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Revision as of 17:11, 1 December 2009
Template:Otheruses-number Template:Year nav 1st century CE
Template:C1YearInTopic Year 79 (LXXIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Roman Empire
- June 23 – Titus succeeds his father Vespasian as Roman emperor.
- August 24 – Mount Vesuvius erupts, destroying Pompeii, Herculaneum, Stabiae and Oplontis.
- Roman Emperor Titus dedicates the famous Roman Colosseum.
- Gnaeus Julius Agricola enters Caledonia (modern-day Scotland) but is resisted by the Caledonians.
- Gnaeus Julius Agricola founds Mamucium, a frontier fort and settlement in the North West of England. This was the first Manchester.
- To please the Senate, Titus exiles his Jewish mistress, Berenice of Cilicia.
Asia
Births
- Emperor He of Han (d. 106)
- Ma Rong (d. 166)
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 Mount Vesuvius eruption)
- Empress Ma