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== Events ==
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=== By place ===
==== Asia ====
* Winter &ndash; [[Conquest of Wu by Jin]]: The [[Jin dynasty (265–420)|Jin Dynasty]] conquers [[Eastern Wu]], the last of the three contending powers in [[China]] during the [[Three Kingdoms]] Period.{{efn|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 [[Emperor Wu of Jin|Sima Yan]]'s reign.<ref>{{harvnb|Zizhi Tongjian|1084|loc=vol. 80}}: "[咸寧五年]冬，十一月，大舉伐吳"</ref> This month corresponds to 21 December 279 to 18 January 280 in the Gregorian calendar.|name=start date}}
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