Holidays
- International Mother Earth Day
- Birthday of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
- Unofficial Programmer's Day in Russia
- Day of springs and springs
- Gummy Day
- Opening Day of Brazil
Significant dates
1370 Construction of the Bastille fortress began.
1529 The Treaty of Zaragoza was signed between Spain and Portugal on the division of spheres of influence in the Eastern Hemisphere.
1769 Countess DuBarry was presented to the court of Louis XV as his official favorite.
1832 In Russia, the titles of Honorary Citizens have been introduced for persons of non-noble origin.
1838 The first steamship crossed the Atlantic Ocean without stopping.
1906 The Extraordinary Olympic Games (6+) have opened in Athens (Greece).
Persons of the day
On April 22, 1724, the German philosopher, founder of German classical philosophy, Immanuel Kant was born.
On April 22, 1870, Soviet politician and revolutionary, founder of the Bolshevik Party and the USSR, Vladimir Lenin, was born.
On April 22, 1899, Russian and American writer, translator, and literary critic Vladimir Nabokov was born.
On April 22, 1908, Soviet paleontologist and science fiction writer Ivan Efremov was born.
Folk 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, popularly nicknamed the Keyholder, people went to the springs (springs), cleaned them and said: “Underground water, we open the spring paths for you.” After this, they took water from the springs, washed themselves with it and drank it – it was believed that this would improve health.
They also used the sources to guess about the death and life of sick people. When they went to the spring to get water, they didn’t talk to anyone, but when they arrived, they prayed in all four directions and asked about the person: alive or dead? If the wished for had a long life, the water should be as clear as glass. If the patient was expected to die, the springs could begin to boil violently.
Vadim Klyuchnik also began driving cattle to the meadows, where fresh grass had already grown sufficiently.
Name day on this day
Vadim, Gabriel, Martha.
Source: Calend.ru
