Guy Fawkes
Night, also known as Guy
Fawkes Day, Bonfire Night and Firework Night, is an annual
commemoration observed on 5th November, primarily in Great Britain. Its history begins with the events of 5th November 1605, when Guy Fakes,
a member of the Gunpowder Plot, was arrested while guarding
explosives the plotters had placed beneath the House of Lords in Westminster . Celebrating the fact that King James 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.
