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979

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Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	9th century 10th century 11th century
Decades:	950s 960s 970s 980s 990s
Years:	976 977 978 979 980 981 982

979 by topic
Leaders
Political entities State leaders Religious leaders
Categories
Births Deaths Establishments

979 in various calendars
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) 3676 or 3469 — to — 己卯年 (Earth Rabbit) 3677 or 3470
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	Tengen2 (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

Clash between the armies of Skleros and Phokas. Miniature from the Madrid Skylitzes.

Year 979 (CMLXXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. It was the last year of the 970s decade.

Events

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By place

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Byzantine Empire

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March 24 – Second Battle of Pankaleia: An Ibero-Byzantine expeditionary force, under General Bardas Phokas (the Younger), inflicts a crushing defeat on the rebels of General Bardas Skleros, at Sarvenis (modern Turkey). Skleros manages to escape, and finds shelter with his Muslim allies. The rebellion is subdued without difficulty.

Europe

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Vitale Candiano, doge of Venice, abdicates for health reasons after a 14-month reign, and retires to a monastery. He is succeeded by Tribuno Memmo, a son-in-law of the murdered Pietro IV Candiano. Tribuno declares a general amnesty for everyone complicit in the plot against Pietro.^[1]
June 8 – Louis V, nicknamed le Fainéant (the Do-Nothing), is crowned as the co-emperor of West FranciaatParis by his father, King Lothair. Upon Lothair's death on March 2, 986, Louis becomes the sole ruler.
The city of Brussels is founded by Charles, duke of Lower Lorraine. He constructs fortifications (acastrum on an island) on the Senne River (modern Belgium).

Britain

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Tynwald (orTynwald Court), the parliament of the Isle of Man, is founded. It remains active as the longest continuous parliament in the world.^[2]

Africa

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Jawhar as-Siqilli is dismissed as vizierofEgypt after an unsuccessful campaign in Syria (near Damascus). He is replaced by Ya'qub ibn Killis.

China

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Battle of Gaoliang River: Emperor Tai Zong leads an expedition into You Prefecture (orYouzhou). The Liao Dynasty counter-attacks and defeats the Song forces near modern-day Beijing.
Summer – Tai Zong invades the Northern Han and besieges the capital of Taiyuan. A relief force sent by the Liao Dynasty is defeated. The Kingdom is absorbed into the Song Dynasty.

Births

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August 29 – Otto (orEudes), French nobleman (d. 1045)
Al-Muqtana Baha'uddin, Druze religious leader (d. 1043)
Estrid (orAstrid), queen consort of Sweden (d. 1035)
Fujiwara no Takaie, Japanese nobleman (d. 1044)
Ibn al-Samh, Andalusian astronomer (d. 1035)
Matilda, countess palatine of Lotharingia (d. 1025)

Deaths

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June 29 – Fujiwara no Koshi, Japanese empress (b. 947)
August 3 – Thietmar, German nobleman
August 11 – Gero, German nobleman
August 26 – Zhao Dezhao, prince of the Song Dynasty (b. 951)^[3]
August 29 – Abu Taghlib, Hamdanid emir^[4]
September 19 – Gotofredo I, archbishop of Milan
unknown dates
- 'Imran ibn Shahin, Muslim ruler
- Vitale Candiano, doge of Venice^[5]
- Hasanwayh, Hasanwayhid ruler
probable – Iago ab Idwal, king of Gwynedd^[6]

References

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^ Janet Sethre (2003). The Souls of Venice, p. 84 (McFarland & Co. Inc).

^ "Taking Liberties - Star Items - Chronicle of Mann". bl.uk. Retrieved February 28, 2015.

^ Ann Paludan (1998). Chronicle of the Chinese Emperors: The Reign-by-reign Record of the Rulers of Imperial China. Thames and Hudson. ISBN 978-0-500-05090-3.

^ Canard, Marius (1965). "Abū Tag̲h̲lib". In Lewis, B.; Pellat, Ch. & Schacht, J. (eds.). The Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition. Volume II: C–G. Leiden: E. J. Brill. p. 128. OCLC 495469475.

^ Dandolo, Andrea, et al. 1938. Chronica per extensum descripta (= Rerum italicarum scriptores 12.1). Bologna: Zanichelli, p. 500.

^ Thomas Jones Pierce. "Iago ab Idwal Foel (f. 942-979), king of Gwynedd". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved June 28, 2021.

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