The Day That the English Parliment was Nearly Bombed

Joan of Arc was born in January 1412 in France.  in the third phase of the 100 year war with England.  England occupied many of the major cities in France.  When Joan was 13 years old she received some revelations that she would be able to help France drive out the English.  Over the next five years she received the confidence of the French leaders and she lead the soldier from one victory to another.  She was captured and after a trial that lasted many days she was burned at the stake.

It took the French soldiers twenty more years to completely drive out the English. 

The Spanish Armada was an attempt to conquer England and remove the protestants.  They were not successful.

The were a group of Catholic leaders who decided to take matters in their own hands.  They planned the destruction of  the parliament building when it was in session, and when the queen of England would be attending.  They rented an apartment next the parliament building and dug a tunnel form their apartment to under the parliament building.

They placed in it thirty barrels of gun powder and covered it with faggets.  A friend of one of the participants was going to be in the building at that time.  He sent him a letter and told him not to be there.  He was then to burn up the letter.  He did not burn it up, but gave it to his supervisor, who gave it to his, etc. They found the gun powder and arrested the group.

It was felt by some that God had intervened and saved the king.

Had they been successful in destroying the parliament building containing the king and members of parliament and commons it may have been a major change in the history of England. This may of had a great a impact on the restoration of the Gospel of Jesus Christ through the prophet Joseph Smith.