Jan 6 Giacomo Beltrami, Italian explorer (b. 1779) Jan 8 Diponegoro, Javanese prince who opposed Dutch colonial rule and Indonesian national hero, dies at 69 Jan 10 Mary Russell Mitford, English playwright and poet (Julian), dies at 67 Jan 25 Dorothy Wordsworth, English poet, diarist and sister of William Wordsworth, dies at 83 Jan 26 Gérard de Nerval, French writer (b. 1808) Dec 1854 Famous Deaths by Year Feb 1855 Famous People by Cause of Death Assassination Car Crash Hanging Killed in Action Plane Crash Poisoning