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| 2nd millennium | 
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| Art and literature | 
| 1188 in poetry | 
| Gregorian calendar | 1188 MCLXXXVIII | 
| Ab urbe condita | 1941 | 
| Armenian calendar | 637 ԹՎ ՈԼԷ | 
| Assyrian calendar | 5938 | 
| Balinese saka calendar | 1109–1110 | 
| Bengali calendar | 594–595 | 
| Berber calendar | 2138 | 
| English Regnal year | 34 Hen. 2 – 35 Hen. 2 | 
| Buddhist calendar | 1732 | 
| Burmese calendar | 550 | 
| Byzantine calendar | 6696–6697 | 
| Chinese calendar | 丁未年 (Fire Goat) 3885 or 3678 — to — 戊申年 (Earth Monkey) 3886 or 3679 | 
| Coptic calendar | 904–905 | 
| Discordian calendar | 2354 | 
| Ethiopian calendar | 1180–1181 | 
| Hebrew calendar | 4948–4949 | 
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1244–1245 | 
| - Shaka Samvat | 1109–1110 | 
| - Kali Yuga | 4288–4289 | 
| Holocene calendar | 11188 | 
| Igbo calendar | 188–189 | 
| Iranian calendar | 566–567 | 
| Islamic calendar | 583–584 | 
| Japanese calendar | Bunji 4 (文治4年) | 
| Javanese calendar | 1095–1096 | 
| Julian calendar | 1188 MCLXXXVIII | 
| Korean calendar | 3521 | 
| Minguo calendar | 724 before ROC 民前724年 | 
| Nanakshahi calendar | −280 | 
| Seleucid era | 1499/1500 AG | 
| Thai solar calendar | 1730–1731 | 
| Tibetan calendar | 阴火羊年 (female Fire-Goat) 1314 or 933 or 161 — to — 阳土猴年 (male Earth-Monkey) 1315 or 934 or 162 | 
Year 1188 (MCLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar.