979
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| Years: 975 976 977 978 - 979 - 980 981 982 983 |
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| Decades: 940s 950s 960s - 970s - 980s 990s 1000s |
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| Centuries: 9th century - 10th century - 11th century |
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| 979 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders - Sovereign states | |
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| Gregorian calendar | 979 CMLXXIX |
| Ab urbe condita | 1732 |
| Armenian calendar | 428 ԹՎ ՆԻԸ |
| Chinese calendar | 3675 – 3676 戊寅 – 己卯 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 971 – 972 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4739 – 4740 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1034 – 1035 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 901 – 902 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4080 – 4081 |
| Iranian calendar | 357 – 358 |
| Islamic calendar | 368 – 369 |
Events
- The Tynwald, the parliament of the Isle of Man, is founded.
- Ethelred succeeds his brother Edward as king of England
- Jawhar as-Siqilli dismissed as Vizir of Egypt, replaced by Yaqub ibn Killis
- 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.
- Song Dynasty destroys the Northern Han state.
- August 1 - Battle of the Gaoliang River near present-day Beijing between the Song Dynasty and Liao Dynasty. Song forces were routed.
Births
- Estrid of the Obotrites, future wife of king Olaf Skötkonung of Sweden
- Otto, Count of Vermandois