- Mar 4 James Waldegrave, 2nd Earl Waldegrave, British statesman (d. 1763)
- Mar 7 Ephraim Williams, American philanthropist, born in Newton, Massachusetts (d. 1755)
- Mar 7 Ewald Christian von Kleist, German poet (d. 1759)
- Mar 19 Charles-Joseph van Helmont, South Netherlands organist and composer, born in Belgium (d. 1790)