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).
Famous Birthdays on April in 1874
1st » Ernest Barnes, English mathematician and theologian (d. 1953)
1st » Prince Karl of Bavaria (1874–1927) or Prince Karl of Bavaria (d. 1927)
8th » Manuel Díaz (fencer) named Manuel Díaz, Cuban fencer (d. 1929)
8th » Stanisław Taczak, Polish general (d. 1960)
12th » William B. Bankhead, American politician, 47th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (d. 1940)
15th » George Harrison Shull, American botanist and geneticist (d. 1954)
15th » Johannes Stark, German physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics known as Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1957)