Gunpowder Plot

From Conservapedia

The Gunpowder Plot of 1605 was the plan by a group of militant Roman Catholics to murder the Protestant King James I of England (James VI of Scotland) and the political leaders of England by blowing up the Palace of Westminster in London - which housed the English parliament - while James was attending the State Opening of Parliament. The plotters, led by Robert Catesby, had rented a house next door to the Palace of Westminster, and, through its cellar, broke into the cellars of the Palace. They were able to place large quantities of gunpowder in barrels in the cellars, supervised by one Guy Fawkes, from York, who had served as an artillery officer with the (Catholic) Spanish armies in the Netherlands. However, one of the plotters tipped off a relation who was due to attend the Opening of Parliament and a search of the Palace and its cellars was ordered. Fawkes was caught red-handed; most of the plotters fled but were either captured or killed in a fight with pursuing forces loyal to the crown. Fawkes and other captured plotters were hanged, drawn and quartered.

Guy Fawkes and his plot were glorified in the anarchist work V for Vendetta.