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April Fools' Day

annual celebration commemorated on April 1 by playing practical jokes and spreading hoaxes
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April Fools' Day
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April Fools' Day

Summary

April Fools' Day is a recurring event[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of recurring_event entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,372 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • April Fools' Day is in the country of Japan[3].
  • April Fools' Day's instance of is recorded as recurring event[4].
  • April Fools' Day's instance of is recorded as annual commemoration[5].
  • The location of April Fools' Day was United Kingdom[6].
  • The location of April Fools' Day was Ireland[7].
  • The location of April Fools' Day was France[8].
  • The location of April Fools' Day was Italy[9].
  • April Fools' Day took place at Portugal[10].
  • The location of April Fools' Day was Germany[11].
  • The location of April Fools' Day was Netherlands[12].
  • April Fools' Day took place at Romania[13].
  • April Fools' Day took place at Belgium[14].
  • The location of April Fools' Day was Poland[15].
  • April Fools' Day took place at Denmark[16].
  • April Fools' Day took place at Sweden[17].
  • April Fools' Day took place at Norway[18].
  • April Fools' Day took place at Iceland[19].
  • April Fools' Day took place at United States[20].
  • The location of April Fools' Day was Australia[21].
  • The location of April Fools' Day was Brazil[22].
  • April Fools' Day took place at Japan[23].
  • April Fools' Day took place at Galicia[24].
  • The location of April Fools' Day was Menorca[25].
  • April Fools' Day took place at Austria[26].
  • April Fools' Day took place at Switzerland[27].

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When and Where

April Fools' Day began on 1564[28]. Recorded location include United Kingdom[6], Ireland[7], France[8], Italy[9], Portugal[10], and Germany[11]. It is in the country of Japan[3].

Context

Recorded instance of include recurring event[4] and annual commemoration[5].

Why It Matters

April Fools' Day ranks in the top 1% of recurring_event entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,372 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] It is known by 117 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

Related Entities

Australia Austria Belgium Brazil Denmark France Galicia Germany Iceland Ireland Italy Japan Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Sweden Switzerland Taiwan United Kingdom United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 3d ago · ArsenalBastion4093 · 2026-08-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Moegirlpedia id → 愚人节
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P5737]]: 愚人节"
  2. 3d ago · Bouzinac · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → Japan
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/50828|batch #50828]]: deducted from P276"
  3. 10d ago · ~2026-46222-02 · 2026-08-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Month of the year → April
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P2922]]: [[Q118]]"
  4. 7w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → april-fools-day
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: april-fools-day, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289909453|april fools day (#289909453)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper'"
  5. 8w ago · Sabelöga · 2026-07-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikisimpsons article id → 282355
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P10291]]: 282355, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/296168710|April Fools' Day (#296168710)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8109|Wikisimpsons]] "
  6. 15w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Said to be the same as → Q127424968
    Has parts → —
    Start time → —
    Instance of → —
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 23147, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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