1888 in Portugal
# 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)
