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Events in January 1840 1
1752 – 1840Frances Burney (1752-1840)Died 6 January 1840, aged 87Frances Burney, also known as Madame d'Arblay, was an English novelist and diarist best known for her novel Evelina. Her detailed journals offer a vivid record of 18th-century British society. She died on 6 January 1840 in London.