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, 1863
Day of Week 2nd » Richmond Bread Riot: Food shortages incite hundreds of angry women to riot in Richmond, Virginia, and demand that the Confederate States of America named Confederate government release emergency supplies.
Day of Week 16th » American Civil War: Siege of Vicksburg ships led by Union (American Civil War) Union Admiral David Dixon Porter move through heavy Confederate States of America Confederate artillery fire on approach to Vicksburg, Mississippi Vicksburg, Mississippi.
Day of Week 30th » A 65-man French Foreign Legion infantry patrol fights a force of nearly 2,000 Mexican soldiers to nearly the last man in Battle of Camarón known as Hacienda Camarón, Mexico.
Famous Birthdays on April in 1863
5th » Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine (d. 1950)
17th » Augustus Edward Hough Love, English mathematician (d. 1940)
18th » Count Leopold Berchtold, Austrian-Hungarian politician and diplomat (d. 1942)
18th » Linton Hope, English sailor and architect (d. 1920)
28th » Josiah Thomas, English-Australian miner and politician (d. 1933)
29th » Constantine P. Cavafy, Egyptian-Greek poet (d. 1933)
29th » William Randolph Hearst, American publisher and politician, founded the Hearst Corporation (d. 1951)
29th » Maria Teresia Ledóchowska, Austrian nun and missionary (d. 1922)
Famous Deaths for April 1863
4th » Ludwig Emil Grimm, German painter and engraver (b. 1790)
21st » Sir Robert Bateson, 1st Baronet, Irish politician (b. 1782)