In 1605, a group of disaffected Catholics plotted to assassinate King James ... Plot' was foiled at the eleventh hour, an event still celebrated annually on 5 November and named for the most ...

View images of the main characters involved in The Gunpowder Plot using the slideshow below. King James I (the first) - the Protestant King of England. He is also called James VI (the sixth ...

In 1605 a group of Catholics plotted to blow up the Houses of Parliament in London with King James I inside and take control of the country. The leader of the Plot was Robert Catesby. The man in ...