| Hebrew Year | Common Year | Event |
| 2448 | 1312 BCE |
The first Tisha b’Av Having been freed from slavery and experiencing Signs and Wonders on the way to the Promised Land, they are now poised to enter. The 12 Spies return on the eighth day of Av from 40 days in Israel – 10 Spies report that the land is unconquerable. That night, the 9th of Av, the people cry and give up their dream of going into Israel. They insist that they’d rather go back and give up hope of entering the Land. G-d is highly displeased by this public demonstration of distrust in His power, and consequently that generation of Israelites never enters the Holy Land. Only their children have that privilege, after wandering in the desert for another 38 years. That night was Tisha B’Av, the ninth day of the Jewish month of Av. God declared: “They cried for no reason; in the future I’ll give them good reason to cry.” So, the 9th of Av becomes a Day of horror and destruction for them throughout Israel’s history to this day.
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| 3340 | 421 BCE | Destruction of First Temple by the Babylonians, under Nebuchadnezar. About 100,000 Jews killed during invasion. Exile of remaining tribes in southern kingdom to Babylon and Persia. |
| 3830 | 70 CE | Destruction of Second Temple by Romans, under Titus. Over 2,500,000 Jews die as a result of war, famine and disease. Over 1,000,000 Jews exiled to all parts of the Roman Empire. Over 100,000 Jews sold as slaves by Romans. Jews killed and tortured in gladiatorial “games” and pagan celebrations. |
| 3892 | 132 | Bar Kochba revolt crushed by Rome City of Betar destroyed – over 100,000 killed. |
| 3893 | 133 | Turnus Rufus ploughs site of Temple. Romans build pagan city of Aelia Capitolina on site of Jerusalem. |
| 4855 | 1095 | First Crusade declared by Pope Urban II. 10,000 Jews killed in first month of Crusade. Crusades bring death and destruction to thousands of Jews, totally obliterate many communities in Rhineland and France. |
| 5050 | 1290 | Expulsion of Jews from England, accompanied by pogroms and confiscation of books and property. |
| 5252 | 1492 | Inquisition in Spain and Portugal culminates in the expulsion of the Jews from the Iberian Peninsula. Families separated, many die by drowning, massive loss of property. |
| 5438 | 1306 | The Jews were expelled from France on July 21, 1306 (Av 9). |
| 5674 | 1914 | Britain and Russia declare war on Germany – 1 August 1914. First World War begins. First World War issues unresolved, ultimately causing Second World War and Holocaust. 75% of all Jews in war zones. Jews in armies of all sides – 120,000 Jewish casualties in armies. Over 400 pogroms immediately following war in Hungary, Ukraine, Poland and Russia. |
| 5703 | 1941 | On August 2nd, 1941, (Av 9), SS commander Heinrich Himmler received approval from the Nazi party for “The Final Solution”. One year later, to the day, the plan was formally implemented. The final solution was the almost completely successful plan to murder all the Jews in Europe. Almost 50% of the Jews on the face of the earth were captured and killed at that time. |
| 5702 | 1942 | Deportations from Warsaw Ghetto to the Treblinka concentration camp begin. |
| 5754 | 1994 | The deadly bombing the building of the AMIA (the Jewish community centre in Buenos Aires, Argentina) which killed 86 people and wounded some 300 others. |
| 5765 | 2005 | 9000 Jews evicted from their homes, farms and businesses in Gush Katif , Gaza, by the Israel Army under instructions of the Jewish Government under Ariel Sharon and the Land given to Arab Palestinians who subsequently erected terrorist training camps there. Rockets are fired from there on Israel to this day (Aug. 2024). |
