79

79 (number)

AD 79 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	AD 79 LXXIX
Ab urbe condita	832
Assyrian calendar	4829
Balinese saka calendar	0–1
Bengali calendar	−514
Berber calendar	1029
Buddhist calendar	623
Burmese calendar	−559
Byzantine calendar	5587–5588
Chinese calendar	戊寅年 (Earth Tiger) 2775 or 2715     — to — 己卯年 (Earth Rabbit) 2776 or 2716
Coptic calendar	−205 – −204
Discordian calendar	1245
Ethiopian calendar	71–72
Hebrew calendar	3839–3840
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	135–136
- Shaka Samvat	0–1
- Kali Yuga	3179–3180
Holocene calendar	10079
Iranian calendar	543 BP – 542 BP
Islamic calendar	560 BH – 559 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	AD 79 LXXIX
Korean calendar	2412
Minguo calendar	1833 before ROC 民前1833年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1389
Seleucid era	390/391 AG
Thai solar calendar	621–622
Tibetan calendar	ས་ཕོ་སྟག་ལོ་ (male Earth-Tiger) 205 or −176 or −948     — to — ས་མོ་ཡོས་ལོ་ (female Earth-Hare) 206 or −175 or −947

79 is a year in the 1st century.

Events

• Foundation of Deva Victrix, see Chester city walls
• The volcano Mount Vesuvius erupted, destroying Pompeii and Herculaneam.