an event taking place in England on the 5th of November each year commemorating the arrest of Guy Fawkes (1570 - 1606), an English conspirator who, on the 5th of November 1605, took part in a plot to blow up the British Houses of Parliament to kill King James I. The day is celebrated with fireworks, and bonfires burning his effigy. —SHSBC Binder 19 Approved Glossary