779

year

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Instance of: year
Part of: 770s
Followed by: 780
Follows: 778

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Commons category: 779
topic's main category: Category:779
point in time: 0779-01-01
has list: list of state leaders in 779
category for births in this time period: Category:779 births
category for deaths in this time period: Category:779 deaths

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Emperor De Zong (Li Kuo) (742–805)

Year 779 (DCCLXXIX) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 779 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.

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