Thanksgiving Act 1606
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The Thanksgiving Act 1606 was an English law that established an annual day of national thanksgiving to commemorate the failure of the Gunpowder Plot.
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Act of Parliament of England
ⓘ
statute ⓘ |
| appliesTo | subjects of the English crown ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Guy Fawkes
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
James I–era religious policy ⓘ Robert Catesby NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commemorates |
discovery of the Gunpowder Plot
ⓘ
failure of the Gunpowder Plot ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| dateEnacted | 1606 ⓘ |
| frequencyOfEvent | annual ⓘ |
| hasEffectOn | English religious and civic calendar ⓘ |
| hasTitleInEnglish | Thanksgiving Act 1606 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | early Stuart England ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | England ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| legalStatus | historical statute ⓘ |
| legislativeBody | Parliament of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| passedDuringReignOf | James I of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalContext | protection of the king and Parliament ⓘ |
| purpose | to establish an annual day of national thanksgiving ⓘ |
| relatedEvent | Gunpowder Plot NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousContext | Protestant thanksgiving ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
commemoration of deliverance from treason
ⓘ
public worship ⓘ state thanksgiving ⓘ |
| typeOfEventEstablished | day of national thanksgiving ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Gunpowder Plot