Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/January 1
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- 1801 - Giuseppe Piazzi discovers the dwarf planet Ceres.
- 1801 - The Kingdom of Ireland merged with the Kingdom of Great Britain, adding St. Patrick's saltire to the Union Flag.
- 1818 - Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus, a novel by Mary Shelley (pictured), was first published in London.
- 1863 - Abraham Lincoln announced the Emancipation Proclamation, which "freed" slaves in the south.
- 1901 - The British colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania and Western Australia federated as the Commonwealth of Australia.
- 1959 - Cuban Revolution: President Fulgencio Batista of Cuba fled to the Dominican Republic as forces under Fidel Castro took control of Havana.
- 1999 - The euro, the official currency of the European Union, was introduced.
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