79

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

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.

Asia

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

Births

• Emperor He of Han (d. 106)
• Ma Rong (d. 166)

Deaths

• 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