April Fools' origins may go back all the way to ancient civilization, but the exact start of the prank-filled holiday remains unclear.

This poem tells that April Fools' Day was likely established in the 1500s, but exactly how the holiday started remains unclear. One popular theory is that the tradition started when France changed ...

In the early 1500s, as explorers probed the New World, some of the greatest masterpieces of the Renaissance were being created, such as Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel ceiling, completed in 1512.