April 13, 1570 - Stonegate, York - Guy Fawkes is born
April 16, 1570 - York - Baptised in the church of St.Michael le Belfrey, York
October 12, 1572 - Stonegate, York - Sister Anne is born
May 27, 1575 - Stonegate, York - Sister Elizabeth is born
January 17, 1579 - York - Edward Fawkes, his father, dies (buried January 17th)
January(?) 1(?), 1588 - Scotton, NW of York - Edith Fawkes marries Dionysius Bainbridge at Scotton, and moves with her son and daughters to that town
January(?) 1(?), 1588 - Scotton, NW of York - Edith Fawkes marries Dionysius Bainbridge at Scotton, and moves with her son and daughters to that town
January(?) 1(?), 1590 - Scotton, NW of York - Guy Fawkes marries Maria Pulleyn
February 6, 1591 - Scotton - Son Thomas Fawkes is born
October 1(?), 1591 - Clifton, York - Fawkes sells his estate in Clifton, York, that he had inherited from his father =(START)
October 14, 1591 - Scotton, NW of York - 21-year-old Fawkes leases 3,5 acres in Clifton to "Christopher Lomley of York"
November(?) 1(?), 1591(?) - Cowdray House, E. of Midhurst, West Sussex - Enters the service of Anthony Browne, 1st Viscount Montagu, as a footman
October 29, 1592 - Cowdray House - Anthony Browne, 1st Viscount Montagu, dies. His grandson Anthony-Maria Browne becomes 2nd Viscount Montagu
November(?) 1(?), 1592 - Cowdray House - Enters the service of Anthony-Maria Browne, 2nd Viscount Montagu, as a footman. Montagu probably introduced Fawkes to the catholic circles
November(?) 1(?), 1591(?) - Cowdray House, E. of Midhurst, West Sussex - Enters the service of Anthony Browne, 1st Viscount Montagu, as a footman
October 29, 1592 - Cowdray House - Anthony Browne, 1st Viscount Montagu, dies. His grandson Anthony-Maria Browne becomes 2nd Viscount Montagu
November(?) 1(?), 1592 - Cowdray House - Enters the service of Anthony-Maria Browne, 2nd Viscount Montagu, as a footman. Montagu probably introduced Fawkes to the catholic circles
January(?) 1(?), 1593(?) - Flanders - Travels to Flanders with his cousin Richard Cowling (who would later become a jesuit priest)
January(?) 1(?), 1594(?) - Flanders - Enlists in the spanish army, joining the english catholic opposer of Elizabeth I, Sir William Stanley =(changeflag)
February 11, 1596 - Brussels - Archduke Albert of Austria makes his entrance in Brussels as Governor General of the spanish Netherlands. By this time, Fawkes becomes an "Alférez", or "junior officer" in Sir William Stanley's irish-english regiment
April 8, 1596 - Calais - The spanish lay siege to Calais
April 24, 1596 - Calais - The spanish army of Archduke of Albert of Austria, led by Don Luis de Velasco storms the citadel. The governor of Calais, Seigneur de Widessan, is executed. The city is captured
May 23, 1596 - Ardres, near Calais - Archduke Albert of Austria takes Ardres from the french
July 15(?), 1596 - Hulst, Netherlands - The forces of Archduke Albert of Austria lay siege to Hulst
August 18, 1596 - Hulst, Netherlands - The spanish capture Hulst and its anglo-dutch garrison
May 13, 1597 - Amiens - Henry IV of France lays siege to Amiens
September 25, 1597 - Amiens - The spanish surrender in Amiens
January(?) 1(?), 1598 - Geldern (German-dutch border) - Sir William Stanley engages in the attempt to raise the siege of Geldern, besieged by Maurice of Nassau
January(?) 1(?), 1598 - Geldern (German-dutch border) - Sir William Stanley engages in the attempt to raise the siege of Geldern, besieged by Maurice of Nassau
July 2, 1600 - Nieuwpoort, Spanish Netherlands - Serves under Colonel Bostock against the dutch at the Battle of Nieuport. He is wounded in the battle
July 5, 1601 - Ostend, Spanish Netherlands - Archduke Albert of Austria lays siege to Ostend
February 16, 1603 - Ostend(?) - Sir William Stanley and welsh spy Hugh Owen, persuade Fawkes to take leave of army of the Archduke and travel to spain to "enlighten King Philip II concerning the true position of the Romanists in England"
