279

279 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar	279; CCLXXIX
Ab urbe condita	1032
Assyrian calendar	5029
Balinese saka calendar	200–201
Bengali calendar	−314
Berber calendar	1229
Buddhist calendar	823
Burmese calendar	−359
Byzantine calendar	5787–5788
Chinese calendar	戊戌年 (Earth Dog); 2976 or 2769; — to —; 己亥年 (Earth Pig); 2977 or 2770
Coptic calendar	−5 – −4
Discordian calendar	1445
Ethiopian calendar	271–272
Hebrew calendar	4039–4040
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	335–336
- Shaka Samvat	200–201
- Kali Yuga	3379–3380
Holocene calendar	10279
Iranian calendar	343 BP – 342 BP
Islamic calendar	354 BH – 353 BH
Javanese calendar	158–159
Julian calendar	279; CCLXXIX
Korean calendar	2612
Minguo calendar	1633 before ROC; 民前1633年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1189
Seleucid era	590/591 AG
Thai solar calendar	821–822
Tibetan calendar	阳土狗年; (male Earth-Dog); 405 or 24 or −748; — to —; 阴土猪年; (female Earth-Pig); 406 or 25 or −747

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	2nd century; 3rd century ; 4th century;
Decades:	250s; 260s; 270s ; 280s; 290s;
Years:	276; 277; 278; 279 ; 280; 281; 282;

Year 279 (CCLXXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Probus and Paternus (or, less frequently, year 1032 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 279 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.

Events

By place

Roman Empire

Emperor Probus defeats the Burgundians and Vandals in Raetia and Pannonia (modern Switzerland and Hungary).

China

Winter – Conquest of Wu by Jin: The Jin dynasty conquers Eastern Wu, the last of the three contending powers in China during the Three Kingdoms period.

Births

Sima Ying, Chinese crown prince of the Jin dynasty (d. 306)

Deaths

Yochanan bar Nafcha, rabbi and compiler of the Jerusalem Talmud
Tiberius Julius Teiranes, prince and Roman Client King of the Bosporan Kingdom

References