00:00 Members of the Catholic Resistance in England plotted to blow up parliament and the king on November 5th in order to restore a Catholic monarch to the throne, but their plan was foiled and their demise has been celebrated for the last 400 years.

02:07 The Gunpowder Plot was hatched by Catholics who wanted to blow up the King and Parliament in order to put James' Catholic daughter on the throne.

03:51 Catsby recruits Thomas Wintour and Jack Wright into the plot, but their attempt to gain support from Spain fails, and they are joined by Thomas Percy before taking an oath of secrecy and using a building in Westminster to store gunpowder.

05:32 In October 1605, the Gunpowder Plotters finalized their plans, including moving more gunpowder under the House of Lords, planning a revolt in the Midlands, and sending an anonymous warning letter to Baron Monteagle.

07:18 The authorities discovered Guy Fawkes hiding in the undercroft of the House of Lords with fuses and gunpowder, leading to his arrest and the revelation of the entire Gunpowder Plot.

09:00 The aftermath of the Gunpowder Plot resulted in the execution of eight conspirators and increased restrictions on Catholics in England, leading to the Observance of 5th November Act 1605, which made November 5th a holiday known as Guy Fawkes Day, where effigies of Guy Fawkes are burned on bonfires and fireworks are displayed, a tradition that continues unofficially to this day.

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