YearrooWhen was Guy Fawkes caught in the Gunpowder Plot?
160517th century · 1600s
Guy Fawkes is caught in the Gunpowder Plot.
He was guarding barrels of gunpowder under Parliament. Britain still marks it every November 5.
1605
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