Key dates of the Gunpowder plot
1532-1603
The religious and political divisions across Europe that led the plotters to take matters into their own hands
1604 - September 1605
Hatching the plot, the concealment of the barrels of gunpowder and the recruitment of the plotters
October 1605-1606
Rest of plotters recruited, state opening of Parliament set for 5 November, the discovery of the Gunpowder Plot and its aftermath