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, 1859
Day of Week 25th » British and French engineers break ground for the Suez Canal.
Famous Birthdays on April in 1859
7th » Walter Camp, American football player and coach (d. 1925)
8th » Edmund Husserl, Austrian mathematician and philosopher (d. 1938)
11th » Stefanos Thomopoulos, Greek historian (d. 1939)
Famous Deaths for April 1859
16th » Alexis de Tocqueville, French historian and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (France) or French Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1805)