April fools day is celebrated on the 1st of April across the world. This day of the year is a day which s mandatorily filled with unlimited laughter, jokes, and happiness. Usually, people pull each other's legs and play pranks. On this occasion, people come up with hilarious ideas to surprise their loved ones or friends and then reveal in the end that it was all fake mainly, said or done to mark the occasion.
April fools day does not have any particular origin as such but It is said that the day was first celebrated in Europe.
Well, the exact origin of April Fools' Day is still a mystery. No one knows who exactly started with this or invented this. Though, historians guess that it dates back to 1582. It was back in the time when France switched to the Gregorian calendar from the Julian calendar.
This day started being celebrated after Pope Gregory XIII introduced the Gregorian calendar, and confirmed that the new calendar would start on January 1. However, before this, the New Year used to be celebrated in March-end.
The new year was celebrated on or around April 1, and in many places in Europe, the beginning of the new year was celebrated around March 25.
However, after People Gregory shifted the new year to January 1, it is believed that many people refused to accept the drastic change. They either didn't know about it or they simply followed the old calendar.
Well, that's the reason why people, in general, started mocking the ones who followed the traditional calendar and celebrated this day.
An April Fools' prank is always hilarious...that is, until things go terribly, terribly, wrong.
Check out our next article for some scary incidents that happened on the April fools day!
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