Tisha B'Av Calamities

Tisha B'Av, the ninth day of the Hebrew month of Av, is a day of mourning and fasting. Jews fast in remembrance of the tragedies which occurred on this date throughout history.

This list includes some of the worst calamities which befell the Jews on Tisha B'Av:

• 587 BCE (3338)
  The First Temple was destroyed by the Babylonians under the rulership of Nebuchadnezzar.
• 70 CE (3830)
  The Second Temple was destroyed by the Romans under the leadership of Titus.
• 135 CE (3895)
  The Romans conquered Bar Kochba's last fortress, Betar, and destroyed his army. The Roman Emperor Hadrian turned Jerusalem into a Roman city.
• 1290 (5050)
  King Edward 1st of England signed an edict expelling all Jews from England.
• 1492 (5252)
  Jews were expelled from Spain.
• 1670
  The last Jews left Vienna, following expulsion orders.
• 1914 (5674)
  World War I began (Germany declared war on Russia on August 1, 1914).
• 1940 (5700)
  Himler presented his plan for the "Final Solution" to the Jewish problem to the Nazi Party.
• 1942 (5702)
  Nazis began deporting of Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto.