The "Vedas" were composed and orally transmitted by speakers of an Old Indo-Aryan language. They had migrated into the northwestern regions of the Indian subcontinent early in this period. The associated Vedic culture was tribal and pastoral until c. 1200 or 1100 BC, and centred in the Punjab.
The society then spread eastward to the Ganges Plain, becoming more agricultural and settled. The Vedic period saw the emergence of social classes, and developed into kingdoms known as the Janapada. Archaeological cultures show phases of Vedic culture such as the Ochre Coloured Pottery culture, the Gandhara Grave culture, the Black and red ware culture and the Painted Grey Ware culture.
Makalu
Makalu is the fifth tallest mountain of the world. It's height is above sea level. It's shape is like a pyramid with four sides. It is located in the border of Nepal and China.
Walter Pérez Villamonte
Walter Pérez Villamonte (3 November 1936 – 29 March 2018) was a Bolivian Roman Catholic bishop.
Pérez Villamonte was ordained to the priesthood in 1962. He served as titular bishop of "Churbis" and as auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Sucre, Bolivia, from 1995 to 1998. He then served as bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Potosí, Bolivia, from 1998 to 2009.
Pérez Villamonte died on 29 March 2018 at the age of 81.
Tarasp
Tarasp is a former municipality in the district of Inn in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. Its eleven settlements are situated within the Lower Engadin valley along the Inn River, at the foot of the Sesvenna Range. On 1 January 2015 the former municipalities of Ardez, Guarda, Tarasp, Ftan and Sent merged into the municipality of Scuol.
Originally a Romansh language area, the majority of the population today speaks High Alemannic German. Unlike the surrounding municipalities, the Tarasp parish is mainly Catholic.
Tarasp was also a Lordship of the Holy Roman Empire, which joined the Austrian Imperial Circle in 1512 and was passed to the Princes of Dietrichstein in 1683.
Tarasp was an Austrian enclave inside the Free State of the Three Leagues, an associate of the Old Swiss Confederacy until 1809, when Austria ceded the territory to Revolutionary France, who subsequently passed it to Graubünden.
Ruelisheim
Ruelisheim is a commune. It is found in the Haut-Rhin department of eastern France.
Lavau-sur-Loire
Lavau-sur-Loire is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France. In 2015, 761 people lived there.
Deaths in April 2018
The following is a list of deaths that should be noted in April 2018. For deaths that should be noted before the month that the world is in, please see "Months". Names under each date are noted in the order of the alphabet by last name or pseudonym. Deaths of non-humans are noted here also if it is worth noting.
Each listing of a death must have a source. If no reference is included, the death notice will be removed. The following are the requirements of adding a name to the list in its order: name, age, where they came from, what the person is known for, cause of death (if known) and a source.
Edward Seaga
Edward Philip George Seaga ( or ; ON, PC; 28 May 1930 – 28 May 2019) was a Jamaican politician. He was the fifth Prime Minister of Jamaica, from 1980 to 1989, and the leader of the Jamaica Labour Party from 1974 to 2005. He served as leader of the opposition from 1974 to 1980, and again from 1989 until January 2005.
Seaga died on 28 May 2019 at a hospital in Miami, Florida from cancer on his 89th birthday.
Avichai Rontzki
Avichai Rontzki (, October 10, 1951 – April 1, 2018) was the Chief Military Rabbi of the Israel Defense Forces. He served in the position from 2006 to 2010, with a rank of Brigadier General.
His predecessor in that position was Rabbi Israel Weiss. Rontzki was also the rosh yeshiva of the Hesder Yeshiva in the West Bank settlement Itamar.
His four years in office have led to several controversies. Some of his statements upset not only secular Israelis, but led many organizations outside of Israel to accuse him of inciting terrorism.
Michel Sénéchal
Michel Sénéchal (11 February 1927 – 1 April 2018) was a French tenor. He worked with French and Italian character roles in a repertory ranging from Baroque to contemporary works. Sénéchal was born in Paris, France.
Sénéchal also appeared regularly in operettas, especially by Offenbach, such as "Orphée aux enfers", "La Vie parisienne", "La Périchole", where his comic talent was shown to fine effect. As the years went by Sénéchal started concentrating on character roles such as Basilio in "Nozze di Figaro", Goro in "Madama Butterfly", the innocent in "Boris Godunov", Monsieur Triquet in "Eugene Onegin", and the four servants in "Les contes d'Hoffmann", which were his debut roles at the Metropolitan Opera on 8 March 1982.
Sénéchal died on 1 April 2018 in Paris at the age of 91.
Sven-Olov Sjödelius
Sven-Olov Sjödelius (13 June 1933 – 29 March 2018) was a Swedish sprint canoeist who competed from the early 1950s to the early 1960s. He won two gold medals in the K-2 1000 m event at the 1960 and 1964 Olympics, as well as three medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships.
Sjödelius died of respiratory failure on 30 March 2018 at the age of 84.
Margarita Carrera
Margarita Carrera Molina (16 September 1929 – 31 March 2018) was a Guatemalan philosopher, professor and writer. She was a member of the Academia Guatemalteca de la Lengua and the 1996 laureate of the Miguel Ángel Asturias National Prize in Literature. She was born in Guatemala City.
Carrera died in Guatemala City on 31 March 2018 at the age of 88.
Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon
Madame de Maintenon (27 November 1635 – 15 April 1719) was a French woman who would eventually become the second wife of King Louis XIV, even though the marriage was never announced to the public.
She was born ""Françoise d'Aubigné"", a daughter of Constant d'Aubigné and his wife Jeanne de Cardilhac. She was born in Niort, in western France. In 1652, Françoise married Paul Scarron As a result she became known as "Madame Scarron". She eventually became a friend of Madame de Montespan and was to be the main governess of the children of King Louis and Montespan.
In 1675, the king gave her the title of Marquise de Maintenon after the name of her personal estate. This favour incurred Madame de Montespan's jealousy. At court, she was now known as Madame de Maintenon, as a result of King Louis buying her and estate at Maintenon. It has been suspected that Maintenon and King Louis a private marriage ceremony between October 1683 and January 1684. King Louis' wife Queen Marie Thérèse died in July 1683. As a result of her birth Maintenon would never be acknowledged as Louis' wife or as Queen. She founded the "Maison royale de Saint Louis", a school for girls from poorer noble families, in 1684.
Luigi De Filippo
Luigi De Filippo (10 August 1930 – 31 March 2018) was an Italian actor, stage director and playwright. He was known for his movie role in "Non è vero... ma ci credo", "You're on Your Own", and in "Love Italian Style".
De Filippo died in Rome on 31 March 2018 of Alzheimer's disease at the age of 87.
Peg Lautenschlager
Peggy Ann "Peg" Lautenschlager (November 22, 1955 – March 31, 2018) was an American attorney and politician. He was the first chair of the Wisconsin Ethics Commission.
Lautenschlager was Attorney General of the State of Wisconsin from January 3, 2003 to January 3, 2007. She replaced fellow Democrat Jim Doyle when Doyle was elected Governor of Wisconsin in 2002.
Lautenschlager was the first woman in history to have been elected Wisconsin Attorney General.
Lautenschlager died on March 31, 2018 at her home in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin of breast and bone cancer, aged 62.
Abdul Latif Dayfallah