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Year 279 (CCLXXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known in Rome as the Year of the Consulship of Probus and Paternus (or, less frequently, year 1032 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 279 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
Events
By place
Asia
- Winter – Conquest of Wu by Jin: The Jin Dynasty conquers Eastern Wu, the last of the three contending powers in China during the Three Kingdoms Period.Template:Efn
Births
- Sima Ying, Chinese prince of the Jin Dynasty (d. 306)
Deaths
- Johanan bar Nappaha, Jewish compiler of the Talmud
- Tiberius Julius Teiranes, Roman prince and client king
- Tufa Shujineng, Chinese chieftain of Jin Dynasty