April is the fourth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian Calendars, one of four months with a length of 30 days. April is commonly associated with the season of spring in the northern hemisphere and autumn in the southern hemisphere, where it is the seasonal equivalent to October in the northern hemisphere. April starts on the same day of the week as July in all years, and January in leap years. It became the fourth month of the roman calendar, before January and February were added by king Numa Pompilius about 700 B.C. The Anglo-Saxons called April Oster-Monath or Eostur-Monath. The Venerable Bede says in The Reckoning of Time that this month Eostur is the root of the word Easter. He further states that the month was named after a goddess Eostre whos feast was in that month.
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