The first straightforward reference to April Fools' Day comes from a 1561 Flemish poem by Eduard De Dene, which describes a servant realizing a nobleman sent him on "fool's errands" because it was ...

April Fools’ Day is most often attributed to France’s switch from the Julian calendar, to the Gregorian calendar in the 1500s, according to The Library of Congress and the History Channel.

April Fools' Day is celebrated with pranks and hoaxes worldwide From Scotland to Iceland to the U.S., the day is honored in a wide array of ways. 00:01 01:12 Author: HALLIE GOLDEN (Associated Press) ...

Here are some thing to know about April Fools’ Day and its history: There are plenty of theories about where this day of pranks and hoaxes came from. It's not clear exactly which one might be true.

April Fools’ Day is most often attributed to France’s switch from the Julian calendar, to the Gregorian calendar in the 1500s, according to The Library of Congress and the History Channel.

The last time Easter fell on April Fools' Day was seven years ago, in 2018; before that, the two hadn't coincided since the 1950s. Here's a list of the years that saw an April Fools' Day Easter ...