April 1 - Holidays

Holidays and observances

• April Fools' Day or All Fools' Day
• Christian Feast Day:
  • Hugh of Grenoble
  • Melito of Sardis
  • Theodora
  • Walric, abbot of Leuconay
  • April 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Civil Service Day (Thailand)
• Earliest day on which Sizdah Be-dar can fall, while April 2 is the latest; celebrated on the thirteenth day after vernal equinox. (Iran)
• Edible Book Day
• Fossil Fools Day
• Kha b-Nisan, the Assyrian New Year (Assyrians)
• Islamic Republic Day (Iran)
• Odisha Day (Orissa, India)
• The Capture of Brielle, marked a turning point in the uprising of the Low Countries against Spain in the Eighty Years' War. (Brielle)
• The start of Miyako Odori, an annual geiko dance celebration. (Gion District, Kyoto, Japan)
• Užupis Day, celebrate the independence of Užupis.
• Veneralia, in honor of Venus. (Roman Empire)