279
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 2nd century – 3rd century – 4th century |
| Decades: | 240s 250s 260s – 270s – 280s 290s 300s |
| Years: | 276 277 278 – 279 – 280 281 282 |
| 279 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 279 CCLXXIX |
| Ab urbe condita | 1032 |
| Assyrian calendar | 5029 |
| Bengali calendar | −314 |
| Berber calendar | 1229 |
| Buddhist calendar | 823 |
| Burmese calendar | −359 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5787–5788 |
| Chinese calendar | 戊戌年 (Earth Dog) 2975 or 2915 — to — 己亥年 (Earth Pig) 2976 or 2916 |
| Coptic calendar | −5 – −4 |
| Discordian calendar | 1445 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 271–272 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4039–4040 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 335–336 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 201–202 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3380–3381 |
| Holocene calendar | 10279 |
| Iranian calendar | 343 BP – 342 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 354 BH – 353 BH |
| Julian calendar | 279 CCLXXIX |
| Korean calendar | 2612 |
| Minguo calendar | 1633 before ROC 民前1633年 |
| Seleucid era | 590/591 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 821–822 |
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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 – Sima Yan, Emperor of the Jin Dynasty, launches the Jin offensive and attacks along the Yangzi River from Jianye to Jiangling whilst the Sichuan fleet sails downriver to the Jing province. They capture the border cities and the Wu forces collapse. This marks the end of the Three Kingdoms (China).
Births
- Sima Ying, crown prince of the Jin Dynasty (d. 306)
Deaths
- Yochanan bar Nafcha, rabbi and compiler of the Jerusalem Talmud