1779
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| 1779 by topic: | |
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| Archaeology – Architecture – Art – Literature (Poetry) – Music – Science | |
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| Canada – Denmark – France – Great Britain – Ireland – Norway – Russia – Scotland – Sweden – United States | |
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| Gregorian calendar | 1779 MDCCLXXIX |
| Ab urbe condita | 2532 |
| Armenian calendar | 1228 ԹՎ ՌՄԻԸ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6529 |
| Bengali calendar | 1186 |
| Berber calendar | 2729 |
| British Regnal year | 19 Geo. 3 – 20 Geo. 3 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2323 |
| Burmese calendar | 1141 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7287–7288 |
| Chinese calendar |
戊戌年 (Earth Dog) 4475 or 4415 — to — 己亥年 (Earth Pig) 4476 or 4416 |
| Coptic calendar | 1495–1496 |
| Discordian calendar | 2945 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1771–1772 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5539–5540 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1835–1836 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1700–1701 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4879–4880 |
| Holocene calendar | 11779 |
| Igbo calendar | 779–780 |
| Iranian calendar | 1157–1158 |
| Islamic calendar | 1192–1193 |
| Japanese calendar |
An'ei 8 (安永８年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1704–1705 |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 11 days |
| Korean calendar | 4112 |
| Minguo calendar | 133 before ROC 民前133年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 311 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2321–2322 |
1779 (MDCCLXXIX) was a common year starting on Friday (dominical letter C) of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Tuesday (dominical letter F) of the Julian calendar, the 1779th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 779th year of the 2nd millennium, the 79th year of the 18th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1770s decade. As of the start of 1779, the Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
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