79
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This article is about the year 79. For the number (and other uses), see 79 (number).
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 1st century BC – 1st century – 2nd century |
| Decades: | 40s 50s 60s – 70s – 80s 90s 100s |
| Years: | 76 77 78 – 79 – 80 81 82 |
| 79 by topic |
| Politics |
| State leaders – Sovereign states |
| Birth and death categories |
| Births – Deaths |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories |
| Establishments – Disestablishments |
| Gregorian calendar | 79 LXXIX |
| Ab urbe condita | 832 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Assyrian calendar | 4829 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1765–-1764 |
| Bengali calendar | -514 |
| Berber calendar | 1029 |
| English Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 623 |
| Burmese calendar | -559 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5587–5588 |
| Chinese calendar | 戊寅年十一月初十日 (2715/2775-11-10) — to —
己卯年十一月十九日(2716/2776-11-19) |
| Coptic calendar | -205–-204 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 71–72 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3839–3840 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Bikram Samwat | 135–136 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1–2 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3180–3181 |
| Holocene calendar | 10079 |
| Iranian calendar | 543 BP – 542 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 560 BH – 559 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 2412 |
| Minguo calendar | 1833 before ROC 民前1833年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 622 |
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Year 79 (LXXIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Augustus and Vespasianus (or, less frequently, year 832 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 79 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
[edit] Events
[edit] By place
[edit] Roman Empire
- Vespasianus Augustus and Titus Caesar Vespasianus become Roman Consul.
- June 23 – Vespanian dies of fever from diarrhea, his last words on his deathbed are: "I think I'm turning into a god." Titus succeeds his father as Roman emperor.
- August 24 – Mount Vesuvius erupts, destroying Pompeii, Herculaneum, Stabiae and Oplontis. The Roman fleet based at Misenum, commanded by Pliny the Elder, evacuates refugees but he dies after inhaling volcanic fumes.
- Emperor Titus dedicates the famous Roman Colosseum.
- Chester is founded as a castrum or Roman fort with the name Deva Victrix. The fortress is built by Legio II Adiutrix and contains barracks, granaries, military baths and headquarters.
- Gnaeus Julius Agricola enters Caledonia (modern Scotland) but is resisted by the Caledonians.
- Agricola founds Mamucium, a frontier fort and settlement in the North West of England. This was the first Manchester.
- To please the Senate, Titus exiles his Jewish mistress, Berenice of Cilicia.
[edit] China
- A commission of scholars canonizes the text of works of Confucius and his school.
[edit] Births
- Emperor He of Han (d. 105)
- Ma Rong (d. 166)
[edit] Deaths
- June 23 – Roman emperor Vespasian
- August 24 – Pliny the Elder, Roman writer and scientist (killed by Vesuvius eruption)
- September 23 – Pope Linus
- Caesius Bassus, Roman poet (killed by Mount Vesuvius eruption)
- Empress Ma
