April 1, 2026
ephemeris of the day
Name days: Hugues, Hugo, Huguette
Astrological sign: Aries (March 21 - April 20)
Holidays and observances on April 1:
See also: April 2 - All days of 2026
February 18 to April 2: Lent
March 27 to May 31: Foire du Trône, Paris (France)
March 29 to April 5: Semana Santa (Spain), Jesus's Entry into Jerusalem, beginning of Holy Week
March 30 to April 2, 2026: Global Industries, Lyon (France)
April 1-2, 2026: Sandwich & Snack Show / Parizza, Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, France
April 1-9: Passover: Jewish festival of Freedom, commemorating the exodus from Egypt of Passover
April 1, 1878: Miners discover 29 iguanodon skeletons at a depth of 322 meters in a mine in Bernissart, Belgium.
April 1, 1921: The Andes mountain range is crossed for the first time by plane by Adrienne Bolland, a French aviator, in her Caudron G3.
April 1, 1944: Ascq massacre in the north of France, during the night of April 1 to 2, 1944: 26 innocent civilians are shot and the population is assaulted following an attack on a military convoy. More than 20,000 people will attend the funerals.
April 1, 1999: Creation in Canada of the territory of Nunavut, the majority of whose 25,000 inhabitants are Inuit.
April 1, 2001: The Netherlands is the first country in the world to allow marriage between people of the same sex.