| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 9th century – 10th century – 11th century |
| Decades: | 950s 960s 970s – 980s – 990s 1000s 1010s |
| Years: | 985 986 987 – 988 – 989 990 991 |
| 988 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 988 CMLXXXVIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1741 |
| Armenian calendar | 437 ԹՎ ՆԼԷ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5738 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -856–-855 |
| Bengali calendar | 395 |
| Berber calendar | 1938 |
| English Regnal year | N/A |
| Buddhist calendar | 1532 |
| Burmese calendar | 350 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6496–6497 |
| Chinese calendar | 丁亥年十二月初十日 (3624/3684-12-10) — to —
戊子年十一月二十日(3625/3685-11-20) |
| Coptic calendar | 704–705 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 980–981 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4748–4749 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1044–1045 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 910–911 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4089–4090 |
| Holocene calendar | 10988 |
| Iranian calendar | 366–367 |
| Islamic calendar | 377–378 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3321 |
| Minguo calendar | 924 before ROC 民前924年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1531 |
Year 988 (CMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.