Jan 1 Gregory Blaxland, Australian explorer, dies of suicide at 74 Jan 3 Theodor Uhlig, composer, dies at 30 Jan 9 Juan Nicasio Gallego, Spanish poet and interpreter (El dos de Mayo), dies at 75 Jan 13 Theophilos Kairis, Greek priest, humanist and revolutionary (b. 1783) 1852 Famous Deaths by Year 1854