Born: c. April 1570 in York
Died: 31 January 1606 in Westminster, London
Remembered for: Conspiring against James I and VI and planning to blow up the House of Lords. Every year on 5 November people mark the anniversary of the failure of the Gunpowder Plot.
Family: Guy Fawkes's father, Edward Fawkes, worked for the Church of England, and his mother was named Edith. In 1568, before Guy was born, Edith gave birth to a daughter who died several weeks later. Guy had two sisters who lived into adulthood, named Anne and Elizabeth.
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