1888 in Portugal

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)