979
year
979 was a common year.
| 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 |
| Gregorian calendar | 979 CMLXXIX |
| Ab urbe condita | 1732 |
| Armenian calendar | 428 ԹՎ ՆԻԸ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5729 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 900–901 |
| 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 | 900–901 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4079–4080 |
| Holocene calendar | 10979 |
| Iranian calendar | 357–358 |
| Islamic calendar | 368–369 |
| Japanese calendar | Tengen 2 (天元２年) |
| Javanese calendar | 880–881 |
| Julian calendar | 979 CMLXXIX |
| Korean calendar | 3312 |
| Minguo calendar | 933 before ROC 民前933年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −489 |
| Seleucid era | 1290/1291 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1521–1522 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳土虎年 (male Earth-Tiger) 1105 or 724 or −48 — to — 阴土兔年 (female Earth-Rabbit) 1106 or 725 or −47 |
Events change
- March 24 – The Battle of Pankalia
Births change
- August 29 – Abu Taghlib, Emir of Mosul
- Estrid of the Obotrites, future wife of king Olof Skötkonung of Sweden
- Otto, Count of Vermandois
Deaths change
- Iago ab Idwal, King of Gwynedd
- 'Imran