The History of April Fool’s Day
April Fool’s Day is a day filled with practical jokes and pranks to have fun and make your victim look like “a fool”. The exact history of April Fool’s Day is unknown, but it is thought that Pope Gregory XIII requested a new calendar caused a this day to become a tradition. This new calendar moved New Year’s Day from April first to January first. Soon after, France decided to switch calendars, meaning they would celebrate New Year’s Day on January first as well.
Some people did not start using the new calendar immediately. They did this for a few possible reasons. Since the forms of communication and transportation were not very advanced back in those days, some people never even heard about the new calendar. Therefore, they continued to celebrate New Year’s Day on April first. Another possible reason was that they totally refused to switch to the new calendar. Those who did not start using the new calendar had pranks pulled on them for amusement. This started to become a tradition that was celebrated every April first. After many years, the new calendar as well as the new tradition had spread all over Europe, and around the world. We now know it as April Fool’s Day because people were originally tricked into looking like “fools”.
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