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(the info below is copied from Ohr Somayach and other sites)
Moshe broke the first luchos when he came down from har Sinai to find the people worshiping the golden calf.
Spies return from 40 days in Israel with evil reports of the Land of Israel. Jewish people cry in despair, give up hope of entering the Eretz Yisroel.
Destruction of Bayis Rishon by the Babylonians, under Nebuchadnezzar. About 100,000 Jews killed during invasion. Exile of remaining tribes in southern kingdom to Babylon and Persia.
70 C.E. Destruction of Bayis Shaini 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.
132 Betar destroyed – over 100,00 killed. Final destruction of Bar Kochba’s army after his last fortress, Betar, fell. Jerusalem was plowed by the Roman Emperor Hadrian and thus became a Roman city.
133 Turnus Rufus ploughs site of Temple. Romans build pagan city of Aelia Capitolina on site of Jerusalem.
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.
1290 King Edward 1st of England signed an edict expelling all Jews from England. The expulsion is accompanied by pogroms and confiscation of books and property.
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.
1914 Britain and Russia declare war on Germany. 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.
1940 Himler (ym”s) presented his plan to the Nazi Party on the “Final Solution” to the Jewish problem, July 31, 1940 – Tisha B’Av. One year later to the day, Himler’s “Plan” was implemented.
1942 Deportations from Warsaw Ghetto to the Treblinka concentration camp begin.
1994 The deadly bombing the building of the AMIA (the Jewish community center in Buenos Aires, Argentina) which killed 86 people and wounded some 300 others.
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