979

Years: 975 976 977 978 - 979 - 980 981 982 983
Decades: 940s 950s 960s - 970s - 980s 990s 1000s
Centuries: 9th century - 10th century - 11th century

Events:

The Tynwald, the parliament of the Isle of Man, is founded.
Ethelred succeeds his brother Edward as king of England
Jawhar as-Siqilli dismissed as Vizir of Egypt, replaced by Yaqub ibn Killis
March 24 - The Battle of Pankalia: a combined Byzantine-Georgian force defeats Bardas Sklerus, an organizer of the large-scale rebellion in the Byzantine empire's Asian provinces.

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