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Events and People Who Made History in the Year 79 AD
June
June 23: Titus succeeds his father Vespasian as Roman emperor.
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August
August 24: Mount Vesuvius erupts, buries Pompeii and Herculaneum, 15,000 die
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-- In China, a commission of scholars canonizes the text of works of Confucius and his school. Precise date unknown.
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