Friday, January 26th

Friday, January 26th

Henry 8th executed 2 of his wives and divorced twice. He also created the Church of England. One of them died in childbirth.

The great fire of London : it was a violent fire which took place in London and destroyed the centre of the city. The fire lasted three days (from Sunday September 2nd to Wednesday September 5th 1666.

The gunpowder plot : It was a failed attempt to kill king James 1st because he 'rejected' catholics. A group of people put 36 barrels of gunpowder under the Houses of Parliament but soon regretted when they realised that innocent people would be killed. One of them wrote a letter to the king to warn him. They found a man called 'Guy fawkes' in the building, he was tortured and killed.

Now, every year, on November 5th British people celebrate 'bonfire night' with a lot of fires and fireworks !