April(?) 1(?), 1603 - Brussels(?) - Departs to the Spanish Court at Valladolid with Christopher Wright (under the alias of Anthony Dutton) to plea for an invasion of England
April 17, 1603 - Fontainebleu, France - Anthony Dutton (and Fawkes) is detained by the french authorities on his way to Valladolid
May 15, 1603 - Valladolid, Spain - Anthony Dutton (Christopher Wright) and Guy Fawkes arrive in Valladolid
August 12, 1603 - Valladolid - The Spanish Council of State confirms that Spain would not intervene in England
March(?) 1(?), 1604 - Brussels - While returning from Spain, Fawkes is informed that Thomas Wintour had been asking for him
April 1(?), 1604 - Brussels - Sir William Stanley and Hugh Owen introduce Fawkes to Thomas Wintour, member of a small group of English catholics, led by Robert Catesby, who plan to assassinate the Protestant King James I and replace him with his daughter, Princess Elizabeth
April 10(?), 1604 - Brussels(?) - Fawkes is invited by Robert Catesby to accompany Thomas Wintour to Bergen in order to meet with Juan de Velasco, Constable of Castile, who was on his way to the Court of King James I to discuss a treaty between Spain and England
April 15(?), 1604 - Bergen-op-Zoom - Fawkes accompanies Wintour to Bergen to meet Juan de Velasco, Constable of Castile. The meeting is not encouraging
April 30(?), 1604 - London - Fawkes returns to England with Wintour =(originalflag)
May 20, 1604 - London - First meeting of the conspirators at the "Duck and Drake" inn
May 24, 1604 - London - Thomas Percy, one of the conspirators, chooses a small property near the Prince's Chamber as a base. Fawkes takes charge of the building, posing as Percy's servant and using the pseudonym "John Johnson"
December 11, 1604 - London - The conspirators begin digging a tunnel to the House of Lords
March 1(?), 1605 - London - The conspirators discover that an undercroft immediatly under the House of Lords is available. It is hired by Percy at once
June 9, 1605 - While in London - Thomas Percy is appointed by his patron, the Earl of Northumberland, to the Honorable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms, a mounted troop of 50 bodyguards to the king.
July 20, 1605 - London - 16 more gunpowder barrels are brought to the undercroft beneath the House of Lords
July(?) 30(?), 1605 - Flanders - Dispatched to Flanders, where he informs Hugh Owen, a welsh catholic expatriate, of the Plot
August 30(?), 1605 - London - Returns to England and discovers that the gunpowder stored in the undercroft had decayed
October 18, 1605 - White Webbs, N. of London(?) - Fawkes travels to White Webbs for a meeting with Wintour, Catesby and Tresham
October 26, 1605 - London - William Parker, 4th Baron Monteagle, receives an anonymous letter revealing the plot to blow up the House of Lords
October 30, 1605 - London - Fawkes inspects the undercroft and verifies that everything is in place
November 3, 1605 - London - The conspirators meet in London and agree that it appears the authorities remain unaware of the Plot
November 4, 1605 - London - During a search of the House of the Lords in the evening, Fawkes is discovered guarding 36 barrels of gunpowder, and arrested
November 8, 1605 - London - First confession under torture
November 23, 1605 - London - Second confession under torture
January 27, 1606 - Westminster, London - The trial of eight of the plotters begins
January 31, 1606 - Westminster, London - Guy Fawkes is dragged from the Tower of London to the Old Palace Yard at Westminster. Weakened by torture, he falls (or jumps) from the scaffold where he was to be hanged and breaks his neck, aged 35, avoiding the agony of being "hanged, drawn and quartered" as was custom of the time =(END)
July 5, 1601 - Ostend, Spanish Netherlands - Archduke Albert of Austria lays siege to Ostend
February 16, 1603 - Ostend(?) - Sir William Stanley and welsh spy Hugh Owen, persuade Fawkes to take leave of army of the Archduke and travel to spain to "enlighten King Philip II concerning the true position of the Romanists in England"
