Guy Fawkes Night 5 Nov 2025

Guy Fawkes Night

On the night of 5 November, the skies across the United Kingdom light up with fireworks, bonfires and the occasional singsong of "Remember, remember the fifth of November." But behind the sparklers and toffee apples lies a tale of treason, gunpowder and one man forever linked with an explosive plot that fizzled out.

© mountaintreks/Shutterstock

palette

Today in History

Remember, remember…
5 Nov 2023Guy Fawkes Night
5 Nov 2024Guy Fawkes Night

More Desktop Wallpapers:

14 Nov 2023Russell lupines, Lake Tekapo, New Zealand
9 Jun 2024Bardenas Reales Biosphere Reserve and Natural Park, Navarra, Spain
23 Jun 2026Mount Fuji on Honshu Island, Japan
25 Oct 2023Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah, USA
Why is this cliffside ablaze?
19 Jun 2025Cinque Torri, Dolomites, Italy
23 Nov 2024Fibonacci Day
10 Jul 2025Independence Day of the Bahamas
18 Feb 2024World Whale Day
13 Feb 2026Third Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge connecting Laos and Thailand
26 Mar 2024Vinh Hy Bay, Vietnam
Living in harmony
A glowing square of squares
All hail the mighty mangrove!
Stars in daylight
18 Jul 2024Coral Reef Awareness Week
21 Sep 2023International Day of Peace
Colors of spring
4 Jul 2024Italica, an old Roman city in Santiponce, Andalusia, Spain
Aug 27, 2023Jeju Island, South Korea
A day for cousins of every stripe
12 May 2026Atlantic puffins, Wales
9 Jan 2024Balloon Ascension Day
Towering trees of Tuscany
A right royal tradition
13 Jul 2026International Rock Day
17 Jun 2024Green-crowned brilliant hummingbird
12 Feb 2025Celebrating Charles Darwin
2 Dec 2024Moose, Denali National Park, Alaska, United States
Butterfly, fly away