Historical Events In 0079

Aug 23   Mount Vesuvius begins stirring, on the feast day of Vulcan, the Roman god of fire   

Aug 24   Mt Vesuvius erupts, buries Pompeii and Herculaneum, 15000 die   

Aug 24   Mt Vesuvius erupts, buries Pompeii and Herculaneum.   

Aug 25   Gaius Plinius Secundus, [Plinius Maior], Roman admiral/writer, dies   

Sep 23   Pope Linus.   

Nov 01   Pompei buried by Mt Vesuvius   

Nov 01   The city of Pompei is buried by an erupting Mt Vesuvius   

Jun 23   Vespasian, Roman Emperor (b. 9) died on this day in history.   

Aug 24   Pliny the Elder, Roman writer and naturalist (b. 23) died in the year 0079.   

Aug 25   Gaius Plinius Secundus, [Plinius Maior], Roman admiral/writer, dies in the year 0079.   

Sep 23   In the year 0079 death of pope Linus