979
This article is about the year 979. For the number, see 979 (number).
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 9th century – 10th century – 11th century |
| Decades: | 940s 950s 960s – 970s – 980s 990s 1000s |
| Years: | 976 977 978 – 979 – 980 981 982 |
| 979 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 979 CMLXXIX |
| Ab urbe condita | 1732 |
| Armenian calendar | 428 ԹՎ ՆԻԸ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5729 |
| Bengali calendar | 386 |
| Berber calendar | 1929 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1523 |
| Burmese calendar | 341 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6487–6488 |
| Chinese calendar | 戊寅年 (Earth Tiger) 3675 or 3615 — to — 己卯年 (Earth Rabbit) 3676 or 3616 |
| Coptic calendar | 695–696 |
| Discordian calendar | 2145 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 971–972 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4739–4740 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1035–1036 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 901–902 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4080–4081 |
| Holocene calendar | 10979 |
| Iranian calendar | 357–358 |
| Islamic calendar | 368–369 |
| Japanese calendar | Tengen 2 (天元２年) |
| Julian calendar | 979 CMLXXIX |
| Korean calendar | 3312 |
| Minguo calendar | 933 before ROC 民前933年 |
| Seleucid era | 1290/1291 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1521–1522 |
Year 979 (CMLXXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
- Foundation of the city of Brussels: a 'castrum' on an island on the river Senne (Brabant, Belgium).
- Foundation of Tynwald, the parliament of the Isle of Man. It remains active as the longest continuous parliament in the world [1]
Africa
- Jawhar as-Siqilli is dismissed as Vizir of Egypt, and replaced by Yaqub ibn Killis.
Asia
- March 24 – The Battle of Pankalia: a combined Byzantine–Georgian force defeats Bardas Sklerus, an organizer of the large-scale rebellion in the Byzantine Empire's Asian provinces.
- The Song dynasty destroys the Northern Han State.
- August 1 – Battle of Gaoliang River: The Liao dynasty defeats Song dynasty forces near present-day Beijing.
Births
- Estrid of the Obotrites, future wife of king Olof Skötkonung of Sweden
- Otto, Count of Vermandois
Deaths
- August 29 – Abu Taghlib, Emir of Mosul
- Iago ab Idwal, King of Gwynedd
- 'Imran
References
- ↑ "Taking Liberties - Star Items - Chronicle of Mann". bl.uk. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
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