Guy Fawkes (13 April 1570 – 31 January 1606), sometimes known as Guido Fawkes, was a member of a group of Roman Catholic revolutionaries from England who planned to carry out the Gunpowder Plot.Fawkes and the other plotters planned to kill the king, James I, and replace him with a Catholic monarch. The day 5 November 1605 is remembered each year in the UK during Guy Fawkes Night.

