History: Who is 'Guy Fawkes' and some interesting facts about Bonfire Night

Bonfire Night has been celebrated in Great #Britain for a stunning 414 years.

Bonfire Night was celebrated since 1605.

Members of the public lit humungous bonfires across Great Britain to celebrate the authorities preventing the would be treasonous killing of King James I.

The refusal to celebrate Bonfire Night was a criminal offense until 1959, however, it was prohibited to set off fireworks or light bonfires during that time so was celebrated behind closed doors to stop any enemies from knowing where celebrators were.

Guy Fawkes is well known for his attempted sinister acts to blow up parliament with King James I inside. He was also known as 'Guido Fawkes'. Guy Fawkes is mostly known for his attempt to carry out the prevented Gunpowder Plot of 1605, however, luckily, the act was stopped and that's why we celebrate Bonfire Night.

Guy Fawkes was born in 1570, educated in #York, and died on #January 31st, 1606, aged 36.

King Henry VII was the world's first person to launch a fireworks display.

People take part in the tradition, primarily in the #UK, by making a Guy Fawkes shaped object or drawing and burn it on a bonfire.

Guy Fawkes was sentenced to quartering, hanging, and drawn after he confessed to his attempted treason. However, he somehow managed to leap from the gallows to attempt to prevent his death sentence, but unfortunately for him, he fell and broke his neck, dying instantly.

If the treasonous killing had have taken place, it would have been the most serious terrorist act ever carried out in the United Kingdom.

Guy Fawkes was a Catholic conspirator.

The commonly sung Bonfire Night term, "remember, remember, the 5th of #November, was a quote from Alan Moore.