What is the history of April Fools Day?
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There is uncertainty about the history of April Fools Day or All Fool's Day. It began around 1582 in France with the reform of the calendar under Charles IX. The Gregorian calendar was introduced, and New Year's Day was moved from March 25 - April 1 (new year's week) to January 1.
http://www.april-fools.us/history-april-fools.htm
During the eighteenth century that detailed references to it began to appear. References to April Fool’s Day can be found as early as the 1500s. Shakespeare, made no mention of April Fool’s Day, despite being, as Charles Dickens Jr. put it, a writer who “delights in fools in general.” Many theories have been put forward about how the tradition began. Unfortunately, none of them are very compelling.
http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/Hoaxipedia/April_Fools_Day_-_Origin/
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The next possible reference to April Fool’s Day we find is in a 1508 poem written by Eloy d’Amerval, a French choirmaster and composer. The poem is titled Le livre de la deablerie. According to Wikipedia, it consists of “a dialogue between Satan and Lucifer, in which their nefarious plotting of future evil deeds is interrupted periodically by the author, who among other accounts of earthly and divine virtue, records useful information on contemporary musical practice.”
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_Fools'_Day
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And so from there, other famous people were tricked. So it has become a growing tradition. but in modern day and age it has become more humorous, and a social event so there are toys and tricks to try. :)
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