888

888 (DCCCLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 888th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 888th year of the 1st millennium, the 88th year of the 9th century, and the 9th year of the 880s decade. As of the start of 888, the Gregorian calendar was 4 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	8th century – 9th century – 10th century
Decades:	850s  860s  870s  – 880s –  890s  900s  910s
Years:	885 886 887 – 888 – 889 890 891

888 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	888 DCCCLXXXVIII
Ab urbe condita	1641
Armenian calendar	337 ԹՎ ՅԼԷ
Assyrian calendar	5638
Balinese saka calendar	809–810
Bengali calendar	295
Berber calendar	1838
Buddhist calendar	1432
Burmese calendar	250
Byzantine calendar	6396–6397
Chinese calendar	丁未年 (Fire Goat) 3584 or 3524     — to — 戊申年 (Earth Monkey) 3585 or 3525
Coptic calendar	604–605
Discordian calendar	2054
Ethiopian calendar	880–881
Hebrew calendar	4648–4649
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	944–945
- Shaka Samvat	809–810
- Kali Yuga	3988–3989
Holocene calendar	10888
Iranian calendar	266–267
Islamic calendar	274–275
Japanese calendar	Ninna 4 (仁和４年)
Javanese calendar	786–787
Julian calendar	888 DCCCLXXXVIII
Korean calendar	3221
Minguo calendar	1024 before ROC 民前1024年
Nanakshahi calendar	−580
Seleucid era	1199/1200 AG
Thai solar calendar	1430–1431
Tibetan calendar	阴火羊年 (female Fire-Goat) 1014 or 633 or −139     — to — 阳土猴年 (male Earth-Monkey) 1015 or 634 or −138

Events

• Odo of France becomes King of the Franks.

Deaths

• Charles the Fat dies.