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Years:	76  77  78  - 79 -  80  81  82

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Year 79 was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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[edit] By place

[edit] Roman Empire

• June 23 - Titus succeeds his father Vespasian as Roman emperor.
• August 24 - Mount Vesuvius erupts, destroying Pompeii and Herculaneum.
• Roman Emperor Titus dedicates the famous Roman Colosseum.
• Gnaeus Julius Agricola enters Scotland but is resisted by the Caledonians.
• To please the Senate, Titus exiles his Jewish mistress, Berenice of Cilicia.

[edit] Asia

• In China, a commission of scholars canonizes the text of works of Confucius and his school.

[edit] Births

• Emperor He of Han
• Ma Rong

[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 Vesuvius eruption)
• Empress Ma

Year 79 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar   79 (LXXIX ) Ab urbe condita      832 Armenian calendar N/A Bahá'í calendar    -1765 – -1764 Berber calendar    1029 Buddhist calendar    623 Burmese calendar    -559 Chinese calendar      2715/2775-11-10 (戊寅年十一月初十日)               — to —      2716/2776-11-19 (己卯年十一月十九日) Coptic calendar    -205 – -204 Ethiopian calendar    71 – 72 Hebrew calendar    3839 – 3840	Hindu calendars   - Vikram Samvat    134 – 135   - 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 - - Imperial Year:   Kōki   739 (皇紀739年) Julian calendar      124 Korean calendar    2412 Thai solar calendar    622
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