On This Day In History - 27th January
Humorous History Presents: ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY - 27th January On This Day in 1606, Guy Fawkes, along with a few of his other Gunpowder Plot conspirators , was put on trial for attempting to blow up the Houses of Parliament and killing King James I. Remember, remember, the fifth of November, Gunpowder, treason and plot. I see no reason why gunpowder treason Should ever be forgot. In front of a roaring fire, the wood crackling away and spitting embers onto the stone floors, Thirteen conspirators met in secret during the dark nights of 1604. They planned a meticulous strategy to transport 36 barrels of explosive gunpowder into the tunnels beneath the Houses of Parliament. Guy Fawkes would be entrusted to guard and set the fuses, and a route for his escape was mapped out. The king would die. Parliament would be destroyed. The old order of the Catholic Church would be restored with the King's nine-year-old daughter raised t...