979

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	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

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

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

Events

March 24 – The Battle of Pankalia: a combined Byzantine–Georgian force defeats Bardas Sklerus, an organizer of the large-scale rebellion in the Byzantine Empire's Asian provinces.
The Song dynasty destroys the Northern Han State.
August 1 – Battle of Gaoliang River: The Liao dynasty defeats Song dynasty forces near present-day Beijing.

Foundation of the city of Brussels: a 'castrum' on an island on the river Senne (Brabant, Belgium).
Foundation of Tynwald, the parliament of the Isle of Man. It remains active as the longest continuous parliament in the world ^[1]