79 34817 221080147 2008-06-22T23:40:18Z Lorddrink 4706102 /* Births */ {{Year nav 1st century CE|79}} {{otheruses-number}} {{C1YearInTopic}} Year '''79''' was a [[common year starting on Friday]] (link will display the full calendar) of the [[Julian calendar]]. __NOTOC__ ==Events== ===By place=== ====Roman Empire==== * [[June 23]] - [[Titus]] succeeds his father [[Vespasian]] as [[Roman Emperors|Roman emperor]]. * [[August 24]] - [[Mount Vesuvius]] erupts, destroying [[Pompeii]] and [[Herculaneum]]. * [[Roman Emperor]] [[Titus]] dedicates the famous [[Rome|Roman]] [[Colosseum]]. * [[Gnaeus Julius Agricola]] enters [[Scotland]] but is resisted by the [[Caledonia]]ns. * To please the [[Roman Senate|Senate]], Titus exiles his [[Jewish]] [[Mistress (lover)|mistress]], [[Berenice of Cilicia]]. ====Asia==== * In [[China]], a commission of scholars canonizes the text of works of [[Confucius]] and his school. ==Births== * [[Emperor He of Han]] (d. [[106]]) * [[Ma Rong]] (d. [[166]]) ==Deaths== * [[June 23]] — [[Roman Emperors|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 (Ming)|Empress Ma]] {{C1YearEnd}} [[Category:79]] [[af:79]] [[als:70er#Johr_79]] [[am:79 እ.ኤ.አ.]] [[ar:79]] [[an:79]] [[ast:79]] [[az:79]] [[bn:৭৯]] [[be:79]] [[be-x-old:79]] [[bh:७९]] [[bs:79]] [[bg:79]] [[ca:79]] [[cv:79]] [[cs:79]] [[co:79]] [[cy:79]] [[da:79]] [[de:79]] [[et:79]] [[el:79]] [[es:79]] [[eo:79]] [[eu:79]] [[fa:۷۹ (میلادی)]] [[fr:79]] [[fur:79]] [[ga:79]] [[gd:79]] [[gl:79]] [[ko:79년]] [[hr:79.]] [[io:79]] [[bpy:মারি ৭৯]] [[id:79]] [[ia:79]] [[it:79]] [[he:79]] [[jv:79]] [[ka:79]] [[sw:79]] [[ht:79 (almanak jilyen)]] [[la:79]] [[lb:79]] [[lmo:79]] [[hu:79]] [[mk:79]] [[mr:इ.स. ७९]] [[ms:79]] [[nah:79]] [[nl:79]] [[new:७९]] [[ja:79年]] [[nap:79]] [[no:79]] [[nn:79]] [[oc:79]] [[or:୭୯]] [[uz:79]] [[pi:७९]] [[nds:79]] [[pl:79]] [[pt:79]] [[ksh:Joohr 79]] [[ro:79]] [[ru:79 год]] [[sa:७९]] [[sq:79]] [[simple:79]] [[sk:79]] [[sl:79]] [[sr:79]] [[su:79]] [[fi:79]] [[sv:79]] [[th:พ.ศ. 622]] [[tr:79]] [[uk:79]] [[ur:79ء]] [[vec:79]] [[zh:79年]]