April(?) 1(?), 1603 - Brussels(?) - Departs to the Spanish Court at Valladolid with Christopher Wright (under the alias of Anthony Dutton) to plea for an invasion of England
April 17, 1603 - Fontainebleu, France - Anthony Dutton (and Fawkes) is detained by the french authorities on his way to Valladolid
May 15, 1603 - Valladolid, Spain - Anthony Dutton (Christopher Wright) and Guy Fawkes arrive in Valladolid
August 12, 1603 - Valladolid - The Spanish Council of State confirms that Spain would not intervene in England
March(?) 1(?), 1604 - Brussels - While returning from Spain, Fawkes is informed that Thomas Wintour had been asking for him
April 1(?), 1604 - Brussels - Sir William Stanley and Hugh Owen introduce Fawkes to Thomas Wintour, member of a small group of English catholics, led by Robert Catesby, who plan to assassinate the Protestant King James I and replace him with his daughter, Princess Elizabeth
April 10(?), 1604 - Brussels(?) - Fawkes is invited by Robert Catesby to accompany Thomas Wintour to Bergen in order to meet with Juan de Velasco, Constable of Castile, who was on his way to the Court of King James I to discuss a treaty between Spain and England
April 15(?), 1604 - Bergen-op-Zoom - Fawkes accompanies Wintour to Bergen to meet Juan de Velasco, Constable of Castile. The meeting is not encouraging
April 30(?), 1604 - London - Fawkes returns to England with Wintour =(originalflag)
May 20, 1604 - London - First meeting of the conspirators at the "Duck and Drake" inn
May 24, 1604 - London - Thomas Percy, one of the conspirators, chooses a small property near the Prince's Chamber as a base. Fawkes takes charge of the building, posing as Percy's servant and using the pseudonym "John Johnson"
December 11, 1604 - London - The conspirators begin digging a tunnel to the House of Lords
March 1(?), 1605 - London - The conspirators discover that an undercroft immediatly under the House of Lords is available. It is hired by Percy at once
June 9, 1605 - While in London - Thomas Percy is appointed by his patron, the Earl of Northumberland, to the Honorable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms, a mounted troop of 50 bodyguards to the king.
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| A contemporary engraving of 8 of the 13 Gunpowder Plot conspirators, by Crispijn van de Passe |
July(?) 30(?), 1605 - Flanders - Dispatched to Flanders, where he informs Hugh Owen, a welsh catholic expatriate, of the Plot
August 30(?), 1605 - London - Returns to England and discovers that the gunpowder stored in the undercroft had decayed
October 18, 1605 - White Webbs, N. of London(?) - Fawkes travels to White Webbs for a meeting with Wintour, Catesby and Tresham
October 26, 1605 - London - William Parker, 4th Baron Monteagle, receives an anonymous letter revealing the plot to blow up the House of Lords
October 30, 1605 - London - Fawkes inspects the undercroft and verifies that everything is in place
November 3, 1605 - London - The conspirators meet in London and agree that it appears the authorities remain unaware of the Plot
November 4, 1605 - London - During a search of the House of the Lords in the evening, Fawkes is discovered guarding 36 barrels of gunpowder, and arrested
November 8, 1605 - London - First confession under torture
November 23, 1605 - London - Second confession under torture
January 27, 1606 - Westminster, London - The trial of eight of the plotters begins
January 31, 1606 - Westminster, London - Guy Fawkes is dragged from the Tower of London to the Old Palace Yard at Westminster. Weakened by torture, he falls (or jumps) from the scaffold where he was to be hanged and breaks his neck, aged 35, avoiding the agony of being "hanged, drawn and quartered" as was custom of the time =(END)
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