Guy Fawkes and his friends planned to blow up the Houses of Parliament with 36 barrels of gunpowder while King James I was inside in 1605, as not all English people liked the King at the time. Their plot was discovered when the barrels were found, and Guy Fawkes and his co-conspirators were arrested. Guy Fawkes confessed under torture and was executed for high treason. Every November 5th, Bonfire Night commemorates the foiled Gunpowder Plot with fireworks and burning effigies of Guy Fawkes on bonfires.