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The Observance of 5th November Act 1605 (3 Ja. I, c. 1,)〔Observance of 5th November Act 1605 (3. Ia. I. c. 1 )〕 also known as the "Thanksgiving Act", was an Act of the Parliament of England passed in 1606 in the aftermath of the Gunpowder Plot. The Bill was drafted and introduced on 23 January 1605/06 by Edward Montagu. It called for a public, annual thanksgiving for the failure of the Plot.〔Richard Cust, ‘(Montagu, Edward, first Baron Montagu of Boughton (1562/3–1644) )’, ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004, accessed 11 Dec 2009.〕〔Antonia Fraser, ''The Gunpowder Plot. Terror and Faith in 1605'' (BCA, 1996), p. 218.〕 The law was repealed in March 1859, as part of the Anniversary Days Observance Act. ==See also== * Guy Fawkes Night * Guy Fawkes 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Observance of 5th November Act 1605」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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