Events in the year 1888 in Portugal.
Incumbents Monarch: Louis I Prime Minister: José Luciano de Castro
Events
21 June – first published issue of the newspaper Jornal de Notícias
Arts and entertainment Os Maias – novel by José Maria de Eça de Queiroz Births
22 August – Francisco Cunha Leal, politician (died 1970) 30 December – Ruimondo Mayer, fencer (died 1959). 13 June; Fernando Pessoa, Poet, writer, and translator (died 1935) References