Historical Events

400 Years of Celebration After Plotters Fail to Kill a King

1605 Catholic conspirator Guy Fawkes attempts to blow up King James I and the British Parliament in the Gunpowder Plot. The plot is discovered, and Guy Fawkes is caught, tortured, and later executed along with seven others. Celebrated ever since as Guy Fawkes Day, his effigy is traditionally burned on a bonfire, accompanied by fireworks.

1630 Spain and England sign The Treaty of Madrid, the peace treaty ending the Anglo-Spanish War (1625–1630)

A Treatise of Human Nature

1740 The third volume of philosopher David Hume 's seminal work "A Treatise of Human Nature" is published by Thomas Longman

1854 Crimean War: British & French defeat Russian force of 50,000 at Inkerman

1876 Henry Morton Stanley '

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