Guy Fawkes Night facts for kids
Guy Fawkes Night, also known as Guy Fawkes Day, Bonfire Night and Firework Night, is an annual commemoration observed on 5 November, primarily in Great Britain.
It's history begins with the events of 5 November 1605, when Guy Fawkes, a member of the Gunpowder Plot, was arrested while guarding explosives the plotters had placed beneath the House of Lords. Celebrating the fact that King James I had survived the attempt on his life, people lit bonfires around London; and months later, the introduction of the Observance of 5th November Act enforced an annual public day of thanksgiving for the plot's failure.
Settlers exported Guy Fawkes Night to overseas colonies, including some in North America, where it was known as Pope Day. Those festivities died out with the onset of the American Revolution.
Guy Fawkes night was banned in most Australian states for safety reasons in the 1980's.
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Images for kids
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An effigy of Fawkes, burnt on 5 November 2010 at Billericay
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Revellers in Lewes, 5 November 2010
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The restoration of the Catholic hierarchy in 1850 provoked a strong reaction. This sketch is from an issue of Punch, printed in November that year.
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A group of children in Caernarfon, November 1962, stand with their Guy Fawkes effigy. The sign reads "Penny for the Guy" in Welsh.
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Spectators gather around a bonfire at Himley Hall near Dudley, on 6 November 2010
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Spectators watch a fireworks display in November 2014
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1768 colonial American commemoration of 5 November 1605
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See also
In Spanish: Noche de Guy Fawkes para niños
