)
    Victorian

    Anne Boleyn, Beefeaters, Guy Fawkes and the princes: a brief history of the Tower of London

    Advertisement
    The Kray brothers
    Victorian

    The A-Z of British gangs and gangsters

    Guy Fawkes was a conspirator in the gunpowder plot to destroy the Houses of Parliament, c1606. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
    Stuart

    Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot: everything you need to know

    Fireworks on Guy Fawkes Day c1800
    Stuart

    A very short history of bonfire night

    An illustration of the Gunpowder Plot principal conspirators, copied from a rare print published at the time (5 November 1605). (Photo by Fototeca Gilardi/Getty Images).
    Stuart

    Bonfire Night: a 400-year-old political hot potato

    The Monteagle letter, which shares a warning about the Gunpowder Plot. (National Archives)
    Stuart

    In their own words: 6 of history’s most fascinating letters

    Podcast-Website-large-Greig-Cooper-b8ff6ad
    Stuart

    The Gunpowder Plot

    Advertisement
    Gunpowder plotters. (Getty Images)
    Stuart

    Everything you know about 17th-century London is wrong

    Guy-F-2-4499e73
    Stuart

    Guy Fawkes “is like a modern-day jihadist,” says counter-terrorism expert

    Coughton Court, an English country house
    Stuart

    History explorer: The gunpowder plot

    Picture depicting the arrest of Guy Fawkes
    Stuart

    What if Guy Fawkes had succeeded?

    podcast-logo-2013-250x175_57-fe99d8f
    Stuart

    The Gunpowder Plot and the First World War

    Banqueting House, London, where Charles I was executed on 30 January 1649. (Photo by Angelo Hornak/Corbis via Getty Images)
    Stuart

    9 places associated with Guy Fawkes and the gunpowder plot

    Want to be updated when there is HistoryExtra news?

    Sign up to receive our newsletter!

    Thanks! You're now subscribed to our newsletter.

    By entering your details, you are agreeing to HistoryExtra terms and conditions and privacy policy. You can unsubscribe at any time.

    Site footer

    History Extra Logo
    • Visit us on Facebook
    • Visit us on Twitter
    • Visit us on Instagram
    • Subscribe to our RSS feed
    • Terms & Conditions
    • Privacy Policy
    • Cookie Policy
    • Code of Conduct
    • Subscribe
    • FAQ
    • Contact Us
    • Vacancies
    • Licensing
    • Find Us
    • Manage cookies
    Immediate Media
    History Extra is owned and published by Immediate Media Company Limited. BBC History Magazine and BBC World Histories Magazine are published by Immediate Media Company Limited under licence from BBC Studios Distribution. © Immediate Media Company Ltd 2021.
    Partner logo