April Fools' Day
annual celebration commemorated on April 1 by playing practical jokes and spreading hoaxes
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Summary
April Fools' Day is a recurring event[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of recurring event entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,188 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: annual commemoration[3]
- Location: United Kingdom[4], Ireland[5], France[6], Italy[7], Portugal[8], Germany[9], Netherlands[10], Romania[11], Belgium[12], Poland[13], Denmark[14], Sweden[15], Norway[16], Iceland[17]
- Subclass of: custom[18], Q106832578[19]
- Commons category: April Fools' Day[20]
- Said to be the same as: Poisson d’avril[21]
- Has part(s): April Fools' Day joke[22]
- Start time: 1564[23]
- Day in year for periodic occurrence: April 1[24]
- Topic's main category: Category:April Fools' Day[25]
- Commons gallery: April Fools' Day[26]
- Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:April Fools' Day[27]
- Described by source: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[28], Otto's encyclopedia[29], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[30], The New Student's Reference Work[31]
- Different from: April Fool's Day[32], Day of the Holy Innocents[33], Q97660269[34]
- Event interval: 1 years[35]
- Culture: Western culture[36]
- Month of the year: April[37]
Why It Matters
April Fools' Day has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] It is known by 117 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]