Date & EventTestable

The Gunpowder Plot (5 November 1605): Guy Fawkes tried to blow up Parliament

From lesson

The Stuarts and the Civil War

From chapter

A Long and Illustrious History

Related questions (1)

easysingle choice

In which year did the Gunpowder Plot take place?

1603

1605

1611

1625

Explanation

The Gunpowder Plot took place on 5 November 1605. 1603 is when James I became king, 1611 is the publication of the King James Bible, and 1625 is when James I died.