1888 in Portugal

Centuries:	17th ; 18th ; 19th ; 20th ; 21st ;
Decades:	1860s ; 1870s ; 1880s ; 1890s ; 1900s ;
See also:	List of years in Portugal

Last updated November 23, 2025

Incumbents

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

Fernando Pessoa CCI00768.jpg — Fernando Pessoa

22 August – Francisco Cunha Leal, politician (died 1970)
30 December – Ruimondo Mayer, fencer (died 1959).^[1]
13 June; Fernando Pessoa, Poet, writer, and translator (died 1935)

References

↑ "Rui Mayer". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 February 2015.

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