Aug 9 Frederick Augustus II, King of Saxony (1836-54), dies after falling in front of a horse at 57 Aug 11 Macedonio Melloni, Italian physicist (radiant light), dies at 56 Aug 16 Duncan Phyfe, furniture maker, dies Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling (1775-1854) Aug 20 German philosopher (Views on Christianity), dies at 79 Jul 1854 Famous Deaths by Year Sep 1854 Famous People by Cause of Death Assassination Drug Overdose Gunshot Wound Murder Plane Crash Suicide