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| Gregorian calendar | 1888 MDCCCLXXXVIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2641 |
| Armenian calendar | 1337 ԹՎ ՌՅԼԷ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6638 |
| Baháʼí calendar | 44–45 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1809–1810 |
| Bengali calendar | 1295 |
| Berber calendar | 2838 |
| British Regnal year | 51 Vict. 1 – 52 Vict. 1 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2432 |
| Burmese calendar | 1250 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7396–7397 |
| Chinese calendar | 丁亥年 (Fire Pig) 4585 or 4378 — to — 戊子年 (Earth Rat) 4586 or 4379 |
| Coptic calendar | 1604–1605 |
| Discordian calendar | 3054 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1880–1881 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5648–5649 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1944–1945 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1809–1810 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4988–4989 |
| Holocene calendar | 11888 |
| Igbo calendar | 888–889 |
| Iranian calendar | 1266–1267 |
| Islamic calendar | 1305–1306 |
| Japanese calendar | Meiji 21 (明治２１年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1817–1818 |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 12 days |
| Korean calendar | 4221 |
| Minguo calendar | 24 before ROC 民前24年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 420 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2430–2431 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴火猪年 (female Fire-Pig) 2014 or 1633 or 861 — to — 阳土鼠年 (male Earth-Rat) 2015 or 1634 or 862 |
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1888 (MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 1888th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 888th year of the 2nd millennium, the 88th year of the 19th century, and the 9th year of the 1880s decade. As of the start of 1888, the Gregorian calendar was 12 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.