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).
Day of Week 2nd » American Civil War: The Siege of Petersburg is broken United States called Union troops Third Battle of Petersburg known as capture the trenches around Petersburg, Virginia, forcing Confederate General Robert E. Lee to retreat.
2nd » American Civil War: President of the Confederate States known as Confederate President Jefferson Davis and most of his Cabinet (government) named Cabinet flee the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia.
Day of Week 3rd » American Civil War: Union (American Civil War) or Union forces capture Richmond, Virginia, the capital of the Confederate States of America.
Day of Week 4th » American Civil War: A day after United States known as Union forces capture Richmond, Virginia, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln visits the Confederate States of America known as Confederate capital.
Day of Week 9th » American Civil War: Robert E. Lee surrenders the Army of Northern Virginia (26,765 troops) to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia, effectively ending the war.
Day of Week 12th » American Civil War: Mobile, Alabama, falls to the Union (American Civil War) called Union Army.
Day of Week 14th » United States Secretary of State e.g U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward and his family are attacked in his home by Lewis Powell (assassin) called Lewis Powell.
Day of Week 15th » Abraham Lincoln dies after being shot the previous evening by actor John Wilkes Booth.
Day of Week 26th » American Civil War: Confederate States of America Confederate General officers in the Confederate States Army General Joseph E. Johnston surrenders his army to General (United States) General William Tecumseh Sherman at the Bennett Place near Durham, Nort
26th » Union (American Civil War) named Union cavalry troopers corner and shoot dead John Wilkes Booth, Abraham Lincoln assassination called assassin of President Lincoln, in Virginia.
Day of Week 27th » The steamboat ss Sultana , carrying 2,400 passengers, explodes and sinks in the Mississippi River, killing 1,700, most of whom are Union (American Civil War) Union survivors of the Andersonville Prison Andersonville and Cahaba Prisons.
Famous Birthdays on April in 1865
1st » Richard Adolf Zsigmondy, Austrian chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry known as Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1929)