Feb 4 Carl Ludwig Cornelius Westenholz, German composer, dies at 66 Feb 17 Hugues Felicité Robert de Lamennais, French Catholic priest and writer (L'avenir), dies at 71 Feb 17 John Martin, English painter and engraver, dies at 64 Jan 1854 Famous Deaths by Year Mar 1854 Famous People by Cause of Death Assassination Drug Overdose Gunshot Wound Murder Plane Crash Suicide