Editing 979

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[[File:Clash between the armies of Bardas Skleros and Bardas Phokas.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|Clash between the armies of [[Bardas Skleros|Skleros]] and [[Bardas Phokas the Younger|Phokas]]. Miniature from the ''[[Madrid Skylitzes]]''.]]
Year '''979''' ('''[[Roman numerals|CMLXXIX]]''') was a [[common year starting on Wednesday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. It was the 979th year of the Common Era and the Anno Domini designation, the 979th year of the 1st millennium, the 79th year of the 10th century, and the 10th and last year of the 970s decade.

== Events ==
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=== By place ===
==== Byzantine Empire ====
* [[March 24]] &ndash; [[Battle of Pankaleia|Second Battle of Pankaleia]]: An [[Kingdom of the Iberians|Ibero]]-[[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] expeditionary force, under General [[Bardas Phokas the Younger|Bardas Phokas]] ('''the Younger'''), inflicts a crushing defeat on the rebels of General [[Bardas Skleros]], at [[Yalvaç|Sarvenis]] (modern [[Turkey]]). Skleros manages to escape, and finds shelter with his Muslim allies. The rebellion is subdued without difficulty.

==== Europe ====
* [[Vitale Candiano]], doge of [[Republic of Venice|Venice]], abdicates for health reasons after a 14-month reign, and retires to a monastery. He is succeeded by [[Tribuno Memmo]], a son-in-law of the murdered [[Pietro IV Candiano]]. Tribuno declares a general [[amnesty]] for everyone complicit in the plot against Pietro.<ref>Janet Sethre (2003). ''The Souls of Venice'', p. 84 (McFarland & Co. Inc).</ref>
* [[June 8]] &ndash; [[Louis V of France|Louis V]], nicknamed ''le Fainéant'' ('''the Do-Nothing'''), is crowned as the co-emperor of [[West Francia]] at [[Paris]] by his father, King [[Lothair of France|Lothair]]. Upon Lothair's death on [[March 2]], [[986]], Louis becomes the sole ruler.
* The city of [[Brussels]] is founded by [[Charles, Duke of Lower Lorraine|Charles]], duke of [[Lower Lorraine]]. He constructs fortifications (a [[castrum]] on an island) on the [[Zenne|Senne River]] (modern [[Belgium]]).

==== Britain ====
* [[Tynwald]] (or '''Tynwald Court'''), the parliament of the [[Isle of Man]], is founded. It remains active as the longest continuous [[parliament]] in the world.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/takingliberties/staritems/322chronicleofmann.html|title=Taking Liberties - Star Items - Chronicle of Mann|work=bl.uk|access-date=28 February 2015}}</ref>

==== Africa ====
* [[Jawhar (general)|Jawhar as-Siqilli]] is dismissed as [[vizier]] of [[Egypt in the Middle Ages|Egypt]] after an unsuccessful campaign in [[Syria]] (near [[Damascus]]). He is replaced by [[Ya'qub ibn Killis]].

==== China ====
* [[Battle of Gaoliang River]]: Emperor [[Emperor Taizong of Song|Tai Zong]] leads an expedition into [[You Prefecture]] (or '''Youzhou'''). The [[Liao dynasty|Liao Dynasty]] counter-attacks and defeats the Song forces near modern-day [[Beijing]]. 
* Summer &ndash; Tai Zong invades the [[Northern Han]] and besieges the capital of [[Taiyuan]]. A relief force sent by the Liao Dynasty is defeated. The Kingdom is absorbed into the [[Song dynasty|Song Dynasty]].
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== Births ==
* [[August 29]] &ndash; [[Otto, Count of Vermandois|Otto]] (or '''Eudes'''), French [[Nobility|nobleman]] (d. [[1045]])
* [[Al-Muqtana Baha'uddin]], Druze religious leader (d. [[1043]])
* [[Estrid of the Obotrites|Estrid]] (or '''Astrid'''), queen consort of [[Sweden]] (d. [[1035]])
* [[Fujiwara no Takaie]], Japanese nobleman (d. [[1044]])
* [[Ibn al-Samh]], Andalusian [[astronomer]] (d. 1035)
* [[Matilda of Germany, Countess Palatine of Lotharingia|Matilda]], countess palatine of [[Lotharingia]] (d. [[1025]])

== Deaths ==
* [[June 29]] &ndash; [[Fujiwara no Koshi]], Japanese empress (b. [[947]])
* [[August 3]] &ndash; [[Thietmar, Margrave of Meissen|Thietmar]], German nobleman
* [[August 11]] &ndash; [[Gero, Count of Alsleben|Gero]], German nobleman
* [[August 26]] &ndash; [[Zhao Dezhao]], prince of the [[Song dynasty|Song Dynasty]] (b. [[951]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Ann Paludan|title=Chronicle of the Chinese Emperors: The Reign-by-reign Record of the Rulers of Imperial China|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4qzVngEACAAJ|year=1998|publisher=Thames and Hudson|isbn=978-0-500-05090-3}}</ref>
* [[August 29]] &ndash; [[Abu Taghlib]], Hamdanid [[emir]]<ref>{{EI2 | volume = 2 | title=Abū Tag̲h̲lib | first = Marius | last = Canard | authorlink = Marius Canard  | url = https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/encyclopaedia-of-islam-2/*-SIM_8273|ref=no|page=128}}</ref>
* [[September 19]] &ndash; [[Gotofredo I (archbishop of Milan)|Gotofredo I]], archbishop of [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milan|Milan]]
*''unknown dates''
** [['Imran ibn Shahin]], Muslim ruler  
** [[Vitale Candiano]], doge of [[Republic of Venice|Venice]]<ref>Dandolo, Andrea, et al. 1938. ''Chronica per extensum descripta'' (= ''Rerum italicarum scriptores'' 12.1). Bologna: Zanichelli, p. 500.</ref>
** [[Hasanwayh]], Hasanwayhid ruler
*''probable'' &ndash; [[Iago ab Idwal]], king of [[Kingdom of Gwynedd|Gwynedd]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://biography.wales/article/s-IAGO-API-0942|title=Iago ab Idwal Foel (f. 942-979), king of Gwynedd|author=Thomas Jones Pierce|website=Dictionary of Welsh Biography|publisher=National Library of Wales|access-date=June 28, 2021}}</ref>

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