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1st of April

Why is 1st of April called 'Fools’ Day'?

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Kumar Nilesh
Kumar Nilesh, It's April fool day

Answered Mar 31 2016 · Author has 100 answers and 792.1k answer views

April Fool's Day is the day for pranksters and worse for the victims of those pranks. But have you ever wondered where this tradition originated? There are numerous explanations as to the origin of this day; here are the most popular ones.
The most common theory behind the origin of April Fool's Day is the calendar switch that happened in Europe around 1500s.
In 1582, Pope Gregory XIII decided to switch calendars, from the Julian to Gregorian calendar. According to the Julian one, New Year's Day fell on April 1 but the Gregorian one had it on January 1. People who were slow to realise this change and continued to celebrate New Year's Day on April 1 were made fun of. They were called Poisson d'Avril (April Fish) and paper fish were stuck to their backs without their knowledge.
Another explanation is the festival of Hilaria, an ancient Roman celebration for the resurrection of the god Attis.
The word Hilaria resembles the word hilarity in english, meaning extreme amusement. Also, the modern equivalent of Hilaria is called Roman Laughing Day.
Yet another possible explanation is the association between April 1 and devious trickery in one of the Canterbury Tales (1392), The Nun's Priest's Tale.
It's a story of a fox who tricks a rooster into becoming his meal, but then he himself is tricked by the rooster into letting him go. The opening lines of the story mention 'Syn March bigan thritty dayes and two', which is misunderstood to mean April 1.
Also, the ceremony of washing the lions is believed to be the first recurring April Fools' Day prank ever recorded.
In 1686, British philosopher John Aubrey referred to April 1 as "Fooles Holy Day." Later in 1698, people started tricking others into visiting the Tower of London to see the lions washed. Even tickets were sold for this non-existent ceremony of washing the lions. It continued to be a popular prank for more than a century.
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Salentro Tech
Salentro Tech, IT Manager at Salentro Technologies

Answered Mar 31, 2016 · Author has 202 answers and 322.6k answer views

The most common theory about the earliest April Fools’ celebrations goes like this: In 1582, Pope Gregory XIII issued a papal bull decreeing a new standard calendar for Christian Europe that would take his name and centuries later become the standard internationally in the 21st century.
Source: Why We Celebrate April Fool’s? 10 Hilarious Morning Pranks To Play On April Fool’s Day! #AprilFool’s
Prior to the 15th century, Europe’s nations and city states operated using the Julian calendar. The Gregorian calendar moved the date of the new year from April 1 to January 1, among other changes. Catholic monarchies were naturally its earliest adopters, though Protestant nations later followed suit.
Given the nature of the reform, both in terms of communicating such a fundamental change to a large population and dealing with critics of the new calendar, some Europeans continued to celebrate the new year between March 25 and April 1. April fools were those who still celebrated the holiday in the spring, and were the subject of pranks and ridicule by those who observed the new year months ago.
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Shirley Silva
Shirley Silva

Answered Mar 27, 2019 · Author has 718 answers and 232.7k answer views

It dates back to a time when English literature was gradually rising. Geoffrey Chaucer, the Father of English literature mentioned an instance of the Fool’s Day in one of his most celebrated works, ‘The Canterbury Tales’ (1392).
Interestingly, the Fool’s Day celebration used to be done on the New Year’s Day in the European Countries, during the middle ages. Although, some are of opinion that the Fool’s Day does have a Biblical reference and they link the fun occasion to the Noah and his Ark.
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Michael Holt
Michael Holt, Yin of Pi Rationalist, Yang of I-Ching Chess

Answered Apr 1, 2015
Obviously it is related to how we count days in our years, which has changed over the milenia with this source stating that the French who didn't adopt New Year's day as Jan 1 instead of eom March, were April Fools:
The Origin of April Fool’s Day
The theory goes like this: In 1564 France reformed its calendar, moving the start of the year from the end of March to January 1. Those who failed to keep up with the change, who stubbornly clung to the old calendar system and continued to celebrate the New Year during the week that fell between March 25th and April 1st, had jokes played on them.
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It Learningpk
It Learningpk, Computer Repair , Seo Optimization , Web Design at Camden Town

Answered Mar 28, 2019

Here you can read full history and reasons
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Narender Rawat
Narender Rawat, Founder at SeoLizards.in (2014-present)

Answered Apr 12, 2018 · Author has 133 answers and 580.4k answer views

1st of April is considered to put in the change of calendar from the Julian to the Gregorian one. France became the first most country to accept this change in the annual calendar. However, there were other countries in Europe who fail to believe it and continued with the Julian calendar. As a result, those who accepted the new calendar considered others to be fools because they refused to change.
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Ameya Pande
Ameya Pande, studied at G H Raisoni College of Engineering, Nagpur

Answered Apr 2, 2016
Not quite sure how accurate this is but still posting it....  As per some historians the new year's day was shifted from 1st April to 1st January in the 16th century France, when the Gregorian calendar was adopted. People who still celebrated new year's eve on the 1st of April were regarded as "APRIL FOOLS " and others played tricks on them...
Source- Hike daily
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Maulana Rizal Ibrahim
Maulana Rizal Ibrahim, studied at Bogor Agricultural University

Answered Apr 1, 2013
you can find your answer here April Fool Day Celebration : History of 1752
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To know the real facts about the April Fools day, you can visit to the below link. Here you can find the indepth and robust explanation about the same.
Yugadi (Ugadi) and April Fools day
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Roger Hawcroft
Roger Hawcroft, Online activist. Advocate for Social Justice & Equity. Educator, Librarian & Dog Trainer

Answered Apr 5, 2015 · Author has 308 answers and 436k answer views
Good question.  I can find no definitive explanation or discussion of its origins.  What does seem to be clear is that many races have a time when extra foolishness or silliness is allowed or encouraged or has become, traditional. 

There are many references associating the day with New Year's day but I fail to understand that connection.  I am also impressed but confused by Robert Francis's answer but then, the person I love most in the World is an Aspie and she is always way in front of me, too.

I wonder if, perhaps, you just asked this question to see how many foolish answers you might get?  :-)
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Aamirul Rahman Mohammed
Aamirul Rahman Mohammed, studied at Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing, Jabalpur (2013)

Answered Jan 9, 2019

click this Why do we call 1st April a Fool's day
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Sanjay Punjabi
Sanjay Punjabi

Answered Apr 3, 2018 · Author has 63 answers and 29.9k answer views

We need execuse to celebrate
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John Gerard
John Gerard

Answered Nov 17, 2018 · Author has 4k answers and 1.4m answer views

When pope Gregory altered the calendar to have twelve months it was to allow for Easter to be set at a full moon in April. January the first became the start of the Church’s year replacing April first.
However not all places and not all towns were aware of the changes.
Those who continued to celebrate new year on April first became known as April fools.
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Zak Watson
Zak Watson, works at Students

Answered Jun 2, 2016

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Damien Foor
Damien Foor, Take cues from sanitized living;+ I guess I would like to know about humor.

Answered Apr 2, 2018 · Author has 858 answers and 69.4k answer views

The drasticness of Spring in Northern Hemi will eventually be oriented toward integration from a burst to foolish core weaknees or power. Natural part of cyclic moods, of such.
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