Back 979 Abkhazian 979 Afrikaans 979 እ.ኤ.አ. Amharic 979 AN 979 Arabic 979 AST 979 AVK 979 Azerbaijani ۹۷۹ (میلادی) AZB 979 BAR
| 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 |
| Gregorian calendar | 979 CMLXXIX |
| Ab urbe condita | 1732 |
| Armenian calendar | 428 ԹՎ ՆԻԸ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5729 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 900–901 |
| Bengali calendar | 386 |
| Berber calendar | 1929 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1523 |
| Burmese calendar | 341 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6487–6488 |
| Chinese calendar | 戊寅年 (Earth Tiger) 3675 or 3615 — to — 己卯年 (Earth Rabbit) 3676 or 3616 |
| Coptic calendar | 695–696 |
| Discordian calendar | 2145 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 971–972 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4739–4740 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1035–1036 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 900–901 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4079–4080 |
| Holocene calendar | 10979 |
| Iranian calendar | 357–358 |
| Islamic calendar | 368–369 |
| Japanese calendar | Tengen 2 (天元２年) |
| Javanese calendar | 880–881 |
| Julian calendar | 979 CMLXXIX |
| Korean calendar | 3312 |
| Minguo calendar | 933 before ROC 民前933年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −489 |
| Seleucid era | 1290/1291 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1521–1522 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳土虎年 (male Earth-Tiger) 1105 or 724 or −48 — to — 阴土兔年 (female Earth-Rabbit) 1106 or 725 or −47 |
979 (CMLXXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 979th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 979th year of the 1st millennium, the 79th year of the 10th century, and the 10th and last year of the 970s decade. As of the start of 979, the Gregorian calendar was 5 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.