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April is the fourth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, and one of four months with the length of 30 days. The month of April begins (astrologically) with the sun in the sign of Aries and ends in the sign of Taurus. Astronomically speaking, the sun begins in the constellation of Pisces and ends in the constellation of Aries. The signs of the zodiac do not necessarily coincide with the actual constellations for which they are named. The precession of the equinoxes, a phenomenon discovered c. 130 BC by Hipparchus and known to Ptolemy, results in a shift between the two systems of about one degree every 70 years. The vernal equinox lay near the beginning of the Aries constellation around 500 BC, consistent with a Babylonian origin of the system.

The derivation of the name (Latin Aprilis) is uncertain. The traditional etymology from the Latin aperire, "to open," in allusion to its being the season when trees and flowers begin to "open," is supported by comparison with the modern Greek use of ἁνοιξις (opening) for spring. Since most of the Roman months were named in honor of divinities, and as April was sacred to Venus, the Festum Veneris et Fortunae Virilis being held on the first day, it has been suggested that Aprilis was originally her month Aphrilis, from her Greek name Aphrodite (Aphros), or from the Etruscan name Apru. Jacob Grimm suggests the name of a hypothetical god or hero, Aper or Aprus.[1]

The Anglo-Saxons called April Oster-monath or Eostur-monath, the period sacred to Eostre or Ostara, the pagan Saxon goddess of spring, from whose name is derived the modern Easter. St George's day is the twenty-third of the month; and St Mark's Eve, with its superstition that the ghosts of those who are doomed to die within the year will be seen to pass into the church, falls on the twenty-fourth. In China the symbolical ploughing of the earth by the emperor and princes of the blood takes place in their third month, which frequently corresponds to our April; and in Japan the feast of Dolls is celebrated in the same month. April is known to be "National Poetry Month"

The "days of April" (journées d'avril) is a name appropriated in French history to a series of insurrections at Lyons, Paris and elsewhere, against the government of Louis Philippe in 1834, which led to violent repressive measures, and to a famous trial known as the procès d'avrill.

April was originally the second month of the Roman calendar, before January and February were added by King Numa Pompilius about 700 BC. It became the fourth month of the calendar year (the year when twelve months are displayed in order) during the time of the decemvirs about 450 BC, when it also was given 29 days. The Julian calendar reform of 46 BC gave April 30 days, effective in 45 BC.

Traits of April

Events in April

Weeklong events in April

1st week in April

  • Medic Alert Week
  • Cherry Blossom Festival
  • Publicity Stunt Week
  • National Birthparents Week
  • Week of the Young Child
  • Straw Hat Week
  • National Bake Week (begins 1st Mon)
  • Consider Christianity Week
  • National Reading a Road Map Week
  • sex in the community week (london)

2nd week in April

  • National Medical Laboratory Week
  • National Library Week
  • National Garden Week
  • National Guitar Week
  • National Building Safety Week
  • National Home Safety Week
  • National Cherry Poppin Festival

3rd week in April

  • Boys and Girls Club Week
  • National Coin Tasting Week
  • Bike Safety Week
  • National Bubblegum Week
  • Pan American Week
  • National Week of the Ocean
  • National Crime Victims’ Rights Week
  • National Volunteer Week
  • National Coin Flipping Week
  • Argue About Gun Safety Week
  • Jared Supreme Highlander Celebration Week
  • EFR Business Week

Last week in April

  • Forest Week
  • National Lingerie Week
  • Canada-U.S. Goodwill Week
  • Big Brothers/Sisters Appreciation Week
  • Consumer Protection Week
  • National TV-Free Week
  • Jewish Heritage Week
  • Keep America Beautiful Week
  • National YMCA Week
  • Professional Secretaries Week
  • Intergenerational Week
  • Reading Is Fun Week
  • Egg Salad Week
  • Teacher Appreciation Week (begins Last Mon)
  • TV Turn-Off Week
  • Mattress Turnover Week
  • Cover the Uninsured Week

Some week in April

  • Astronomy Week (determined by 1st Quarter Moon)

