1. Gunpowder Plot - Noun
2. Gunpowder Plot - Proper noun
a conspiracy in 1605 in England to blow up James I and the Houses of Parliament to avenge the persecution of Catholics in England; led by Guy Fawkes
Source: WordNetAlthough the information he provided to Salisbury usually amounted to no more than a vague pattern of invasion reports, and included nothing which regarded the Gunpowder Plot, on 21 April he told how Fawkes was to be brought by Tesimond to England. Source: Internet
Fawkes became synonymous with the Gunpowder Plot, the failure of which has been commemorated in Britain since 5 November 1605. Source: Internet
Executions Print of members of the Gunpowder Plot being hanged, drawn and quartered Although Catesby and Percy escaped the executioner, their bodies were exhumed and decapitated, and their heads exhibited on spikes outside the House of Lords. Source: Internet
Gibbons also noted that the infamous Gunpowder Plot arose during the reign of King James, but like prior uprisings, it was averted. Source: Internet
He also notes that the prayer read in churches on anniversaries of the Gunpowder Plot includes words which might have formed part of the basis for the second verse "Scatter our enemies. Source: Internet
Bonfire Night, otherwise known as Guy Fawkes Night, is an annual commemoration observed on November 5 to celebrate the failure of the Gunpowder Plot. Source: Internet