Holidays
- International Mother Earth Day
- Birthday of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
- Unofficial day of the programmer in Russia
- Springs Day and Keys
- The day of the chewing marmalade
- The opening day of Brazil
Significant dates
1370. The construction of the fortress of the Bastille began.
1529. The Saragos agreement was signed between Spain and Portugal on the division of the spheres of influence in the Eastern Hemisphere.
1769. Countess Dubarri was represented by the court of Louis XV as his official favorite.
1832. In Russia, the titles of honorary citizens were introduced for persons of novorary origin.
1838. The first steamer crossed the Atlantic Ocean without stopping.
1906. Extraordinary Olympic Games (6+) in Athens (Greece) opened.
Persons of the day
On April 22, 1724, a German philosopher was born, the ancestor of the German classical philosophy Immanuel Kant.
On April 22, 1870, a Soviet politician and revolutionary, founder of the Bolshevik party and the USSR Vladimir Lenin was born.
On April 22, 1899, a Russian and American writer, translator, literary critic Vladimir Nabokov were born.
On April 22, 1908, the Soviet-Paleontologist and Fantast-writer Ivan Efremov was born.
People's calendar
Vadim Klyuchnik
Saint Vadim, whose memory is celebrated on this day, was an archimandrite in Persia in the 4th century. On the day of Vadim, nicknamed the Key, people went to the sources (keys), cleaned them and sentenced them: “Underground water, we’ll wash your paths of a heavy one.” After that, they took water from the springs, washed it and drank it – it was believed that it would strengthen health.
Also, the sources were wondering about the death and life of sick people. When they went to the key for water, they didn’t talk to anyone, but when they arrived, they prayed on all four sides and asked about a person: for living or dead? If a long life was coming to the ridiculous, the water was supposed to stand bright, like a glass. If the patient expected the death, the keys could be greatly boiling.
On Vadim Klyniknik, livestock over the meadows also began, where fresh grass had already grown enough.
Name day on this day
Vadim, Gabriel, Martha.
Source: Calend.ru
