888

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	8th century – 9th century – 10th century
Decades:	850s  860s  870s  – 880s –  890s  900s  910s
Years:	885 886 887 – 888 – 889 890 891

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888 (DCCCLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 888th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 888th year of the 1st millennium, the 88th year of the 9th century, and the 9th year of the 880s decade. As of the start of 888, the Gregorian calendar was 4 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Events

• Odo of France becomes King of the Franks.

Deaths

• Charles the Fat dies.