Bonfire Night

London and Bonfire Night

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November 10th 2008
Bonfire Night in London. For those who don't know Bonfire Night or Guy Fawkes Night celebrates the Gunpowder Plot. Its name is given to the conspiracy to blow up the Houses of Parliament on 5 November 1605, which was discovered the night before. The plot centred around five conspirators, Robert Catesby, Thomas Winter, Thomas Percy, John Wright and Guy (or Guido) Fawkes, later joined by Rober ... read more

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Great Britain, the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science. At its zenith, the British Empire stretched over one-fourth of the ear... ... read more