| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 1st century BC – 1st century – 2nd century |
| Decades: | 40s 50s 60s – 70s – 80s 90s 100s |
| Years: | 76 77 78 – 79 – 80 81 82 |
| 79 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 79 LXXIX |
| Ab urbe condita | 832 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1765 – -1764 |
| Bengali calendar | -514 |
| Berber calendar | 1029 |
| Buddhist calendar | 623 |
| Burmese calendar | -559 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5587 – 5588 |
| Chinese calendar | 戊寅年十一月初十日 (2715/2775-11-10) — to —
己卯年十一月十九日(2716/2776-11-19) |
| Coptic calendar | -205 – -204 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 71 – 72 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3839 – 3840 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Bikram Samwat | 135 – 136 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1 – 2 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3180 – 3181 |
| Holocene calendar | 10079 |
| Iranian calendar | 543 BP – 542 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 560 BH – 559 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 2412 |
| Thai solar calendar | 622 |
Year 79 (LXXIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.