Gunpowder Plot
1605 failed attempt to kill King James I of England
Summary
The Gunpowder Plot of 1605, in earlier centuries often called the Gunpowder Treason Plot or the Jesuit Treason, was an unsuccessful attempted regicide against King James VI of Scotland and I of England by a group of English Catholics, led by Robert Catesby.
Originally created by Nedrichards
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