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Showing posts with label Guy Fawkes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Guy Fawkes. Show all posts
Saturday, September 10, 2016

Everything you know about 17th-century London is wrong

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History Extra Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plotters, 1605. Contrary to popular belief, Guy Fawkes was not executed for masterminding ...
Saturday, April 9, 2016

Anne Boleyn, Guy Fawkes and the princes: a brief history of the Tower of London

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History Extra 'The Young Princes in the Tower', 1831. (Photo by The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images) ...
Wednesday, January 27, 2016

History Trivia - Guy Fawkes trial begins

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January 27 1606 Gunpowder Plot: The trial of Guy Fawkes and other conspirators began, ending with their execution on January 31.
Saturday, January 31, 2015

History Trivia - Gunpowder Plotters hanged, drawn and quartered at Westminster.

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January 31   36 BC Antonia Minor, daughter of Mark Antony and Octavia Minor was born. 314 Silvester I began his reign as Pope...
Tuesday, January 27, 2015

History Trivia - temple of Castor and Pollux, the Heavenly Twins, dedicated

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January 27 484 BC, the temple of Castor and Pollux, the Heavenly Twins, was dedicated. 98 Trajan became Roman Emperor after the de...
Friday, January 31, 2014

History Trivia - Guy Fawkes executed

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January 31    36 BC Antonia Minor, daughter of Mark Antony and Octavia Minor was born. 314 Silvester I began his reign as Pope of th...
Monday, January 27, 2014

History Trivia - The trial of Guy Fawkes begins

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January 27 484 BC, the temple of Castor and Pollux, the Heavenly Twins, was dedicated. 98 Trajan became Roman Emperor after the deat...
Tuesday, November 5, 2013

History Trivia - Guy Fawkes Day

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November 5 1219 The port of Damietta (Egypt) fell to the Crusaders after a siege. 1530 St Felix Flood ravaged the Dutch coast, destr...