April
April facts:
Birthstone = Diamond
1st
April Fools Day
Birthday of Guru Tegh Bahadur – Sikh
3rd
Ramanavami – Hindu
5th
Palm Sunday
5th
World Youth Day
7th
World Health Day
9th
Maundy Thursday – Christian
Pesach, first two days of Passover – Jewish
Theravadin New year – Buddhist
lord’s Evening Meal – Jehovah’s Witness Christian
Hanuman Jayanti – Hindu
Memorial of Christ’s death – Jehovah’s Witness
10th
Good Friday
Bank Holiday UK and ROI
Marbles Championship
Tinsley Green, nr Crawley, Sussex
Pace-egg Play
Midgley, Sowerby Bridge, Yorkshire
Orange-rolling
Dunstable Downs, Bedfordshire
Poor Widows’ Charity
St Bartholomew the Great, Smithfield, London
Easter Saturday
Nutters Dance
Bacup, Lancashire
12th
Easter Sunday
Palm Sunday – orthodox Christian
13th
Easter Monday
Bank Holiday UK and ROI
Vaisakhi – Sikh
Biddenden Dole
Biddenden, Kent
Bottle-kicking and Hare Pie-scrambling
Hallaton, Leicestershire
Pace-egging
Preston, Lancashire
Monday and Tuesday following the Sunday after Easter
Hocktide
Second Tuesday after Easter
Hocktide Tutti-men
Hungerford, Berkshire
14th
Baisakhi – Sikh
15th – 16th
Pesach, final two days (Passover) – Jewish
17th
Holy Friday – Orthodox Christian
18th
Lazarus Saturday – Orthodox Christian
19th
Easter/Pascha – Orthodox Christian
21st
Yom HaSho’ah – Jewish
First Day of Ridvan – Baha’i
Queen Elizabeth’s Birthday (her actual birthday and private celebration)
23rd
St George’s Day
World Book and Copyright Day
25th
World Malaria Day
26th
Flora London Marathon
29th
Yom Ha’Atzmaut – Jewish
Ninth Day of Ridvan – Baha’i
27th – 3rd May
RSPCA Week
30th
St James the Great Day – Orthodox Christian