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- June 23 : Start of reign of Titus , Roman emperor. (End in 81 )
- August 24 or October 24 (sources differ): Destruction of Pompeii. The Vesuvius erupted covering the cities of Pompeii to Herculaneum and Stabiae burning under the ashes.
- Agricola submit the north of England (completed in 80 ).
- In Gaul , execution of Julius Sabinus and his wife, Eponine.
- In China , a committee of scholars sets the text of the works attributed to Confucius and his school. This text takes a canonical value.
Births in 79
Deaths in 79
- June 23 : Vespasian , ( 9 ) Roman emperor.
- August 24 :
- Pliny the Elder (b. 23 or 24 ) writer and naturalist Roman , during the eruption of Vesuvius in Stabiae ;
- Drusilla ( 38 ), daughter of Herod Agrippa I , and wife of Antonius Felix , the eruption of Vesuvius ;
- Agrippa, son of the previous and Antonius Felix, the eruption of Vesuvius.
- September 23 : Lin ( v. 17 ), the second pope of the Catholic Church.
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