| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | |
| Decades: | |
| Years: |
| Gregorian calendar | 879 DCCCLXXIX |
| Ab urbe condita | 1632 |
| Armenian calendar | 328 ԹՎ ՅԻԸ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5629 |
| Bengali calendar | 286 |
| Berber calendar | 1829 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1423 |
| Burmese calendar | 241 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6387–6388 |
| Chinese calendar |
戊戌年 (Earth Dog) 3575 or 3515 — to — 己亥年 (Earth Pig) 3576 or 3516 |
| Coptic calendar | 595–596 |
| Discordian calendar | 2045 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 871–872 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4639–4640 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 935–936 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 800–801 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3979–3980 |
| Holocene calendar | 10879 |
| Iranian calendar | 257–258 |
| Islamic calendar | 265–266 |
| Japanese calendar |
Gangyō 3 (元慶3年) |
| Javanese calendar | 777–778 |
| Julian calendar | 879 DCCCLXXIX |
| Korean calendar | 3212 |
| Minguo calendar | 1033 before ROC 民前1033年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −589 |
| Seleucid era | 1190/1191 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1421–1422 |
Year 879 (DCCCLXXIX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.