Guy Fawkes was sentenced to death for his role in the Gunpowder Plot, a conspiracy to kill James I of England, members of the royal family and government officials.

On this day, January 31, in 1606, at Westminster in London, Guy Fawkes, a chief conspirator in the plot to blow up the British Parliament building, jumped to his death moments before his execution ...

Guy Fawkes was caught and fell to his death before he could be executed Credit: Getty Images - Getty. The plotters were: Fawkes, Thomas Bates, Robert and Thomas Wintour, ...

Guy Fawkes execution: ... The 35-year-old then began climbing the ladder up towards the looming noose, but then decided to jump to his death, a final desperate bif to prevent suffering further.

Every year people wonder who was Guy Fawkes and how did he die, so we have pulled together all the firework facts for you right here, you're welcome. Guy Fawkes was a man who tried to blow up ...

Guy "Guido" Fawkes was meant to set the fuse and blow up the Palace of Westminster.. Born in York, England, Fawkes converted to Catholicism following the death of his father and left to become a ...

On Jan. 31, in 1606,Guy Fawkes jumps to his death moments before his execution for his role in the "Gunpowder Plot" to blow up the British Parliament building and King James I. The conspirators ...

Gunpowder plotter Guy Fawkes was famously captured in the cellars underneath Parliament as he planned to blow up the king. In a series looking at the "wonders" of Oxford's museums, the Ashmolean's ...

Despite holding out for several days, Guy Fawkes eventually named his co-conspirators and signed a confession, sentencing himself and three other surviving men to death. ADVERTISEMENT On the 31st of ...