History Series: Guy Fawkes

History of Guy Fawkes Night

How Gunpowder Mixed with Parliament

Bill Petro
Published in
4 min readNov 4, 2023

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Guy Fawkes, by Crispijn van de Passe the Elder. Image: Wikicommons

For my friends across the Pond.

November 5th is known as “Bonfire Night” or “Guy Fawkes Night.” All over Britain, people shoot off fireworks, light bonfires, and burn effigies of Guy Fawkes. Guido Fawkes was an Englishman who, in popular legend, tried to blow up…

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Bill Petro
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Writer, historian, technologist. Former Silicon Valley tech exec. Author of fascinating articles on history, tech, pop culture, & travel. https://billpetro.com