April movable daily holidays

1st Sunday
  • Budoha Day (Hawaii)
  • Vesak (Buddha's Birthday)
1st Saturday
  • Saturday Market Day (Oregon)
1st Saturday before 5th
  • Tax Saturday (UK)
1st Thursday
  • Glarus Festival (Osman land)
1st Friday
  • Student Government Day (Massachusetts)
  • National Cleavage Day (Britain)[2]
Friday after 1st
  • Arbor Day (Apache, Navajo, Coconino, Mohave, Yavapai; Arizona)
2nd Friday
  • Audubon Day
3rd Sunday & Monday
  • Sechselauten (Six Ringing Festival; Switzerland)
3rd Monday
  • Patriot's Day (Maine, Massachusetts)
3rd Thursday
  • National High Five Day (USA)
Thursday between 19th & 26th
  • First Day of Summer (Iceland)
Saturday nearest St. George's Day (23rd)
  • Peppercorn Day (Bermuda)
Monday nearest Feast Day of St. George (23rd)
  • St. George's Day (Newfoundland)
Sunday after 1st full moon after vernal equinox following Passover
  • Lambri (Bright Day; Greece)
4th Monday
  • Fast Day (New Hampshire)
4th Thursday
  • Take Our Daughters (and Sons) to Work Day
4th Weekend
  • Just Pray No weekend
Last Monday
  • Confederate Memorial Day (Alabama, Mississippi)
Last Friday
  • Arbor Day
  • Bird Day
Wednesday of Last Full Week
  • Administrative Professionals Day (Secretaries Day)

Other special days

References

1. ^ Jacob Grim Geschichte der deutschen Sprache. Cap. "Monate"
2. ^ your best breast forward" (PR Newswire)

See also

Tax Day (in US)
Months and days of the year
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April 1 is the 1st day of the year (2nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 0 days remaining. April 1 is most notable in the Western world for being April Fools' Day.
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April 2 is the 1st day of the year (2nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 0 days remaining.

Events

  • 68 - Galba, governor of Hispania, names himself legatus senatus populique Romani

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  • 1043 - Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England.

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  • 456 - St. Patrick returns to Ireland as a missionary bishop.

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  • 648 BC - Earliest solar eclipse recorded by the Ancient Greeks.

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This article is about the day of the year. For the song by Garbage, see April Tenth.
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April 11 is the 1st day of the year (2nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 0 days remaining.

Events

  • 491 - Flavius Anastasius becomes Byzantine Emperor, with the name of Anastasius I.

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Events

  • 467 - Anthemius is elevated to Emperor of the Western Roman Empire

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It is also the Ides (middle day) of April.

Events

  • 1055 - Victor II is consecrated pope.

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Events

  • 43 BC - Battle of Forum Gallorum.

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Events

  • 69 - After the First Battle of Bedriacum, Vitellius becomes Roman Emperor.

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April 18 is the 1st day of the year (2nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 0 days remaining.

Events

  • 1025 - Bolesław I the Brave was crowned in Gniezno, becoming the first King of Poland.

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  • 1775 - American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Lexington and Concord which began the American Revolutionary War.
  • 1809 - The army of Austria attacks and is defeated by the forces of the Duchy of Warsaw in the Battle of Raszyn, part of

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April 20 is the 1st day of the year (2nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 0 days remaining.

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  • 1303 - The University of Rome La Sapienza is instituted by Pope Boniface VIII.

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  • 753 BC - Romulus and Remus found Rome (traditional).

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  • 1500 - Portuguese navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral becomes the first European to sight Brazil.

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It is also the latest possible day that Easter can occur.
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It is the first day following the spring equinox which cannot be Easter Sunday in Western Christianity.
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Events

  • 1124 - David I becomes King of Scotland.

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Events

  • 1429 - Joan of Arc arrives to relieve the Siege of Orléans.

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April 30 is the 1st day of the year (2nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 0 days remaining.

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  • 313 - Roman emperor Licinius unifies the entire Eastern Roman Empire under his rule.

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