| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| 1688 by topic |
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| Gregorian calendar | 1688 MDCLXXXVIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2441 |
| Armenian calendar | 1137 ԹՎ ՌՃԼԷ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6438 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1609–1610 |
| Bengali calendar | 1095 |
| Berber calendar | 2638 |
| English Regnal year | 3 Ja. 2 – 1 Will. & Mar. |
| Buddhist calendar | 2232 |
| Burmese calendar | 1050 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7196–7197 |
| Chinese calendar | 丁卯年 (Fire Rabbit) 4385 or 4178 — to — 戊辰年 (Earth Dragon) 4386 or 4179 |
| Coptic calendar | 1404–1405 |
| Discordian calendar | 2854 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1680–1681 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5448–5449 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1744–1745 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1609–1610 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4788–4789 |
| Holocene calendar | 11688 |
| Igbo calendar | 688–689 |
| Iranian calendar | 1066–1067 |
| Islamic calendar | 1099–1100 |
| Japanese calendar | Jōkyō 5 / Genroku 1 (元禄元年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1611–1612 |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 10 days |
| Korean calendar | 4021 |
| Minguo calendar | 224 before ROC 民前224年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 220 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2230–2231 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴火兔年 (female Fire-Rabbit) 1814 or 1433 or 661 — to — 阳土龙年 (male Earth-Dragon) 1815 or 1434 or 662 |
1688 (MDCLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1688th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 688th year of the 2nd millennium, the 88th year of the 17th century, and the 9th year of the 1680s decade. As of the start of 1688, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.