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WARNING: THIS CLIP CONTAINS REENACTMENTS OF MEDIEVAL TIMES WHEN THE BLACK DEATH CLAIMED MILLIONS OF LIVES.
During the 14th century, when the plague struck Europe, even doctors were unsure what was happening.
While 300 people a day die in London, there are not enough places to bury the dead.
People sick with the plague died at the incredible rate of 600 per day.
Coughing was another way which spread the plague.
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Following a series of disasters in Europe - such as a colder climate, impacting crops, leading to insufficient food - a strange disease began to kill ...
Government officials found out that a Catholic agitator was renting the house adjacent to the House of Lords.
Gathering gunpowder became easier when another favorable coincidence presented itself to the conspirators.
Why did the gunpowder plotters try to kill the king and blow-up Parliament?
Renting a vault under the House of Lords, conspirators stored thirty-six barrels of gunpowder for nefarious purposes.
At nearly midnight, on the 4th of November 1605, Guy Fawkes was hours away from blowing up the Houses of Parliament.
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