| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 9th century – 10th century – 11th century |
| Decades: | 940s 950s 960s – 970s – 980s 990s 1000s |
| Years: | 976 977 978 – 979 – 980 981 982 |
| 979 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 979 CMLXXIX |
| Ab urbe condita | 1732 |
| Armenian calendar | 428 ԹՎ ՆԻԸ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5729 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -865–-864 |
| Bengali calendar | 386 |
| Berber calendar | 1929 |
| English Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 1523 |
| Burmese calendar | 341 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6487–6488 |
| Chinese calendar | 戊寅年十一月三十日 (3615/3675-11-30) — to —
己卯年十二月初十日(3616/3676-12-10) |
| Coptic calendar | 695–696 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 971–972 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4739–4740 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1035–1036 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 901–902 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4080–4081 |
| Holocene calendar | 10979 |
| Iranian calendar | 357–358 |
| Islamic calendar | 368–369 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3312 |
| Minguo calendar | 933 before ROC 民前933年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1522 |
Year 979 (CMLXXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.