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This is a list of selected April 1 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.

Please note that the events listed on the Main Page are chosen based more on relative article quality and to maintain a mix of topics, not based solely on how important or significant their subjects are. Only four to five events are posted at a time and thus not everything that is "most important and significant" can be listed. In addition, an event is generally not posted this year if it is also the subject of the scheduled featured article or picture of the day.

To report an error when this appears on the Main Page, see Main Page errors. Please remember that this list defers to the supporting articles, so it is best to achieve consensus and make any necessary changes there first.

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Blurb Reason
April Fools' Day; globalize
Assyrian New Year; many unreliable sources
* 1572Dutch Revolt: The Geuzen captured the undefended town of Brielle from Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, providing the first foothold on land for the rebels. refimprove section
* 1789Frederick Muhlenberg became the first Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. refimprove
1854Hard times began in England. unreferenced section
* 1918 – Britain's Royal Air Force was founded. refimprove section
1924Adolf Hitler was placed in a cage refimprove section
* 1935 – The Reserve Bank of India, the nation's central bank, was founded during the British Raj. needs rewrite
* 1996 – The government of Nova Scotia amalgamated the City of Halifax and the over 200 communities around the area to create the Halifax Regional Municipality. refimprove
* 1999 – Canada's newest territory Nunavut came into being. refimprove section
* 2004Google launched Gmail, now the most widely used web mail system. expansion
* 2006 – Several British policing agencies joined together to become the Serious Organised Crime Agency. refimprove section

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Eligible: joke versions

Notes

April 1: National Day in Iran (1979); Edible Book Day

Richard Plantagenet Campbell Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos
The 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos

William Harvey (b. 1578) · Sophie Germain (b. 1776) · Scott Joplin (d. 1917)

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