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Gunpowder Plot: Quick Facts

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Facts

Date 1605
Location England

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Guy Fawkes; Gunpowder Plot
Engraving of the eight Gunpowder Plot conspirators standing together in hats and cloaks, each labeled with their name above: Bates, Robert Winter, Christopher Wright, John Wright, Thomas Percy, Guy Fawkes, Robert Catesby, Thomas Winter.
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Gunpowder Plot conspirators
Thomas Percy
English conspirator
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English conspirator
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Robert Catesby
English conspirator
Northumberland, Henry Percy, 9th earl of
Henry Percy, 9th earl of Northumberland
English noble
Garnett, engraving by Jan Wierix, early 17th century
Henry Garnett
English conspirator

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