Tu B'Av
End of dying in the desert, 1274 BCE
Day of the Breaking of the Axe, last day to gather wood for the Temple
First day to harvest grapes for winemaking
Matchmaking Day
Betar dead burial, 148
Israelites camp at Divon Gad
Jeroboam's roadblock to Jerusalem ended by King Hosea, 574 BCE
Bialystok Ghetto massacre, 1943
Lionel Rothschild, admitted into the English Parliament, 1858
Cochin India Jews get shipment of books and Torahs, annual holiday
Death of Samson Wertheimer, charitable Hofjude, Vienna, 1724
Death of R. Simcha Calimani, author, Venice, 1784
Birth of Felix Adler, founder of ethical culture society, Aizey, 1851
Death of Carl Feust, prominent attorney, Bavaria, 1872