279

This article is about the year 279. For the number, see279 (number).

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

279 in variouscalendars

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	Mậu tuấtNiên (EarthDog) 2976 or 2769 — to — Kỷ hợi niên (EarthPig) 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 beforeROC Dân tiền 1633 niên
Nanakshahi calendar	−1189
Seleucid era	590/591AG
Thai solar calendar	821–822
Tibetan calendar	Dương thổ cẩu niên (male Earth-Dog) 405 or 24 or −748 — to — Âm thổ trư niên (female Earth-Pig) 406 or 25 or −747

EmperorSima YanbyYan Liben

Year279(CCLXXIX) was acommon year starting on Wednesday(link will display the full calendar) of theJulian calendar.At the time, it was known in Rome as theYear of the Consulship of Probus and Paternus(or, less frequently,year 1032Ab urbe condita). The denomination 279 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when theAnno Dominicalendar erabecame the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Events

By place

Asia

• Winter –Conquest of Wu by Jin:TheJin DynastyconquersEastern Wu,the last of the three contending powers inChinaduring theThree KingdomsPeriod.

Births

• Sima Ying,Chinese prince of theJin Dynasty(d.306)

Deaths

• Johanan bar Nappaha,Jewish compiler of theTalmud
• Tiberius Julius Teiranes,Roman prince and client king
• Tufa Shujineng,Chinese chieftain of Jin Dynasty

Sources

• Sima Guang,ed. (1934) [1084].Zizhi Tongjian.Hong Kong: Zhonghua Shuju.