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