Editing 1841

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== Events ==

* May 1 - [[Indigenous Australian Genocide]] - Approximately 13 Noongar people are massacred by a party of colonists in reprisal for killing civilians, at Wonnerup. The colonists were given orders to kill only the men and spare the women and children.
* May 1 - Indigenous Australian Genocide - At Hornet's Nest in South Australia, an aboriginal camp is massacred by a police party in reprisal for attacks on livestock
* August 27 - Indigenous Australian Genocide - Under orders from governor George Grey, due to attacks on eleven settlers, a reprisal party of 70 men massacred approximately 30 natives, at the Rufus River.

== Births ==

=== Villain births ===

* January 28 - [[Henry Morton Stanley]]
* September 8 - [[Charles J. Guiteau]]