AD 79.html

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	1st century BC - 1st century - 2nd century
Decades:	40s 50s 60s - 70s - 80s 90s 100s
Years:	76 77 78 - 79 - 80 81 82

This article is about the year 79. For other uses, see 79 (number).

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Year 79 was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

June 23 - Titus succeeds his father Vespasian as Roman emperor.
August 24 - Mount Vesuvius erupts, destroying Pompeii and Herculaneum.
Roman Emperor Titus dedicates the famous Roman Colosseum.
Gnaeus Julius Agricola enters Scotland but is resisted by the Caledonians.
Gnaeus Julius Agricola founds Mamucium, a frontier fort and settlement in the North West of England. This was the first Manchester.
To please the Senate, Titus exiles his Jewish mistress, Berenice of Cilicia.

In China, a commission of scholars canonizes the text of works of Confucius and his school.

June 23 — Roman emperor Vespasian
August 24 — Pliny the Elder, Roman writer and scientist (killed by Vesuvius eruption)
September 23 — Pope Linus
Caesius Bassus, Roman poet (killed by Vesuvius eruption)
Empress Ma