| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
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| Gregorian calendar | 679 DCLXXIX |
| Ab urbe condita | 1432 |
| Armenian calendar | 128 ԹՎ ՃԻԸ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5429 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 600–601 |
| Bengali calendar | 86 |
| Berber calendar | 1629 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1223 |
| Burmese calendar | 41 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6187–6188 |
| Chinese calendar | 戊寅年 (Earth Tiger) 3375 or 3315 — to — 己卯年 (Earth Rabbit) 3376 or 3316 |
| Coptic calendar | 395–396 |
| Discordian calendar | 1845 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 671–672 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4439–4440 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 735–736 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 600–601 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3779–3780 |
| Holocene calendar | 10679 |
| Iranian calendar | 57–58 |
| Islamic calendar | 59–60 |
| Japanese calendar | N/A |
| Javanese calendar | 571–572 |
| Julian calendar | 679 DCLXXIX |
| Korean calendar | 3012 |
| Minguo calendar | 1233 before ROC 民前1233年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −789 |
| Seleucid era | 990/991 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1221–1222 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳土虎年 (male Earth-Tiger) 805 or 424 or −348 — to — 阴土兔年 (female Earth-Rabbit) 806 or 425 or −347 |
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Year 679 (DCLXXIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 679 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
Byzantine Empire
- Emperor Constantine IV signs a peace treaty, of a nominal 30-year duration, with Caliph Muawiyah I of the Umayyad Caliphate. Constantine pays an annual tribute of 3,000 (nomismata) pounds of gold, 50 horses and 50 slaves. The Arab garrisons are withdrawn from their bases on the Byzantine coastlands, including Crete & Cyzicus.[1]
Europe
- December 23 – King Dagobert II is murdered in a hunting accident, near Stenay-sur-Meuse (Ardennes), probably on orders from Pepin of Herstal, the mayor of the palace of Austrasia.[2] He is succeeded by Theuderic III, who becomes sole ruler of the Frankish Kingdom.
Britain
- King Æthelred of Mercia marries Princess Osthryth, sister of King Ecgfrith of Northumbria (approximate date).
Americas
- Nuun Ujol Chaak, an ajaw of the Maya city of Tikal, is by this year deceased, after his final defeat at the hands of B'alaj Chan K'awiil, during the Second Tikal-Calakmul War.
By topic
Religion
- Adomnán, clerical lawyer, becomes abbot of the monastery of Iona Abbey, located on the island of Iona (modern Scotland).
- October 2 – Leodegar, bishop of Autun, is tortured and executed by Neustrian nobles at Fécamp (Normandy)
Births
- Sima Zhen, Chinese historian (d. 732)
- Zachary, pope of the Catholic Church (d. 752)
Deaths
- June 23 – Æthelthryth, queen of Northumbria
- October 2, Leodegar, bishop of Autun
- December 23 – Dagobert II, king of Austrasia
- Ælfwine, king of Deira (approximate date)
- Cenn Fáelad mac Ailella, Irish scholar
- Dai Zhide, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty
- Sigebert IV, Frankish prince (approximate date)
- Xu Yushi, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty