WORLD RELIGIONS

Detailed explanation-1: -On Tisha B’Av, 25 August 587 BCE or 18 July 586 BCE, the Babylonians took Jerusalem, destroyed the First Temple and burned down the city.

Detailed explanation-2: -Not only was the First Temple destroyed on the 9th of Av, but on that very same day, in the year 70 CE, the Second Temple, and Jewish life in Jerusalem was also destroyed.

Detailed explanation-3: -In 66 CE the Jewish population rebelled against the Roman Empire. Four years later, on 4 August 70 CE (the 9th day of Av and possibly the day on which Tisha B’Av was observed) or 30 August 70 CE, Roman legions under Titus retook and destroyed much of Jerusalem and the Second Temple.