What happened in 979?
4 recorded events in 979, including 3 in people and 1 in wars & conflicts.
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Wars & Conflicts 1
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Battle of Gaoliang River
979 battle
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People 3
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Đinh Bộ Lĩnh died
Emperor of Vietnam (r. 968–979)
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Vitale Candiano died
Doge of Venice
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Nguyễn Bặc died
Vietnamese general and administrator
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Around this time
The nearest recorded events on either side of 979.
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Battle of Cathair Cuan
Battle
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Abu-Mansur Daqiqi died
Persian writer
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Doubravka of Bohemia died
10th-century Bohemian princess and Duchess consort of the Polans
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Snæbjörn Galti died
Norwegian explorer
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Battle of Pankalia
978 battle
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Battle of Tawahin
978 battle
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Abu'l-Hasan al-Uqlidisi died
Arab mathematician
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Battle of Fýrisvellir
980 battle
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Battle of Tara
980 battle in Ireland
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Antony III of Constantinople died
Patriarch of Constantinople
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Battle of Bạch Đằng
Vietnamese–Chinese battle
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Battle of Rueda
981 battle of the Reconquista
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