779
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This article is about the year 779. For the number (and other uses), see 779 (number).
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 7th century – 8th century – 9th century |
| Decades: | 740s 750s 760s – 770s – 780s 790s 800s |
| Years: | 776 777 778 – 779 – 780 781 782 |
| 779 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 779 DCCLXXIX |
| Ab urbe condita | 1532 |
| Armenian calendar | 228 ԹՎ ՄԻԸ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5529 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1065–-1064 |
| Bengali calendar | 186 |
| Berber calendar | 1729 |
| English Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 1323 |
| Burmese calendar | 141 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6287–6288 |
| Chinese calendar | 戊午年十二月初九日 (3415/3475-12-9) — to —
己未年十一月十九日(3416/3476-11-19) |
| Coptic calendar | 495–496 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 771–772 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4539–4540 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 835–836 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 701–702 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3880–3881 |
| Holocene calendar | 10779 |
| Iranian calendar | 157–158 |
| Islamic calendar | 162–163 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Julian calendar | 779 DCCLXXIX |
| Korean calendar | 3112 |
| Minguo calendar | 1133 before ROC 民前1133年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1322 |
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Year 779 (DCCLXXIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 779 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
[edit] Events
[edit] By place
[edit] Asia
- June 12 - In China, Li Kuo succeeds as Emperor Dezong of Tang.
[edit] Europe
- Offa of Mercia defeats Cynewulf of Wessex and takes Bensington.
- Offa's Dyke is constructed.
[edit] Births
[edit] Deaths
- Emperor Daizong of Tang, emperor of China
