279

This article is about the year 279. For the number, see 279 (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 various calendars

Gregorian calendar	279 CCLXXIX
Ab urbe condita	1032
Assyrian calendar	5029
Balinese saka calendar	200–201
Bengali calendar	−315 – −314
Berber calendar	1229
Buddhist calendar	823
Burmese calendar	−359
Byzantine calendar	5787–5788
Chinese calendar	戊戌年 (Earth Dog) 2976 or 2769     — to — 己亥年 (Earth Pig) 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 before ROC 民前1633年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1189
Seleucid era	590/591 AG
Thai solar calendar	821–822
Tibetan calendar	阳土狗年 (male Earth-Dog) 405 or 24 or −748     — to — 阴土猪年 (female Earth-Pig) 406 or 25 or −747

Emperor Sima Yan by Yan Liben

Year 279 (CCLXXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known in Rome 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

Asia

• Winter – Conquest of Wu by Jin: The Jin Dynasty conquers Eastern Wu, the last of the three contending powers in China during the Three Kingdoms Period.^[a]

Births

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

Deaths

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

Notes

1. The Zizhi Tongjian recorded that the Jin dynasty launched the invasion of Eastern Wu in the 11th month of the 5th year of the Xianning era of Sima Yan's reign.^[1] This month corresponds to 21 December 279 to 18 January 280 in the Gregorian calendar.

References

1. Zizhi Tongjian 1084, vol. 80: "[咸寧五年]冬，十一月，大舉伐吳"

Sources

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