April is the fourth month of the year in the Gregorian calendar, the fifth in the early Julian and one of four months with a length of 30 days. April is commonly associated with the season of spring in parts of the Northern hemisphere and autumn in parts of the Southern hemisphere, where it is the seasonal equivalent to October in the Northern hemisphere and vice versa.
April symbols: The birthstone for April is the diamond. The birth flower is typically listed as either the Daisy (Bellis perennis) or the Sweet Pea. The zodiac signs for the month of April are Aries (until April 20) and Taurus (April 21 onwards).
Historical Events for April, 1529
Day of Week 19th » Beginning of the Protestant Reformation: After the Second Diet of Speyer bans Lutheranism, a group of rulers ('German language German:' Fürst) and independent cities ('German language German:' Reichsstadt) Protestation at Speyer protests the reinstatement
Day of Week 22nd » Treaty of Zaragoza divides the eastern hemisphere between Spain and Portugal along a line 297.5 leagues or 17° east of the Moluccas.
Famous Birthdays on April in 1529
3rd » Michael Neander, German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1581)