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Millennium: 1st millennium
Centuries: 9th century10th century11th century
Decades: 950s  960s  970s  – 980s –  990s  1000s  1010s
Years: 985 986 987988989 990 991
988 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar988
CMLXXXVIII
Ab urbe condita1741
Armenian calendar437
ԹՎ ՆԼԷ
Assyrian calendar5738
Balinese saka calendar909–910
Bengali calendar395
Berber calendar1938
Buddhist calendar1532
Burmese calendar350
Byzantine calendar6496–6497
Chinese calendar丁亥(Fire Pig)
3684 or 3624
    — to —
戊子年 (Earth Rat)
3685 or 3625
Coptic calendar704–705
Discordian calendar2154
Ethiopian calendar980–981
Hebrew calendar4748–4749
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1044–1045
 - Shaka Samvat909–910
 - Kali Yuga4088–4089
Holocene calendar10988
Iranian calendar366–367
Islamic calendar377–378
Japanese calendarEien 2 / Eiso 1
(永祚元年)
Javanese calendar889–890
Julian calendar988
CMLXXXVIII
Korean calendar3321
Minguo calendar924 before ROC
民前924年
Nanakshahi calendar−480
Seleucid era1299/1300 AG
Thai solar calendar1530–1531
Tibetan calendar阴火猪年
(female Fire-Pig)
1114 or 733 or −39
    — to —
阳土鼠年
(male Earth-Rat)
1115 or 734 or −38

988 (CMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 988th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 988th year of the 1st millennium, the 88th year of the 10th century, and the 9th year of the 980s decade. As of the start of 988, the Gregorian calendar was 5 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.