On this night, the fifth after Halloween, notes the failure of the Gunpowder Plot, when a group of Catholic conspirators attempted to blow up the British Parliament in London. On the night of November 5, 1605, during a speech from the throne of the Protestant King James I, when, apart from him, in the building of the House of Lords attended to members of both Houses of Parliament and the High Representative of the judiciary of the country.Guy Fawkes tried to set fire in the basement of the Palace of Westminster barrels of gunpowder. One of the partners has warned the royal Lord William Parker, 4th Baron Monteagle, of the planned explosion, and said that he did not come the next day at the palace building. He decided to save not only their lives, but also the royal life. He warned the king, and the next day he was arrested and Guy otvezёn the Tower.In Britain, Guy Fawkes night fireworks and lit fires, which burn an effigy of Guy Fawkes. On the eve of the children begging for coins "for the great Man Guy", to buy firecrackers.