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1488

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Instance of: year
Part of: 1480s
Followed by: 1489
Follows: 1487

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Commons category: 1488
topic's main category: Category:1488
point in time: 1488-01-01
has list: list of state leaders in 1488
category for births in this time period: Category:1488 births
category for deaths in this time period: Category:1488 deaths

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March 12: Bartolomeu Dias and crew become the first Europeans to land at Africa's Cape of Good Hope. Year 1488 (MCDLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar.

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