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979
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| 979 by topic |
| Politics |
| State leaders - Sovereign states |
| Birth and death categories |
| Births - Deaths |
| Establishments and disestablishments categories |
| Establishments - Disestablishments |
979 in other calendars
| 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 |
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| - 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
Deaths
- Iago ab Idwal
- Edward the Martyr
- 'Imran
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